A major volcanic eruption about 100,000 years ago has been recorded in the genes of giant Galapagos tortoises whose ancestors survived the eruption, Yale researchers report in a recent issue of Science. The researchers analyzed a tortoise population...
Children are just as likely to choose a small toy as candy when offered both on Halloween, according to a Yale study. Given the choice between lollipops, fruit-flavored chewy candies, fruit flavored crunchy wafers, and sweet and tart hard candies, or...
Peter Schwartz, an internationally renowned futurist and co-founder and chair of the Global Business Network, will discuss “Inevitable Surprises: Thinking Ahead in a Time of Turbulence” on Friday, October 24, at 4 p.m. in Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall,...
Timothy Wirth, president of the United Nations Foundation and former United States Senator from Colorado, will discuss “Oil Dependence, Foreign Policy and the Need for a New Energy Policy” on Thursday, October 23, at 4 p.m. in the Yale Law School...
In the release “Yale Receives $4.9 Million Grant for International Genome Study” that was sent this morning, please add the following sentence at the beginning of the 6th paragragh, beginning NHGRI Director …. The National Human Genome Research...
An analysis of the smallest microbial genome ever sequenced supports theories that life may have originated in a hot and fiery primeval earth, according to Yale researchers and collaborators. N. equitans defines a new kingdom, Nanoarchaeota in the...
Yale researchers are taking part in an ambitious, $36 million, three-year pilot study that will test efficient, high-throughput methods for identifying, locating and fully analyzing all of the functional elements contained in a set of DNA target regions...
By changing the optical properties of the semiconductor material gallium arsenide (GaAs), a Yale researcher has found a faster and cheaper way to create crystals for optical emitters, which have potential uses in fiber optic cables to carry television...
In a self-selecting poll of fulltime faculty and researchers, conducted by “The Scientist” magazine, Yale ranked third in “Best Places to Work in Academia”. Relationships with colleagues and the quality physical and financial resources were among the...
A Yale University science faculty member is available for comment about the solar storm, which is expected to send particles to Earth at noontime today. Sabatino Sofia, professor of astronomy and director of Yale’s Center for Solar & Space Research,...