When fans tune in to watch the Super Bowl, they are also watching “a whole lot of physics” as well, notes Yale scientist Ainissa Ramirez.In the latest segment of “Science Xplained,” Ramirez talks about how quarterbacks use the shape of the football and...
Spotted salamanders exposed to contaminated roadside ponds are adapting to their toxic environments, according to a Yale paper in Scientific Reports. This study provides the first documented evidence that a vertebrate has adapted to the negative effects...
Dr. Steven Southwick, newly named as the inaugural Greenberg Professor of Psychiatry, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Resilience, is a recognized expert on the psychological and neurobiological effects of extreme psychological trauma.He has published...
Elena L. Grigorenko, newly appointed as the inaugural Emily Fraser Beede Associate Professor for Developmental Disabilities, focuses her work on understanding how both genetic and environmental risk factors contribute to developmental and learning...
Yale’s Intelligent Buildings Project has received $200,000 from the Wells Fargo Foundation to support groundbreaking research on energy consumption in buildings. The aim of the project is to lay the groundwork for the creation of “intelligent” buildings...
From building the world’s first anti-laser to unraveling the ancient evolutionary roots of prejudice, forging collaborations in cancer research to deciphering an ancient moth’s true colors, here are 10 stories that made headlines in science and medicine...
Scott J. Miller, chair of the Department of Chemistry, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the organization that publishes the journal Science.Scott MillerThe AAAS cited Miller’s “visionary approach...