Yale scientists have discovered that laser light can be used to cool traveling sound waves in a silicon chip. Their findings appear in the Nov. 27 online edition of the journal Physical Review X.
In the last several decades, the ability to cool clouds of...
A new study of fossils and embryos of birds has uncovered a key element in the evolution of bird skulls.
It has been known for some time that bird skulls have fewer elements than their non-avian dinosaur relatives. Birds do not have the postorbital and...
Burnt toast and dinosaur bones have a common trait, according to a new, Yale-led study. They both contain chemicals that, under the right conditions, transform original proteins into something new. It’s a process that may help researchers understand how...
Daniel Smith, a graduate student in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, and Bhart-Anjan Bhullar, assistant professor and assistant curator in geology and geophysics, have won a 2018 Vizzies People’s Choice award for photography from the National...
A new animal species related to crabs and shrimp, preserved in 430-million-year-old rocks in Herefordshire, England, presents a rare look at the respiratory organs of a tiny crustacean.
A team of scientists from Yale, the University of Leicester, Oxford,...