Like many Americans, Barry Piekos knew that when the space shuttle blasted into space last month it would be the last flight for Endeavour, and the second-to-last space shuttle flight ever. What he didn’t realize was that he would play a part in an...
Eleven Yale professors were among the 35 new members elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering (CASE) last month. Founded in 1976, CASE is a nonprofit, public service institution patterned after the National Academy of Sciences. The...
Ruslan M. Medzhitov, the David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology at Yale School of Medicine, a member of Yale Cancer Center and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, is one of three scientists awarded the prestigious Shaw Prize in Life...
Yale’s James Rothman, fourth from right, and six other recipients of 2010 Kavli Prizes met President Barack Obama on June 6 in a White House ceremony to celebrate their achievements. Rothman, the Fergus F. Wallace Professor of Biomedical Sciences, was one...
Student engineers who have been working for the past five years on a project to bring clean water to a community in Cameroon, Africa, have been honored for their dedication to their cause.The Yale student chapter of Engineers Without Borders USA received...
Being a beekeeper wasn’t one of Nancy Moran’s burning ambitions but the William H. Fleming, M.D. Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology finds herself this spring tending to three small hives that may contain clues to the causes of colony collapse...
Male monkeys looking for a good time might benefit from spending a bit longer getting to know a potential mate, according to a new study published online in the scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.The time males spend around a...
Yale researchers Alanna Schepartz and Scott J. Miller were recently announced as the recipients of a prestigious $1 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation. The grant supports a three-year, pioneering study that aims to create artificial enzymes using...
Fuel cells have been touted as a cleaner solution to tomorrow’s energy needs, with potential applications in everything from cars to computers.But one reason fuel cells aren’t already more widespread is their lack of endurance. Over time, the catalysts...
Liberty Media and Liberty Global Chairman John Malone, Yale College Class of 1963, has made a gift of $50 million to Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science (SEAS) to endow ten new professorships, President Richard C. Levin announced today. The...