Astronomers at Yale and the University of Hong Kong have proposed a new strategy for finding the universe’s first stars — by looking for signs of their final, fiery flares.
For years, scientists have searched for direct evidence of “Population III” stars...
Two Yale faculty members have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Sociologist and physician Nicholas Christakis and chemist James Mayer are...
Two Yale faculty members — a trailblazing astrophysicist and a leading immunologist — are part of Time Magazine’s 2024 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Priyamvada Natarajan, whose theories on the unseen forces underpinning the...
The public is often closed off from scholarly perspectives on the potential benefits of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Studies often reside behind pricey paywalls. And even if they are accessible, they are frequently written in esoteric language...
Yale astronomers have helped identify a tiny star system orbiting the Milky Way which they say hints at the existence of a new class of faint, satellite star systems that orbit around large galaxies.
An international team led by researchers at Yale and...
This month, with spring in the air, Insights & Outcomes reports on new discoveries beneath the Himalayas and on the ocean floor and congratulates a revered Yale scientist and an early career physicist on their latest honors.
As always, you can find...
Last summer, Yale biophysicist Robert G. Shulman co-authored a paper that demonstrated that metabolism has a greater, and earlier, impact on adaptation than previously understood. The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Cell and Developmental...