• Don't Sweat It

No one can honestly claim to like mosquito bites. The red bumps we get on our skin are irritatingly itchy, troublesome, and always appear in the most unfortunate places. But thanks to breakthrough research done in the lab of Professor John Carlson, professor of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, we are one step closer to ridding ourselves of the little buggers....
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• Finding Relatives

Michael Donoghue, G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, began his career as a botanist. He soon found out, however, that studying plants without knowing how they are related to one another was rather unsatisfying....
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• Professor Combats Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Soldiers returning from Iraq may soon help scientists understand more about how we regulate fear and anxiety in our bodies. While studying American soldiers under conditions of high external stress, Associate Professor of Psychiatry Charles Morgan has discovered a positive correlation between elevated levels of Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and lucidity of mind....
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• Education Diminishes Hate

Hate, despite its integral part in crimes throughout history and today, has yet to be dealt with at its root. The best way to reduce hate, responsible for terrorism and massacres, is by learning and understanding each other and then seeking a common good, according to IBM Professor of Psychology and Education Robert Sternberg....
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• Yale to Host Conference on Helio- and Asteroseismology

From July 12 through July 16, Yale Graduate Department of Astronomy will host “Helio- and Asteroseismology: Towards a Golden Future,” the largest astronomy conference held at Yale in about three decades. The conference coordinators expect about 150 astronomers from various institutions across the nation and world-wide....
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• New Fiber Optic Communication: Fast and Cheap

Altering the optical properties of the semiconductor material Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) could eventually provide the means for communications systems to operate at 1,000 times their current speed, according to Janet Pan, assistant professor of electrical engineering and applied physics....
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• Discovery of World's Oldest Definitively Male Fossil

The study of the history of life has been a subject that has fascinated humankind for centuries.  Recently a new piece has been added to the puzzle.  A group of scientists, including Yale geology and geophysics professor Derek Briggs, has recently discovered the fossil of a sea animal, which may be the oldest male fossil animal known to be in existence....
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• Movement to Less Invasive Gastrointestinal Surgery

Gastric bypass surgery is in high demand, but of the 18.2 million people in the U.S. who qualify, only about 0.6% have the procedure done each year. However, the recent move towards laparoscopic surgery – a less invasive technique often performed by Dr. Robert Bell, assistant professor of surgical gastroenterology at Yale School of Medicine – may increase that percentage....
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• Sugars Provide Clues to Metastatic Tumors

In a study of 22 different human cancers, including nearly 1000 cases of melanoma and breast carcinoma, Senior Research Scientist John M. Pawelek and colleagues at Yale School of Medicine, have found that branched oligosaccharides are consistently present on the cells of metastatic human tumors....
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