Yale University researchers have found more than two dozen scent receptors in malaria-transmitting mosquitoes that detect compounds in human sweat, a finding that may help scientists to develop new ways to combat a disease that kills 1 million people...
Deciphering microscopic clues hidden within fossils, scientists have uncovered the vibrant colors that adorned a feathered dinosaur extinct for 150 million years, a Yale University-led research team reports online Feb. 4 in the journal Science.Unlike...
A. Douglas Stone, the Carl A. Morse Professor of Applied Physics and chair of applied physics, has been elected as a fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA).Stone is one of 63 fellows who were elevated to the rank for 2010. He was awarded the honor...
A Yale School of Medicine neuroscientist investigating how viruses can be used to attack brain cancers has developed a new method to generate novel, color-coded proteins that can be used by researchers investigating cures for a host of diseases.Anthony N...
Yale University scientists have streamlined the process for synthesizing a family of compounds with the potential to kill cancer and other diseased cells, and have found that they represent a unique category of anti-cancer agents. Their discovery appears...
Bruce F. Carmichael, the deputy dean for academic administration in the School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS), died suddenly on Feb. 1. He was 63 years old.Carmichael had served in his current post since 2008. He had previously served for...
Yale University today announced receipt of a grant from The Goizueta Foundation, which has a long history of supporting science and engineering education at the University. The award of $1.915 million will establish the School of Engineering & Applied...
Michael Waldholz, managing editor of global health, science and environment at Bloomberg News, will be the guest at a Pierson College master’s tea on Wednesday, Feb. 24. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 4 p.m. in the...
Larry Stewart, professor of history at the University of Saskatchewan, will deliver the opening Shulman Lecture in Science and the Humanities on Wednesday, Feb. 24.Stewart’s talk, titled “Experiment and Response: Discovering the Philosophic Audience in...
More frequent tropical cyclones in Earth’s ancient past contributed to persistent El Niño-like conditions, according to a team of climate scientists led by Yale University. Their findings, which appear in the Feb. 25 issue of the journal Nature, could...