The protein known as polycystin 2 is present in every cell in the body, but until now scientists knew little about its purpose. Yale researchers have discovered that it protects against cell death, making it a potential target for therapies to treat a...
For adolescents diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, a simple computer-based program known as attention training may offer relief, according to a new Yale-led study.
In a promising finding, researchers discovered major reductions in anxiety among 64 youths...
Medical school students are being mistreated by fellow students, medical faculty, and supervising residents based on their race, gender, and sexual orientation, according to a new study led by Yale University researchers.
The study, which examined 27,504...
When Jesse Washington ’92 B.A. was a student at Yale in the late 1980s, he witnessed African-American men ascending to new positions of power in sports.
Among them was John Thompson Jr., coach of Georgetown University’s basketball team, the first African-...
Bosses who act in ways associated with emotional intelligence foster happier, more creative employees, according to a Yale-led study in the Journal of Creative Behavior.
Research scientist Zorana Ivcevic and colleagues at the Yale Center for Emotional...
Since September, women across Yale have been examining their history at one of America’s oldest universities. They’ve been celebrating unsung trailblazers, adding materials to Sterling Library’s History of Coeducation, and recording their remembrances. As...
Before COVID-19 became a massive global health threat, Yale epidemiology professor Nathan Grubaugh mainly relied on Twitter as a direct line of communication with fellow scientists, especially if he wanted a fast response to a scientific inquiry.
“It was...
New York Times assistant managing editor Monica Drake ’94 B.A. made history in 2018 when she became the first black woman on the paper’s masthead. She had joined the paper in 1998 as an intern, later becoming a copy editor, Culture Desk writer, and senior...
An underlying virus does not stop the body’s immune system from launching a strong defense against a second, newly introduced virus, according to a Yale-led study that appears in the March 9 online edition of the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases...
There are substantial costs associated with breast cancer screenings for U.S. women in their 40s, a new Yale-led study finds, and these costs vary widely by region.
The study, conducted by researchers at Yale, University of Oslo, and New York University,...