The discovery nearly two decades ago of naturally occurring ribonucleic acid (RNA) enzymes earned Yale biochemist Sidney Altman and University of Colorado researcher Thomas Cech the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In separate experiments, Altman and...
A newly released study of health risks from radon in Connecticut’s drinking water supplies concludes that such exposure poses a minimal threat to public health, primarily by increasing overall exposure slightly when radon in the water is released into...
Nine Yale School of Medicine researchers have been awarded research grants from the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD). Two of the Yale researchers – George R. Heninger, M.D., professor of psychiatry, and Robert H...
Long before the “Starr Report” and alleged presidential perjury were the topic of the day, Yale pediatric oncologist Dr. Diane Komp decided to explore the issue of lying: why people do it and whether lies are ever justified. Her just-published book...
In 1899, the New Haven Society of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) held its first general meeting on the Yale campus, where the institute will celebrate its centennial year in coming weeks with a number of talks by Yale faculty members and...
Yale University researchers have discovered what appears to be evidence of worm-like animals in rocks that are more than 1 billion years old – about twice as old as any other evidence for multicellular life yet discovered. These findings, published in...
Teenage parents at a New Haven high school who took advantage of on-site child care improved their school performance significantly, showed exceptional diligence in keeping their children’s pediatric visits and immunizations up to date, and had no repeat...
To test your own prejudices, click on www.yale.edu/implicit/. New Haven, Conn. – The pervasiveness of prejudice, which affects 90 to 95 percent of people, was demonstrated today in a Seattle news conference at the University of Washington by...
The classic image of communication between brain cells shows a neurotransmitter crossing the synapse and binding to receptors on the surface of a neighboring neuron. Yet scientists have had only a murky picture of the events within the secreting...
Morse Named Recipient of Highest Engineering Award in Field New Haven, Conn. – On a nearly vertical slope in the Alps virtually inaccessible by helicopter, two mountain climbers get sick and need medical supplies badly. Normally, the sick climbers...