In her research, Yale’s Alison Sweeney has crafted innovative studies that have revealed novel mechanisms in the natural world that could aid in the design of future technology. For instance, she has discovered the blueprints for possible new advances in...
Solar panel and biorefinery designers could learn a thing or two from iridescent giant clams living near tropical coral reefs, according to a new Yale-led study.
This is because giant clams have precise geometries — dynamic, vertical columns of...
The Helen Hadley Hall dormitory, which in 1959 became the first residence hall on the Yale campus for female graduate students, will be decommissioned and closed in the summer of 2024, Yale announced today.
Located at 420 Temple St., Helen Hadley now...
In 1859, Charles Darwin coined the term “living fossils” to describe organisms that show little species diversity or physical differences from their ancestors in the fossil record. In a new study, Yale researchers provide the first evidence of a...
Four Yale College seniors who have both excelled academically and demonstrated a commitment to social impact, and another scholar who is currently studying at Yale as a 2023-24 Henry Fellow, are among 62 students from across the world to receive 2024...
In his career, Rory Stewart has held key diplomatic posts in conflict zones and participated in policymaking at the highest levels of the U.K. government, as a diplomat, cabinet secretary, and member of Parliament.
But a hike across Asia, completed during...
Patients diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can experience symptoms that include under-expression of emotions, such as numbness, as well as over-expression, such as rage outbursts. These seemingly contrasting symptoms may coexist due to...
Seven Yale faculty members are among the 188 artists, writers, scholars, and scientists awarded 2024 fellowships by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
Ned Blackhawk, Marta Figlerowicz, Ben Hagari, Elizabeth Hinton, Tavia Nyong’o, Douglas...
During a panel event at last month’s UN climate conference in Dubai, Brurce M. Mecca, a climate policy advisor from Indonesia, and Naomi Wagura, an energy expert based in Kenya, swapped ideas for financing clean-energy transitions in countries within the...
