There are only three kinds of organisms known to have wings that are functional for flights—birds, insects, and bats. Even today, wings are often thought
Cancer is estimated to affect forty percent of individuals in the United States at some point in their lifetimes. Cancer is marked by rapid, unchecked
Wound healing and tissue repair often require the growth of new tissue. However, the main issue with current methods of tissue engineering is developing an
Since its rise in the 1950s, suburbanization has become a defining part of American culture, with fifty-two percent of Americans living in suburbs as of
Through biophysics, a field that takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of biological processes, researchers have been able to make great progress in understanding
We typically give little thought to the objects we interact with daily, whether that be setting down a water bottle, putting on shoes, or grabbing
Most of us have heard of good bacteria or, perhaps on a whim, have bought probiotics that contribute to the multi-billion dollar ‘gut health’ industry.
Yale chemists may have found a way to create a new class of antibiotics that could potentially change how we approach antibiotic development and combat
What if some infertility problems are not just issues with the ovaries or uterus? After decades of groundbreaking research, Yale doctors Hugh S. Taylor and
More Americans are killing themselves every year than any time since the Second World War, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National
It is an increasingly common and controversial strategy to reduce populations of mosquitoes that can transmit dangerous diseases. But a new Yale study finds that
The human immune system is an arsenal ready to fend off invading pathogens. In recent years, the emerging field of cancer immunotherapy has shown that