Since he was a kid Hal Blumenfeld has wondered about the nature of human consciousness.
“It’s what makes us human and makes life worthwhile,” said Blumenfeld, now the Mark Loughridge and Michele Williams Professor of Neurology at Yale. “And it’s still a...
The formation of amyloid plaques in the brain is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. But drugs designed to reduce accumulations of these plaques have so far yielded, at best, mixed results in clinical trials.
Yale researchers have found, however, that...
A common feature of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, is reduced eye contact with others in natural conditions. Although eye contact is a critically important part of everyday interactions, scientists have been limited in studying the neurological basis of...
The survival of all animals and insects, from wolves to bees, depends upon their ability to find the source of odors, which is a challenge when wind disperses and obscures their source. Past research has shown that animals and insects navigate their way...
A Yale-designed nasal vaccine can help bolster immune responses to COVID-19 in previously vaccinated animals and reduce viral transmission, Yale researchers report Oct. 27 in the journal Science.
The new vaccine approach developed by Yale researchers —...
The trillions of bacteria that reside in the human gut are known to play a critical role in promoting mental and physical health. But new research shows that the gut microbiome can also harbor potential bad actors.
In a study published Oct 27 in the...
Immunotherapy, a biotherapy that boosts the ability of the immune system to recognize and attack mutant tumor cells, has transformed the treatment landscape for patients battling cancer, which emerges from the progressive accumulation of DNA mutations....
Our ancestry can be detected not only in our genes, but also in our metabolism, a new Yale-led study has found.
In an analysis of the metabolic profiles of healthy American babies, researchers found surprising differences among ethnic groups, perhaps...
Three Yale researchers have received the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) New Innovator Award, a prestigious award that recognizes “unusually innovative” work by early career scientists.
The three recipients, Luisa Escobar-Hoyos and Berna Sozen from...
The natural world possesses its own intrinsic electrical grid composed of a global web of tiny bacteria-generated nanowires in the soil and oceans that “breathe” by exhaling excess electrons.
In a new study, Yale University researchers discovered that...