You don’t have to spend years training to be an astronaut, or even pay a million dollars as a space tourist, to tour the cosmos. Now members of the Yale community, New Haven school groups and the general public can by whisked off to space without even...
Hong Tang, assistant professor of electrical and mechanical engineering, has received a CAREER award from the Faculty Early Career Development Program at the National Science Foundation (NSF).The NSF CAREER Award is one of the highest honors for young...
Three Yale graduate students recently were part of an expedition to Chile to find a rare microorganism that can produce diesel fuel.A year ago, the last place that three Yale graduate students would have expected to find themselves was in Chile, hunting...
In addition to land and buildings, Yale’s recent purchase of the West Campus included an inventory of laboratory equipment and consumable supplies (i.e., test tubes, culture plates, etc.) with a fair market value of nearly $2 million. The Provost’s Office...
On a brisk Saturday morning in November, pre-teen girls from across the greater New Haven area clamored around a large pile of pipe cleaners, sparkles, crayons, pom poms and glue sticks. Scattered throughout were less-familiar items: alligator clips, wire...
Not many teachers would have the courage to ask, on the last day of class, how many of the nearly 180 students sitting before him had been dreading the course when it first began back in September. But that’s exactly what Scott Miller, the Irénée duPont...
There are an increasing number of “green” products available — from hybrid cars to organic food to sustainable buildings. The development of “green” drugs, however, is one area that has lagged behind in the move toward greater environmental sustainability...
In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150 year anniversary of publication of his Origin of the Species, Yale has created a webportal, Yale Celebrates Darwin. The portal provides links to information about all the...
Ira Flatow, host and executive producer of “Talk of the Nation: Science Friday” on National Public Radio, will give a public lecture on campus on Tuesday, February 10.Titled “Talking Science in A Science-Challenged World,” Flatow’s talk will begin at 4 p....
