Yale researchers have identified key mechanisms used to repair breaks in DNA strands, a fundamental question in biology with implications for cancer research.Chromosomes are constantly under assault from environmental threats such as radiation and, as a...
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have developed a new animal model for studying hemophilia A, with the goal of eventually treating people with the disorder. Hemophilia A, a hereditary defect that prevents blood from clotting normally, is caused by a...
What do you get when you send an English major to study rocks in some of the most remote wilderness in the country? In the case of Laura Marris, the answer is a great read, illustrated with beautiful photos.Marris, an English major who graduated from Yale...
Yale University researchers have identified three genes containing genetic variations that appear to increase a child’s risk of developing asthma. The findings will be published in three separate journals: the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology,...
Readers of all ages can buy books at bargain prices, while also benefiting the United Way, at a “Books Are Fun” fair being held 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday and Friday, Sept. 9 and 10, in the Hewitt Quadrangle (Beinecke Plaza) near the “Uncommon Market”, 500...
Yale and McGill University scientists have identified a protein that is critical in fighting mosquito-borne West Nile Virus in mice. This finding could have therapeutic implications for controlling the potentially deadly virus in humans. The study appears...
Two Yale scientists have been named winners of James S. McDonnell Foundation grants, which are given to scientists from around the world doing innovative research in complex systems, brain cancer, and human cognition.Thierry Emonet, assistant professor of...
For those who missed the singular performance of Scriabin’s “Prometheus: Poem of Fire” at Woolsey Hall last February, there will be a second chance to see the spectacular music and light show this Friday, September 10, when a documentary about the...
Three widely respected financial experts—Wall Street Economist Stephen Roach, Yale Professor Robert Shiller and former Dean of the Stern School of Business at NYU Thomas Cooley—will join the Director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and...
Robert Galambos, a former Yale faculty member who was a pioneer of neuro-electrophysiology and a founder of the branch of science called neurophysiology, died of natural causes on June 18. He was 96 years old.During a research career that spanned more...