Making its home near extreme temperatures of thermal vents on the ocean floor, the organism Methanopyrus kandleri harbors a molecular secret that intrigues evolutionary biologists and even HIV researchers.It turns out that the extremophile M. kandleri...
Yale University Professor Scott Strobel has been named a National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow by the Department of Defense in recognition of his efforts to convert chemical byproducts of a Patagonian fungus into an alternate fuel...
A symposium examining the work of 1981 Pritzker Prize laureate James Stirling will take place May 9–10 at the Yale School of Architecture, where the influential architect taught in 1959 and from 1966 to 1984.Titled “James Stirling, Architect and Teacher...
President Levin announces faculty appointmentsPresident Richard C. Levin recently announced several faculty reappointments:David Bercovici, professor of geology and geophysics, as chair of the Department of Geology and Geophysics, for three years,...
President Richard C. Levin is among 20 of the nation’s distinguished scientists, engineers and educators who have been selected by President Barack Obama to serve on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The Frederick...
Yale University’s G. Shirleen Roeder, a world expert on the genetic shuffling which takes place during the formation of sex cells, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors bestowed upon a scientist in the United States....
Yale Vice President for New Haven and State Affairs and Campus Development Bruce Alexander and New Haven Mayor John DeStefano honored 10 individuals with Yale University Seton Elm-Ivy Awards at a ceremony at Yale on April 28.The Elm-Ivy Awards recognize...
Yale School of Medicine scientist Jeffrey R. Gruen, M.D., has received a $5.2 million grant from the Manton Foundation to further his research on the genetics of dyslexia. Gruen’s discovery of a gene involved in dyslexia was named one of the top 10...
Best-selling author Dava Sobel will give a public talk on April 28 at Yale to kick off a special astronomy exhibit at the Beinecke Rare Book Library. The lecture and exhibition are part of the Department of Astronomy’s year-long series of events to...
Yale researchers have demonstrated silicon-based nanocantilevers, smaller than the wavelength of light, that operate on photonic principles eliminating the need for electric transducers and expensive laser setups. The work is reported in an April 26...