Scientists

Following the scientist's death at the age of 87, high-tech entrepreneur Etgar Spivak revealed a personal correspondence from 2021, in which Yonath responded to a request for a greeting for his young daughter who dreamed of doing research: "Curiosity is the most important trait"

Prof. Ada Yonath, the 2009 Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry and Israel Prize laureate, has passed away at the age of 87. A pioneer in ribosome research, her work was instrumental in the development of new antibiotics.