Science on Saturdays, an award-winning lecture series that conveys the excitement of research and the passion of scientists to school-age children in New Haven and beyond, will continue on April 5.The event introduces middle-school-age children to...
For a molecular, cellular, and developmental biology (MCDB) major, Chanthia Ma devotes a lot of her time to thinking about art.
The Yale sophomore — who is managing editor of Yale Scientific Magazine and spends hours in the lab at the Yale School of...
Mental illness and creativity have long been linked, yet how inspiration drives creative thinking has remained a mystery.A new study by researchers at Yale and the University of Lancaster in the United Kingdom explored how different types of inspiration...
Using only data from an fMRI scan, researchers led by a Yale University undergraduate have accurately reconstructed images of human faces as viewed by other people.“It is a form of mind reading,” said Marvin Chun, professor of psychology, cognitive...
By deleting a single gene, researchers at Yale University were able to dramatically reduce fat mass in mice while expanding their lifespan by 20%. The findings also suggest that the damaging inflammation associated with obesity may not be just a byproduct...