Supersymmetry in nuclei – the theory pioneered in 1980 by Yale Professor of Physics Francesco Iachello who predicted that every quantum state we see in some atomic nuclei has a super partner – is now a reality, thanks to the use of a new, high-power...
Yale alumnus John C. Malone ‘63, chair of Liberty Media Corporation and winner of awards for his leadership in telecommunications, will deliver the Sheffield Fellowship Lecture on Thursday, Oct. 7, at 4 p.m. in Rm. 114 of Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona...
The second annual Yale Physics Olympics Competition for teams of high school students from Connecticut and New York will be held Saturday, Oct. 16, at the Sloane Physics Laboratory beginning at 10:30 a.m. One hundred and fifty high school juniors and...
Electrical engineering Professors A. Stephen Morse and Peter Belhumeur are recipients of a $2.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the second largest 1999 award among 31 national research grants to study knowledge and distributed...
Yale University President Richard C. Levin delivered the following opening statement today during testimony in Washington before the Science and Technology Caucus of the United States Senate: Members of the Caucus, thank you for inviting me to discuss...
A Yale astronomer working with a team of scientists has found that the universe might be expanding somewhat faster than most current calculations. Professor Stephen Zepf said in a study published in Nature magazine Thursday (Sept. 23) that the team came...
A new study by Yale scientists has found that animals can recognize and stay away from other animals that may infect them with a disease. Professor David Skelly said that research completed in his laboratory in collaboration with Professor Joseph...
A Yale professor has been awarded a $150,000 grant to study the use of the natural product palau’amine, which was isolated from a marine sponge found in the West Pacific, as a potential chemotherapeutic agent. Chemistry Professor David Austin said the...
New findings by Yale researchers bring us one step closer to understanding why we have fleeting memories of some events, yet remember other incidents for a lifetime. In a study published Friday in the journal Science, Professor Thomas Carew and co-...
Yale today received a $100,000 grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., to support STARS (Science, Technology and Research Scholars) – a program to promote academic success in the sciences among women, minorities and the physically...