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Can young diabetics safely observe Jewish fasts? Insulin pump tweaks can help, Israeli study finds

A first-of-its-kind Israeli study found that most young people with type 1 diabetes completed Jewish fasts safely, with insulin pump changes improving their chances of success.

 A woman with diabetes is seen using an injection (Illustrative).
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Wolf Foundation, Herzog announce 2026 Wolf Prize Laureates in medicine, physics, chemistry, math

THE NORMAL, healthy cellular architecture of the inner ear.

Israeli scientists help solve genetic mystery linking hearing loss and gray hair

German shepherd barking (illustrative)

Using babies, Israeli study reveals why AI fails to truly understand animal calls


Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old labyrinth that reveals India’s role in ancient global trade

The structure is composed of 15 concentric stone circuits - the highest number ever documented in an Indian circular labyrinth.

India archeologist. Ilustrative.

Israeli scientist makes ‘Nature’ journal’s top ten list of shapers of science in 2025

‘Peptide detective’ Weizmann immunologist Prof. Yifat Merbl was recognized for a new hidden immune mechanism.

PROF. YIFAT MERBL. Just last year, she received the Rappaport Prize for Biomedical Research in the Promising Researcher category, which is given to scientists for groundbreaking or innovative research that has the potential to advance the health of mankind

Israeli medical team removes 'largest-ever' facial tumor found on fetus

Checkups following the surgery showed “normal healing” and the baby will continue to have follow-ups until her teeth come in, the hospital said.

An ultrasound image of a tumor seen on a fetus (illustrative)

Israeli AI, drone imagery revolutionizing mapping of archaeological sites

“Sites that appear on the surface as scattered stones suddenly become coherent, organized spaces, and it saves a lot of research time,” Dr. Yitzchak Jaffe said.

Drone imagery of an archaeological site.

Israeli, US scientists uncover viral switch that could help defeat antibiotic resistance

Scientists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have revealed that bacteriophages use a small RNA molecule to hijack bacterial cells, a mechanism that had never been described before.

A microscope.

Advanced fusion control breakthrough brings clean, reliable energy closer to reality

Research done by nT-Tao and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev introduces a new “nonlinear controller” that keeps power flowing smoothly even as the plasma inside the reactor changes rapidly.

 Technicians use a service system lift to access the target chamber interior for inspection and maintenance at the National Ignition Facility (NIF), a laser-based inertial confinement fusion research device, at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory federal research facility in Livermore, California

MIT nuclear scientist Nuno Loureiro killed inside Brookline home

Nuno Loureiro, director of MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, was found shot multiple times at his Massachusetts home, with authorities saying the investigation is ongoing.

People passing through MIT's campus stop to take pictures of a replica of the Wright Brothers Flyer which was placed on top of Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Great Dome by unknown pranksters, December 17, 2003 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Study finds insect-borne bacteria turning harmless reed leafhopper into major agricultural pest

A tiny insect is wreaking havoc on Europe’s sugar beet industry, not by biting plants, but by spreading bacteria that rob crops of their value.

A Green Leaf-hopper, Cicadella viridis, resting on a plant stem.

How does CAR-T cancer treatment work? - explainer

A rigorous medical journey ends in a breakthrough, in the form of CAR-T therapy, achieving a rare, hard-won cancer-free result.

CAR-T causes less collateral damage to healthy cells than standard chemo.

Oldest-known fire-making found in Britain, pushing Neanderthal mastery back 415,000 years

"We think humans brought pyrite to the site with the intention of making fire. And this has huge implications, pushing back the earliest fire-making," said archaeologist Nick Ashton.

Neanderthals ate maggots from rotting meat, new research finds. Illustration.