Current sectionIsrael NewsScience Yonath, who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry, was the first to uncover the ribosome's complete structure, despite years of skepticism from fellow scientists who dismissed her research as unrealisticShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeOfer Aderetand Maya Roman09:30 PM • August 31 2026 IDTIsraeli Nobel Prize-winning chemist Ada Yonath, whose groundbreaking research revealed the structure and function of the ribosome, died Monday at age 87, the Weizmann Institute of Science said. She was the only Israeli woman to have won a Nobel Prize, receiving the chemistry award in 2009.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel NobelAda YonathScience & TechnologyCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesE1 West BankChief RabbiBritish AcitivistEl-Sayed NetanyahuNBC CrewRoger WatersPollHaQuizHaaretz PodcastNerve Stimulation Could Fight Depression and Inflammation. Too Good to Be True?An Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryHealth Ministry Investigating Suspected Sperm Donor Mix-up in Tel Aviv HospitalFrom Evil Spirits to the Illuminati: How We Learned to Love Conspiracy Theories'Noo-noo' the Cicada Cousin in Amber Had a Bizarrely Long MouthRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'Israeli Court Acquits Man of Assaulting Nun in Jerusalem's Old CityPoll: Likud Sinks to 19 Seats as New Right-wing Party Falls Below ThresholdJewish Space Lasers? Israel Wants 'Rods From God'Parents to Suspend Classes at Tel Aviv School Over Admission of Migrant ChildrenBen-Gvir's Ambush Shook Netanyahu – and Unleashed a War for Right-wing Votes