A team of Yale University scientists has synthesized for the first time a chemical compound called lomaiviticin aglycon, leading to the development of a new class of molecules that appear to target and destroy cancer stem cells.
Chemists worldwide have...
Triceratops and Torosaurus have long been considered the kings of the horned dinosaurs. But a new discovery traces the giants’ family tree further back in time, when a newly discovered species appears to have reigned long before its more well-known...
Microbiologist Jo Handelsman, professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at Yale, was one of 11 individuals selected by President Barack Obama on Friday to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and...
Marcia K. Johnson, newly designated as a Sterling Professor of Psychology, specializes in the study of human memory.Appointment to a Sterling Professorship is one of the highest honors for Yale faculty members.Her laboratory explores the processes of...
Michael J. Donaghue, recently appointed as Sterling Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, focuses his research on the diversity and evolution of plants.A Sterling Professorship is one of the University’s highest honors for faculty.During his just...
By eavesdropping on the activity of a single brain cell, Yale University researchers can predict the outcome of decisions such as whether you will dip into your retirement account to buy a Porsche.
In a study published online January 12 in the journal...
If you want to be surrounded by females on the prowl, it pays to be cool, at least if you are a male butterfly.In an unusual example of sex role reversals, females actively court males after being exposed to cool, dry temperatures as caterpillars, Yale...
Long before the knights of medieval Europe wielded flails or martial artists brandished nunchucks, it appears that a flightless prehistoric bird used its own wings as a similar type of weapon in combat.Paleontologists at Yale University and the...