Professor Chinedum Osuji and members of the Yale Nano-Solar Group use nanotechnology to manipulate the organization of solar cells in the active layer, with the ultimate goal of optimizing solar cells.
Yale Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry Ronald Breaker and his group have recently determined the function of a previously unknown pervasive fluoride riboswitch.
Yale Professor Laurie Santos is the recipient of the 2012 APA Distinguished Scientific Award for Early Career Contributions to Psychology in the area of animal learning and behavior.
Professor Mark Pagani and his collaborators have demonstrated that a rapid glaciation of Antarctica approximately 34 million years ago correlated with a 40% drop in atmospheric CO2 levels.
Louis Fazen is part of an international team of researchers that hopes to reduce infant and maternal mortality in Kenya by equipping community health workers with smartphones and specialized applications.
Dr. Boris Karasik and Yale Professor Daniel Prober have developed a nanobolometer that detects far-infrared photons, allowing astronomers to measure the spectra of distant galaxies.
Earlier this past year, nearly fifty researchers congregated at Yale’s West Campus to learn about some of the newest and most powerful research tools provided by the Yale Center for High Throughput Cell Biology (CHTCB).
A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine reported that GARDASIL®, the quadrivalent human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, which is currently administered for cervical cancer prevention in women, is also effective in preventing anal cancer in men.
Professor Robert Pietrzak is part of a research team that was awarded the Ig Nobel prize, which honors unusual and imaginative research, for their study on the effects of voluntary inhibition of urination on cognitive processes.
A team of Yale researchers led by Lisa Suter, Assistant Professor of Medicine, investigated a method which models the population outcomes and costs of devices used for total knee replacement, a method which could potentially supplement traditional device testing.