Three Yale University scientists – a Hungarian mathematician known for his work on the theory of computers, an anthropologist specializing in lemurs, and an expert in computer vision and robotics – recently were named to endowed chairs by vote of the...
In the quest to make faster computer chips and more efficient semiconductor lasers, scientists are exploring the relatively new field of “spintronics,” in which the direction an electron spin is pointing is just as important as its charge. Bringing...
Two vaccines designed to protect humans against Lyme disease have been shown to be effective in tests at the Yale University School of Medicine, where one of the vaccines was pioneered and where the tick-borne illness first was described in 1975....
Ronald R. Coifman of North Haven, a mathematician who is noted for his work in data compression and restoration, has been named the Phillips Professor of Mathematics by vote of the Yale Corporation, Yale’s governing body. Coifman, a professor in both...
Richard Beals of Hamden, a Yale alumnus and longtime faculty member, has been appointed the James E. English Professor of Mathematics by vote of the Yale Corporation, Yale’s governing body. Beals’ research is in the areas of differential operators,...