Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found that excessive formation of calcium crystal deposits in the amniotic fluid may be a reason why some pregnant women suffer preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM) leading to preterm delivery.This...
Yale University and the Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco (UNSAAC) today signed an agreement establishing the UNSAAC-Yale International Center for the Study of Machu Picchu and Inca Culture in Cusco, Peru.The Center will display,...
One of the world’s foremost collections of its kind, the Yale Collection of Musical Instruments, housed at 15 Hillhouse Ave., regularly provides a setting for concerts of early music by prominent performers and provides audience members with an...
An interview of bestselling author and humanitarian Greg Mortenson by retired U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, senior fellow of the Yale Jackson Institute of Global Affairs, will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 16, at 4 p.m. at the Whitney Humanities...
More than 50 years after the invention of the laser, scientists at Yale University have built the world’s first anti-laser, in which incoming beams of light interfere with one another in such a way as to perfectly cancel each other out. The discovery...
Boston Scientific Corporation has established a $1.7 million scholarship endowment for Yale School of Medicine. The “Donald S. Baim, M.D., ‘75 Scholarship Fund” will honor the late cardiology pioneer and graduate of Yale School of Medicine. Dr. Baim...
If Dr. Laura Niklason has her way, vascular surgeons will someday be able to pull human veins off a shelf, whenever they want, to save lives.Niklason is a pioneer in the science — and art — of tissue-engineered replacement of human body components. Last...
Four of Yale’s brightest young scientists were among 118 named today as 2011 Sloan Research Fellows by The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.The fellowships are meant to encourage “fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding...
As a child grows, a short stature is not usually cause for concern, but it is often the only sign of a condition called Turner syndrome. Prevalent in girls, Turner syndrome is a genetic defect that short-circuits normal growth and leads to cardiac and...
Music lovers all over the world celebrated Franz Schubert’s 214th birthday on January 31. On Wednesday, February 23, music lovers in Connecticut can celebrate again when the renowned pianist Emanuel Ax gives an all-Schubert recital presented by the Yale...