The annual research symposium for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Future Scientists Program and the Yale College Dean’s Research Fellowship took place on December 3, 2008.
Adam Bouland, a 2009 Marshall Scholar, began his research career in high school at the Army Research Lab, and now plans to study math and physics at Cambridge University.
Cheryl Hayashi SM ’88 (Ph.D. ’96), a 2007 MacArthur Fellow, has had a lifelong curiosity about nature, and a Yale campus job feeding a spider colony in a lab eventually propelled her into research on spider silk.
Particle accelerators allow scientists to give small-massed particles, such as protons and electrons, a substantial amount of kinetic energy to collide with targets in order to study subatomic particles.
The most popular type of antidepressant today is the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), such as Prozac, Zoloft, or Lexapro, introduced in 1987.
The invention of mobile internet brings the capabilities of web browsing to people anywhere by connecting mobile devices to existing cellular networks via a Global Systems for Mobile Communication (GSM) network.
In general, older people have more difficulty learning new things, retrieving old information, and multitasking. In order to understand what causes this weakening, we must first understand how memory works.
Seira sagged against the restraints of the pilot’s chair, sucking air into laboring lungs. Her earpiece had been dislodged in the crash. It blinked an angry red and she could faintly hear a woman’s insistent voice.
“Gene patenting” can give patent owners rights that include using the patented sequences in diagnostic tests. Though this process may promote scientific openness, it can also make genetic testing more difficult and expensive.
After graduating with a B.S. in Chemistry and a wealth of academic honors, Micah Ziegler plans to use his skills to develop sustainable technologies and to promote the message of environmental protection.
If a sundial works based upon a rod’s shadow, then why can’t a simple stick in the ground work as an accurate sundial?
Duct tape may just be the “ultimate material,” but what makes it so resilient?