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...
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....
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...
Scientists dream of the day when they can create designer proteins capable of inhibiting harmful interactions, modifying substrates or guiding cellular machines to where they are needed within the body. Though that dream may be far down the road, Yale...
A young black man with the grades and the desire to attend the Yale School of Medicine in the 1800s faced seemingly insurmountable odds, but the power of relationships is what made it possible for Courtlandt Van Rensselaer Creed to beat those odds, said...
In the autumn of 1609, the Italian mathematician and astronomer Galileo Gallilei turned his telescope to the heavens, deciphering the cratered face of the moon, the four satellites of Jupiter and other features of the sky.The discoveries Galileo made 400...
Translating basic research into new technologies that advance our health and welfare has been part of Yale’s “DNA” for centuries, and the pace of innovation at the University continues to accelerate dramatically. Visit the “Yale Innovators” website....