Paul Bloom, professor of psychology and author of “How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like,” will explore the science of our moral behavior in this term’s Devane lectures series, titled “Moralities of Everyday Life.”Bloom will give...
Yale University researchers have successfully re-engineered the protein-making machinery in bacteria, a technical tour de force that promises to revolutionize the study and treatment of a variety of diseases.“Essentially, we have expanded the genetic code...
The week after Michele Dufault, a Saybrook College senior and physics and astronomy major, died in a tragic laboratory accident last April, a group of faculty and students who knew her best met to discuss ways to preserve her memory. Now they have ensured...
Over one-third of the world’s population already lives in areas struggling to keep up with the demand for fresh water. By 2025, that number will nearly double. Some countries have met the challenge by tapping into natural sources of fresh water, but as...
Organisms discovered by Yale undergraduates growing within fungi in the Amazon Rainforest can degrade polyurethane, a findings that may lead to innovative ways to reduce waste in the world’s landfills.The paper, accepted for publication in July by the...
Yale University researchers can’t tell you where you left your car keys — but they can tell you why you can’t find them.A new study published July 27 in the journal Nature shows that the neural networks in the brains of the middle-aged and elderly have...
Where do turtles belong on the evolutionary tree? For decades, the mystery has proven as tough to crack as the creatures’ shells. With their body armor and retractable heads, turtles are such unique creatures that scientists have found it difficult to...
Yale researchers for the first time have captured the chemical reaction that occurs when a protein is created — one of life’s most basic processes.Proteins are synthesized within cells by ribosomes, which take genetic information encoded by DNA and...
Fifty million years ago, crocodiles roamed the Arctic and palm trees grew in Alaska. But just how hot the Earth got during this period of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide has remained a mystery.Now a team of scientists from Yale and Syracuse...