Science & Technology

Supermassive black holes grow mainly by the accretion of gas they pull in by spinning, rather than by merging with other black holes, new research shows.

Daniel Colón-Ramos and Enrique De La Cruz have been named as two of the 100 most inspiring Hispanic/Latinx scientists in America by Cell Mentor.

Researchers have been able to track the spread of COVID-19 up to seven days before the same pattern is reported by compiled testing data by testing wastewater.

A pioneer in the field of computer architecture, Eggers first discovered her love of computer science as a secretary at the Yale Economic Growth Center.

New research shows that the smaller dollops of dark matter associated with cluster galaxies were significantly more concentrated than predicted by theorists.

Yale scientists have overcome the technological problem of using fluorescence microscopy as scales below a micrometer — a potential boon to cell research.

New research from the Yale Microbial Sciences Institute provide a major new insight into the corkscrew-shaped bacterium that causes Lyme disease.

YaleNews’ monthly science column looks at dopamine’s role in heart failure, the “early burst” of evolution, how to build a better flu vaccine, and more.

Yale chemists are pushing forward with innovative work to develop tomorrow’s liquid fuels from sunlight.

Fragile X syndrome — a disorder of the X chromosome — is the leading cause of autism and the primary genetic driver of intellectual disability.