Yale researchers have devised a novel way to trick cells into getting rid of problematic proteins, a method that could help pharmaceutical companies quickly identify promising targets for new drugs.“Our new approach offers great potential in overcoming a...
Yale University concluded the largest fundraising campaign in its history on June 30, 2011, with a total of $3.881 billion raised. Yale Tomorrow remained ahead of schedule for all five years and has substantially exceeded its goal of $3.5 billion.Yale...
The following is a schedule of free and public events at the Yale School of Architecture this fall. All events take place in Hastings Hall, the auditorium of Paul Rudolph Hall, 180 York Street. Lectures and film screening begin at 6:30 p.m.View Slideshow...
A team of scientists has discovered the youngest dinosaur preserved in the fossil record before the catastrophic meteor impact 65 million years ago. The finding indicates that dinosaurs did not go extinct prior to the impact and provides further evidence...
Yale School of Medicine researchers have described for the first time the structure of a member in an enigmatic family of proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease, a crucial early step in understanding key mechanisms of the disease and designing drugs to...
Yale researchers for the first time have captured the chemical reaction that occurs when a protein is created — one of life’s most basic processes.Proteins are synthesized within cells by ribosomes, which take genetic information encoded by DNA and...
A Yale University-led team of scientists has found that cells that drive certain serious, chronic autoimmune diseases can be redirected into the small intestine — and controlled there — potentially neutralizing their propensity to trigger illness. The...
Ernesto Zedillo, director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, has received the 2011 International Award of Lifetime Achievement by the Cristóbal Gabarrón Foundation of Spain. The foundation lauded Zedillo’s political and economic reforms as...
The earliest known image of an Egyptian ruler wearing the “White Crown” associated with Egyptian dynastic power has been brought to light by an international team of archaeologists led by Egyptologists from Yale University.Carved around 3200 BCE, this...