An international team of astronomers has used the Hubble Space Telescope to take the deepest image of the universe ever, revealing the farthest and youngest known galaxies. The results, which could offer insights into how the first galaxies formed and...
A team led by Yale University geologists has reconstructed the climate and elevation of California’s northern Sierra Nevada mountains using organic materials derived from ancient leaves and bacteria. Their findings, published in the January issue of the...
Our energy-hungry brains operate reliably and efficiently while processing a flood of sensory information, thanks to a sort of neuronal thermostat that regulates activity in the visual cortex, Yale researchers have found.The actions of inhibitory neurons...
Four Yale professors have been elected by their peers in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as fellows in honor of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.They are: Mark...
There’s something about swirling vortices that’s mesmerizing — whether in churning ocean currents or curling threads of smoke from a fire. But when Nick Ouellette stares at such patterns, it isn’t the swirls that catch his attention. It’s the places in...
Thanks to genetic data gleaned from the bones found in a several museum collections, an international team of researchers led by scientists from Yale believes it may be possible to resurrect a tortoise species hunted to extinction by whalers visiting the...
Yale University announced the launch of a website designed to provide information about federal grants the University has received through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The website can be found at http://opa.yale.edu/sp/arra.Faculty...
Science exploration was the theme of the evening when area middle and high school students gathered at the Peabody Museum of Natural History on Jan. 16 for a special event sponsored by Yale Science Pathways, an outreach program that connects local youths...
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...