The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded four of its Science & Technology Policy Fellowships, which place fellows with backgrounds in science or technology fields in yearlong roles in federal government agencies, to...
Today’s world is marked by complex issues that demand progressively stronger leadership to address them. Current issues ranging from global climate change to healthcare inequity make it clear that the world’s most intricate puzzles will require...
More than 20 years after scientists revealed that mutations in the BRCA1 gene predispose women to breast cancer, Yale scientists have pinpointed the molecular mechanism that allows those mutations to wreak their havoc.
The findings, reported Oct. 4 in the...