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...
Psychology Professor Allan R. Wagner is a recipient of this year’s Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association for “outstanding contributions” to the study of conditioning and behavior theory. Wagner is one of...
A Yale researcher has helped increase our understanding of telomerase, an enzyme that makes cancer cells grow, which could lead to new ways to attack cancer with chemotherapy. The researcher, Professor Sandra L. Wolin, says the discovery is significant...
Yale students will unveil their new solar-powered car Thursday, April 22nd at noon on Beinecke Plaza of the Yale campus, adjacent to Wall Street. The car, “Lux Perpetua,” will compete in Sunrayce ‘99, a bi-yearly contest for solar cars built by college...
Yale University chemistry graduate student Jason W. Chin has been awarded the first Sigma Xi-Consortium for Plasma Science Grant-in-Aid of Research, a $5,000 award that will support his efforts to develop a novel method to protect the world’s blood...
Q New Haven students in grades K-12 from more than 40 public schools will exhibit investigative science projects on Tuesday, March 9, at Commons Hall, corner of Grove and College streets. Photographers and reporters are invited. Olin Corporation and...
– With a little manganese and some household bleach, Yale University chemists have developed a test-tube system that mimics for the first time the way green plants harness sunlight to turn water into oxygen, according to a report in the March 5 issue of...