A team of astronomers has discovered a group of rare galaxies called the “Green Peas” with the help of citizen scientists working through an online project called Galaxy Zoo. The finding could lend unique insights into how galaxies form stars in the early...
Synchronicity in nature is seen in beating hearts, the flashing of fireflies’ lights, the ebb and flow of infectious disease—and the simultaneous rise and fall of populations across vast reaches of space. While scientists have identified some factors that...
Given that the ancient Greeks theorized the existence of atoms more than 2,500 years ago, it might seem that scientists must know everything about these tiny elements of matter and how they interact with one another by now. But John Tully insists there’s...
Andreas Savvides, the newly named Barton L. Weller Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, focuses his work on wireless embedded systems and wireless sensor networks.His appointment is through June 20, 2013. Savvides, who also holds a faculty...
Selenium is a trace element crucial to life — too little or too much of it is fatal. In the July 17 issue of the journal Science, researchers at Yale University and University of Illinois at Chicago detail the molecular mechanisms that govern its...
A team of researchers has discovered an unexpected concentration of a certain isotopic molecule in parts of the stratosphere that could have implications for understanding the carbon cycle and its response to climate change. By analyzing samples of air...
A team of Yale University researchers has discovered a “repulsive” light force that can be used to manipulate components on silicon microchips, meaning future nanodevices could be controlled by light rather than electricity. The team previously discovered...
Fifty million years ago, the North and South Poles were ice-free and crocodiles roamed the Arctic. Since then, a long-term decrease in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has cooled the Earth. Researchers at Yale University, the Carnegie Institution of...