Thierry Emonet was trained as an astrophysicist, but this winter he found himself teaching a Yale class full of biology, computer science, engineering and math students who want to learn how to predict the behavior of living organisms.The life sciences...
The Yale University Department of Astronomy is planning a series of activities — including talks, movies, exhibitions, concerts and other events — to mark the celebration of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) 2009, a global effort initiated by the...
Bonnie T. Fleming, the newly appointed Horace D. Taft Associate Professor of Physics, is noted for her research on neutrinos, the tiniest building blocks of all matter.Her experimental research program focuses on precision tracking experiments looking for...
The Lupus Research Institute has granted a three-year, $300,000 Novel Research Award to support the work on the disease being done by Tarek Fahmy, assistant professor of biomedical engineering, and Joseph Craft, professor of medicine and immunobiology and...
The public is invited both to listen and participate as three acclaimed scientists share the passion and excitement of their research in Yale’s Science Saturdays series. The presentations will be held on April 4, 11 and 18, from 10:30 a.m. to noon in...
Rajendra K. Pachauri will lead the newly established Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI), University President Richard C. Levin has announced. Pachauri has chaired the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002 and has...
When NASA’s Kepler spacecraft blasts into space on March 6, thousands of scientists around the globe will get one step closer to finding out just how unique Earth — and possibly life — really is.The robotic probe will spend the next three-and-a-half years...
Some people love gold; others are crazy about platinum. For Ann Valentine, it’s titanium. As a young scientist, she heard about a certain type of sea squirts - soft, tubular-shaped marine creatures that attach themselves to rocks and coral - that filters...
Two Yale postdoctoral scientists, Oscar R. Colegio and Kristina M. Herbert, were among 13 designated as Dam Runyon Cancer Research Foundation Fellows.The foundation provides funds to the nation’s most promising young cancer researchers so they can pursue...
Yale astronomer Sarbani Basu will be available to speak with the media about her role in NASA’s Kepler mission to search for Earth-like planets before it launches on Friday.Kepler is currently scheduled to launch at 10:48 p.m. EST on March 6. The robotic...