Each year, the physics department at Yale invites a distinguished physicist to present a series of three Leigh Page Prize Lectures, named in honor of Leigh Page who received his Ph.D. from Yale in 1913, was acting chair of the Department of Physics from...
Scientists at the Yale School of Medicine identified a molecule in osteoclasts, IRAK-M, that is a key regulator of bone mass. MicroCT analysis of bone from mice with (M+/M+) and without (M-/M-) IRAK-M.(Full Size Image) Osteoclasts are cells that...
Scientists at Yale have genetically designed triggers in the brains of fruit flies that allow the flies’ behavior to be controlled with laser light, according to an article in the April 8 issue of the journal Cell. Laser light activation of fly...
Emeritus Professor Jack S. Greenberg, 77, of the Physics Department at Yale University died March 30 at the hospital of St Raphael in New Haven where he had been cared for since an injury in January. Emeritus Professor Jack S. Greenberg(Full...
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine and the VA Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven identified a novel human kidney protein called renalase that regulates both heart contraction and blood pressure, and that is a strong candidate for easily...
The Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) will host the 7th Annual AIDS Science Day on Friday, April 22 at the Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale, 155 Temple St. CIRA–affiliated scientists from Yale, the Hispanic Health Council and The Institute...
A possible link between lack of sleep (insomnia) and obesity has been traced to hypocretin/orexin cells in the hypothalamus region of the brain that are easily excited and sensitive to stress, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the April issue...
Yale School of Medicine’s Pediatric Asthma Care Team will provide asthma screenings for the community at Dave McDermott Auto Group, 55 Main St., East Haven on Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. In honor of World Asthma Day (May 3), physicians and...
Provost Andrew D. Hamilton announced the appointment of Professor H. Kim Bottomly as Deputy Provost for Science, Technology and Faculty development. She will assume responsibilities in the Provost’s Office on July 1, 2005. “The Deputy Provosts help me...
Gloria Steinem, an American journalist and leader in the women’s rights movement, and Roslyn Milstein Meyer, ‘71 B.A., ‘73 M.S., ‘77 Ph.D., a co–founder of the Leadership, Education and Athletic Partnership, will be honored April 21 by Women’s Health...