Every year about one in three adults age 65 and older takes a fall, and 20 to 30% of those who fall suffer significant injuries such as head trauma or a broken hip. A new study shows how difficult it is to prevent these injuries, even with help from...
Step aside, skeletons — a new world of biochemical “signatures” found in all kinds of ancient fossils is revealing itself to paleontologists, providing a new avenue for insights into major evolutionary questions.
In a new study published in the journal...
Yale’s pilot COVID-19 screening program has shown that the university can efficiently and effectively conduct asymptomatic testing for the novel coronavirus — and that there are currently few positive test results among individuals without symptoms in the...
Yale has launched an online dashboard for state and campus COVID-19 screening statistics that is open to public view and intended to serve as a convenient and reliable community resource. It will be updated weekly.
Located on Yale’s main COVID-19...
A nifty move with nitrogen has brought the world one step closer to creating a range of useful products — from dyes to pharmaceuticals — out of thin air.
The discovery comes from a team of Yale chemists who found a way to combine atmospheric nitrogen with...
Yale physicists have developed an error-correcting cat — a new device that combines the Schrödinger’s cat concept of superposition (a physical system existing in two states at once) with the ability to fix some of the trickiest errors in a quantum...
Sarecycline, a drug approved for use in the United States in 2018, is the first new antibiotic approved to treat acne in more than 40 years. Now, researchers at Yale and the University of Illinois-Chicago have discovered how its unique chemical structure...
At the heart of photosynthesis, the process by which plants and certain microorganisms produce Earth’s oxygen, there is a monumental act of thievery.
An enigmatic enzyme known as Photosystem II steals electrons from water, uses them as fuel, and leaves in...
COVID-19 testing is an integral part of Yale’s strategy for supporting the health and well-being of students, faculty, and staff.
As the fall semester gets under way, Dr. Madeline Wilson, chief quality officer at Yale Health and chair of Yale’s COVID-19...
Less is sometimes more when treating heart patients who go into shock after a heart attack.
A new study found that more than 30 percent of hospital patients who have a heart attack complicated by low blood pressure undergo an aggressive treatment in which...