The common ancestor of more than 5,000 contemporary placental mammals such as rats, whales, and humans was a small, insect-eating animal that appeared after the dinosaurs went extinct 65 million years ago, an international team of researchers report in...
Fat is stored in the body in two distinct ways, Yale researchers have discovered. While the finding may not help people shed excess pounds, it may shed light on how to prevent health problems associated with weight gain.Expanding lipid droplets in cell,...
[video:http://vimeo.com/25593920]A scientist’s biology lecture on flight goes awry when she reveals her own extreme experiments in “Theory of Flight” — the next offering in the new Franke Lectures in Science and the Humanities.“Theory of Flight” is “a...
A succession of distinct but surprising microbial communities populate apple blossoms during the flowers’ life cycle, suggesting that the bacteria have a carefully regulated relationship with the common fruit tree, say Yale scientists.(Photo by Ashley...
Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa may not be able to cure his patients’ brain cancer, but there is one thing that the internationally renowned neurosurgeon and neuroscientist can provide them with: hope.Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-HinojosaDuring a recent visit to...
Glass doesn’t have to be brittle.Glass doesn’t have to be brittle, as new research explains. The key is temperature.In a paper published online Feb. 26 in the journal Nature Communications, a Yale University team and collaborators propose a way of...