The Li Ka Shing Foundation (LKSF), a Hong Kong-based philanthropy devoted to advancing education and healthcare, has awarded $1.5 million to Yale University to expand two research core facilities, the human embryonic stem cell core and the genomics core,...
A new exhibition opening at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History blends science and art with something distinctly fishyTitled “X-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out,” the exhibit features 40 images exposing the inner workings of several species of fish. The...
A team of Yale Cancer Center researchers has confirmed that between 10-20% of breast cancers classified as Estrogen Receptor (ER) negative are really positive. Understanding when and why breast cancers may be misclassified has important implications for...
Like many Americans, Barry Piekos knew that when the space shuttle blasted into space last month it would be the last flight for Endeavour, and the second-to-last space shuttle flight ever. What he didn’t realize was that he would play a part in an...
The brilliant colors of birds have inspired poets and nature lovers, but researchers at Yale University and the University of Cambridge say these existing hues represent only a fraction of what birds are capable of seeing.The findings based on study of...
The precise wiring of our visual system depends upon the pattern of spontaneous activity within the brain that occurs well before birth, a new study by Yale researchers shows.“It isn’t just the genes. What happens within the womb is crucial,” said Michael...
An international research team has shown that the rate of sea-level rise along the U.S. Atlantic coast is greater now than at any time in the past 2,000 years and has shown a consistent link between changes in global mean surface temperature and sea level...
Astronomers have probed into the distant universe and discovered that galaxies display one of two distinct behaviors: they are either awake or asleep, actively forming stars or are not forming any new stars at all.Scientists have known for several years...
Astronomers have been peering farther and farther into space, and back in time, using the world’s most powerful telescopes to detect galaxies billions of light years away that existed when the universe was just a fraction of its current age. But detecting...
Professor Richard Prum, an evolutionary biologist at Yale and a self-described “lifelong bird enthusiast,” discussed how the birds of paradise of Papua New Guinea developed their dazzling feathers and elaborate mating dances in a segment shown on June 13...