Dr. Arthur L Horwich was awarded the Shaw Prize for his work on the role of chaperonins in assisting proper protein folding.
Ross Mitchell and other Yale researchers have developed a new model of shifts in Earth’s continents, which predicts a that a new supercontinent, Amasia, will form in 50 to 200 million years.
A Yale research group led by Professor Nikhil Padmanabhan is working to create a 3-D map of over 1.5 million known luminous galaxies.
Yale’s Intelligent Buildings Project has received a $200,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation to conduct research on building energy consumption.
A recent study led by Professor Hugh Taylor has identified the first genetic marker for endometriosis in a regulatory region of the KRAS gene.
The American Psychiatric Association is proposing changes in the definition of autism that would reduce the number of diagnoses, especially among high-functioning individuals.
Yale Professor Mark Johnson and his group have developed cryogenic infrared (IR) spectroscopy, which provides excellent resolution of short-lived reaction states.
Dr. Ian Berke and Professor Yorgo Modis have demonstrated that MDA5, a viral RNA sensor, discriminates against short RNAs by forming filaments.
The Center for Science and Social Science Information (CSSSI), a modern information center serving both the natural and social sciences, opened its doors to students and faculty for the first time on January 3, 2012.
In the genomes of living Galapagos tortoises, Gisella Caccone have identified the DNA of a tortoise species thought to be extinct, and is now planning a selective breeding project to revive the lost species.