Priyamvada Natarajan, associate professor of astronomy and physics, and Jaime Lara, a lecturer at Yale Institute of Sacred Music, have been named 2009 fellows by the Guggenheim Foundation. Guggenheim Fellows are appointed not only on the basis of...
Yale researchers describe a breakthrough in safe and effective administration of potential antiviral drugs — small interfering RNA (siRNA) molecules that silence genes — the first step in development of a new kind of treatment for sexually transmitted...
Over 250 middle school students from New Haven and West Haven gathered in Davies Auditorium on May 1 to show just how calculating they can be.It was not their deviousness, but their mathematical skills, that the students demonstrated at the third annual...
The Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) has presented its first Gibbs Distinguished Staff Awards to four individuals whose “contributions and actions consistently elevate the operations, performance and morale of the school,...
Americans fall into six distinct groups regarding their climate change beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors, according to a new report, “Global Warming’s Six Americas,” by researchers at Yale and George Mason universities. The researchers, who surveyed 2,129...
A new technique for measuring the distances to supernovae more accurately than ever before has been developed by a team of scientists from Yale University, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a consortium of French laboratories. Type Ia supernovae...
Yale University researchers have discovered a set of cellular chaperones needed to assemble a proteasome, the cellular workhorse that recycles proteins and is crucial for the existence of all eukaryotic cells.Even though proteasomes are a target of new...
Experts will discuss and give demonstrations of x-ray diffraction (XRD), an important tool being used to analyze all kinds of matter — from fluids to powders and crystals — at a symposium taking place on Friday, May 29.The inaugural “Yale-Rigaku Symposium...
William L. Jorgensen, newly appointed as a Sterling Professor of Chemistry, has been at the forefront of computational chemistry and molecular design.A Sterling Professorship is one of the University’s highest faculty honors.His research in organic,...
Eric Dufresne, recently designated as the John J. Lee Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, focuses his research on understanding, controlling and exploring the properties of soft materials.He points out on his faculty website that at the...