Astronomers have discovered that small, dim stars known as red dwarfs are much more prolific than previously thought—so much so that the total number of stars in the universe is likely three times bigger than realized.Because red dwarfs are relatively...
Yale President Richard C. Levin Tuesday named biochemist and innovative educator Scott Strobel as vice-president of West Campus Planning and Program Development, to oversee the second phase of growth at Yale’s 136-acre facility in West Haven.Strobel will...
Yale University’s Nancy Moran this week received the International Prize for Biology from the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science.The William H. Fleming Professor of Biology received the award, which commemorates the 60-year reign of Emperor...
Web users around the globe will be able to help professional astronomers in their search for Earth-like planets thanks to a new online citizen science project called Planet Hunters that launches Dec. 16. at www.planethunters.org.Planet Hunters, which is...
An international collaboration of more than 100 scientists, spearheaded by a team of researchers at Yale University, has revealed in unprecedented detail and scope the multi-faceted functions of the genome of the roundworm, one of science’s key model...
For decades, biology textbooks have been clear – our traits are the product of our genes. But a new study by Yale University researchers published Dec. 26 in Nature Genetics suggests another mechanism can regulate variations of traits even in genetically...