Desert footprints reveal ancient origins of elephants’ social lives

A cluster of ancient footprints in the Arabian desert offers the clearest evidence yet for the early origins of modern elephants’ social structure, according to a Yale-led research team.

Campus & Community

Yale’s new innovation and design center to foster ‘culture of engineering’

The Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science has begun construction of a versatile innovation and design studio to encourage the invention and prototyping of radically new, socially beneficial technologies – from robotics and medical devices to renewable energy systems and other innovations yet to be conceived.

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In this segment of Material Marvels, Yale scientist Ainissa Ramirez describes how simple devices...
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