A new library service will enable digital access to millions of items in the Yale University Library’s general print collections by delivering scans to library users’ desktops. Scan and Deliver is an electronic document delivery service that is available...
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project is the effort of hundreds of scientists to describe the workings of the human genome. Their research, outlined in 30 papers published in multiple journals Sept. 5, has confirmed our genome is far more...
Gary Brudvig, the Benjamin Silliman Professor of Chemistry and professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry, has been named acting director of the new Energy Sciences Institute, which opened its doors at Yale’s West Campus earlier this month.Gary...
The reasons why autism spectrum disorders are almost five times more common among boys than among girls may soon be revealed, thanks to a five-year, $15 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant awarded to Yale School of Medicine for the Autism...
Yale’s Joan Steitz has been awarded two major prizes recognizing the outstanding achievements of women scientists.Joan SteitzSteitz, Sterling Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, was...
With over two thirds of Americans now overweight or obese, public health campaigns have emerged across the country to promote behavior that can help reduce America’s waistline. But do the messages communicated by these campaigns help reduce obesity or...
In conjunction with its current “Big Food” exhibition, the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History will host a presentation about a project that taps into the talents of New Haven’s youth in a bid to tackle the problems of obesity and related chronic...