As scientists prepare for crewed research missions to nearby planets and moons, they’ve identified a need for something beyond rovers and rockets.
They need accurate weather forecasts. Without them, any trip to the surface may be one dust storm away from...
Yale researchers have identified a cellular spy that tricks certain immune cells into helping potentially deadly skin cancer to reproduce.
The discovery, reported in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may offer new treatment...
When the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to disrupt his senior year at Yale, Jack Devlin decided to take a gap year.
Now, after his return to campus for the first time in 18 months, he is eager to resume on-campus life — and all that comes with it — as fully...
Researchers have identified a molecular mechanism that drives the progression of uveal melanoma (UM), an often lethal eye cancer in adults.
The finding, published in the journal Nature Communications, may offer an opportunity to develop treatments to...
William L. Jorgensen, Sterling Professor of Chemistry, has been selected as a 2021 Citation Laureate for his influential contributions to the field of computational chemistry.
The distinction reflects the importance of Jorgensen’s work within the...
A study from Yale and Georgia Tech offers new context for a pivotal step in the evolution of life on Earth: the dramatic proliferation of animal life, hundreds of millions of years ago, in the ancient sea.
The prevailing scientific theory has been that...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named Debra Fischer, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy in Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, director of its Division of Astronomical Sciences.
As director, Fischer will lead NSF’s mission to set...
The Yale community saw a familiar face behind the podium at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Oct. 5, when the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics was announced.
The American Physical Society (APS) has elected Keith Baker, the D. Allan Bromley Professor of Physics, and research scientist Adrian Gozar as fellows of the society.
APS is a nonprofit membership organization that advances the knowledge of physics and...