Over one-third of the world’s population already lives in areas struggling to keep up with the demand for fresh water. By 2025, that number will nearly double. Some countries have met the challenge by tapping into natural sources of fresh water, but as...
Yale scientist John S. Wettlaufer has been named the Tage Erlander visiting professor at Stockholm’s Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics (NORDITA) for the year 2012.John S. WettlauferThe Swedish Research Council announced Wettlaufer’s appointment...
Yale’s Intelligent Buildings Project has received $200,000 from the Wells Fargo Foundation to support groundbreaking research on energy consumption in buildings. The aim of the project is to lay the groundwork for the creation of “intelligent” buildings...
Spotted salamanders exposed to contaminated roadside ponds are adapting to their toxic environments, according to a Yale paper in Scientific Reports. This study provides the first documented evidence that a vertebrate has adapted to the negative effects...
Three students from Yale have been chosen by two highly selective scholarship programs for work or study abroad.Yale senior Sarah Armitage and 2011 graduate Harold McNamara are among 40 scholars nationwide who have received Gates Cambridge Scholarships...
Paul Anastas, director of Yale’s Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, will receive the German Chemical Society’s Wöhler Prize for his contributions to the design, discovery, and development of new chemistries and conceptual frameworks for...
