Loss of consciousness is a common and dangerous side effect of epileptic seizures. A new Yale-led study, however, shows that activation of electrodes in key brain areas can awaken rats with induced seizures.“At least a quarter of people with epilepsy have...
In today’s interconnected world, the United States cannot afford not to take a lead in dealing with crises such as the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, Russian aggression in the Ukraine, and a string of brutal executions by ISOL, U.S. permanent...
Hundreds of Yale students, faculty, and staff silently splayed themselves out in the street on Dec. 5 to protest the deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown Jr., and other black men and women during altercations with police.The demonstration extended for...
The bacterium that causes typhoid fever sickens about 21 million people annually but not other mammals. Researchers at Yale and the University of California-San Diego have discovered an explanation: differences in a single oxygen atom in the human...