Before that development of polishing techniques in the Middle Ages, diamonds were used only in their natural octahedral state due to difficulty in cutting. So why are diamonds so hard to cut?
The year 2009 marked the 100th anniversary of the permanent wave, also known as the “perm,” which uses protein chemistry to alter the molecular structure of hair.
Yale professor of Chemistry Robert H. Crabtree was awarded the 2010 G.M. Kosolapoff Award, sponsored by Auburn University, for his outstanding achievements in the field of inorganic chemistry.
A recent conference arranged by Yale professor Gregg Zuckerman’s graduate students in honor of his achievements in mathematical physics brought together leading group theorists and mathematical physicists.
People are not the only living organism that can shift the earth’s climate. Models developed by researchers from Yale, Stanford, and the University of Sheffield suggest that plants help regulate minimum carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere.
New Haven and Yale are taking steps to improve health by investigating a possible link between neighborhood assets and incidences of chronic disease.
A new study by Yale professor Meenakshi Alreja has shown that calorie restriction may play a role in infertility via a molecular pathway that shuts down the activity of brain cells that control the reproductive axis.
Assistant Professor Corey Wilson is a new addition to the Chemical Engineering Department at Yale, joining the faculty in July 2008.
If we replayed the history of evolution on Earth – independent of its past – would we get exactly the same species? Paul Turner, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, now seeks to solve this problem by using a surprising model: “cheating” viruses.
In the search for a material with the durability of steel and the flexibility of plastic, Dr. Jan Schroers, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, may have found the “golden ticket” – a biomaterial called bulk metallic glass.