Working as a medical/surgical nurse in a Thai hospital, Wantana Limkulpong knew that she needed to do more to help her patients. Many were men who had become infected with HIV through their relations with prostitutes. Even more heartbreaking were the...
With nearly 60 percent of its land still covered by natural forests, Bhutan is a country rich in wildlife such as elephants, rhinos, tigers and snow leopards. As a wildlife conservationist, 30-year-old Tobgay Namgyal worked for seven years for the...
Yale University’s scientific advances and on-going research will be featured May 11-17 on a World Wide Web site sponsored by The Science Coalition, a national resource for information on federally funded university research. Each week, the Coalition...
Melvin J. Cohen, professor emeritus of biology at Yale University and a noted neurobiologist, died Feb. 22 in Berkeley, Calif. A member of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, he was 69 years old and was affiliated with Yale for 29 years....
A chemist who specializes in soccer-ball shaped carbon molecules known as buckyballs, a mathematician who is noted for his work in data compression and restoration, and a geneticist whose techniques are widely used for analyzing human genes are the most...
Yale University will participate in a national exhibition on Capitol Hill illustrating why university-based research is vital to the nation’s defense. The exhibition will take place Wednesday, April 29, 4:30-7:30 p.m. in the Caucus Room of the Cannon...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Enterprise Forum of Connecticut will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, April 29, at 6 p.m. at Yale University’s Bass Center for Molecular and Structural Biology, room 305, 266 Whitney Ave....
A small number of invasive plant and animal species inflict massive economic and ecological damage throughout the United States. In fact, 79 plant and animal species found beyond their geographic range caused direct economic losses of $97 billion from...
A data bank containing environmental case studies of proven or promising solutions to a wide range of problems, including global warming, will be available beginning this summer on a World Wide Web site hosted by Yale University. The HORIZON “Solutions...
Yale University students will unveil the latest prototype of a solar-powered electric vehicle they have designed and constructed during the past year at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, April 23, on Beinecke Plaza, Wall and College streets. They also will be...
