A medication that has been found to effectively treat the skin disease alopecia areata in adults is also successful in treating adolescent patients, according to a Yale-led clinical trial.
Alopecia areata is an autoimmune disease characterized by sudden,...
Yale astronomers are on the lookout for a “runaway” black hole — a supermassive black hole that was catapulted away from the center of its host galaxy by the gravitational force of multiple black holes interacting at once.
A trail of a potential rogue...
On a Saturday in December, Yale sophomore Richie Hsiung briefly laid down his fencing foil to deliver a piercing insight into probability density — and came up big for Yale mathematics.
Hsiung, along with teammates Deyuan Li and Andrew Milas, both Yale...
A Yale-led research team has discovered a molecular “device” found in nature that harvests a particular sliver of the sunlight spectrum in order to convert it into chemical energy.
In a study led by Yale’s Gary Brudvig and Christopher Gisriel, and Donald...
Earth’s continental crust may have begun forming hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought, Yale scientists say — and the reason will be obvious to anyone who has ever baked a cake or a batch of cookies.
In a new study in the journal...
Chances are, if you’re a movie fan you’re familiar with Theodore Kim’s intricate pixel work.
From the Sorting Hat in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” to the dancers’ flowing skirts in “Coco,” Kim’s computer animation algorithms have brought a...
The Milky Way just learned it has a bunch of much older siblings.
New data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed that the universe produced star-filled galaxies much earlier than previously thought. This discovery, if confirmed, is...
Say cheese, Pandora.
An international team of astronomers, including researchers from Yale, has unveiled the latest deep field image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): an unprecedented look at the region of space known as Pandora’s Cluster,...
Three members of the Yale Faculty of Arts and Sciences have received 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships, a prestigious award that recognizes early-career scientists and scholars who have potential to make important contributions to their field.
The three...
Peyton Fleagle was just a toddler when his parents first noticed itchy scales appear on his skin. Eventually, the scales covered 95% of Peyton’s body.
Fleagle, who is now 12, has a condition called X-linked ichthyosis, one of an often-disfiguring group of...