Psychology Professor Allan R. Wagner is a recipient of this year’s Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association for “outstanding contributions” to the study of conditioning and behavior theory. Wagner is one of...
A Yale researcher has helped increase our understanding of telomerase, an enzyme that makes cancer cells grow, which could lead to new ways to attack cancer with chemotherapy. The researcher, Professor Sandra L. Wolin, says the discovery is significant...
Yale research of a partial ancient ape skeleton from 12 to 15 million years ago has yielded a new genus called Equatorius, providing evidence that the more likely ancestor of great apes and humans is a species called Kenyapithecus wickeri. The origin of...
Yale scientists have crossed an important threshold in their effort to determine the positions of atoms in the ribosome–which will not only lead to an improved understanding of protein synthesis, but which could also have medical implications. The Yale...
Yale University today held a groundbreaking ceremony for a building to support collaborative research and teaching in all the environmental sciences, and to house significant portions of the University’s natural history collections. The Environmental...
Yale University will announce plans Wednesday, May 12, to construct an Environmental Sciences Facility adjacent to the Peabody Museum of Natural History. Yale President Richard C. Levin, Provost Alison Richard, Edward P. Bass of the Yale College Class...
Yale students will unveil their new solar-powered car Thursday, April 22nd at noon on Beinecke Plaza of the Yale campus, adjacent to Wall Street. The car, “Lux Perpetua,” will compete in Sunrayce ‘99, a bi-yearly contest for solar cars built by college...
Yale University chemistry graduate student Jason W. Chin has been awarded the first Sigma Xi-Consortium for Plasma Science Grant-in-Aid of Research, a $5,000 award that will support his efforts to develop a novel method to protect the world’s blood...
Q New Haven students in grades K-12 from more than 40 public schools will exhibit investigative science projects on Tuesday, March 9, at Commons Hall, corner of Grove and College streets. Photographers and reporters are invited. Olin Corporation and...
– With a little manganese and some household bleach, Yale University chemists have developed a test-tube system that mimics for the first time the way green plants harness sunlight to turn water into oxygen, according to a report in the March 5 issue of...