A new study suggests messages from trusted religious leaders can persuade people to welcome former members of the terrorist group back into their communities.

Yale’s Diana Qiu has won the Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering for her work in studying how matter absorbs light.

Plants know winter is coming, but exactly how they detect the seasonal change has never been clear. A new Yale study finds clues in a weed’s “genetic calendar.”

Yale physicists Baker and Gozar were cited, respectively, for leadership in constructing particle tracking instrumentation and seminal work on complex oxides.

Economists have long been interested in how space – or distance – affects economic activity between buyers and sellers, firms and workers, or global trading partners. But until recently, traditional models have struggled to incorporate spatial complexity, even as more and more data have become available. For Costas Arkolakis, an economics professor at Yale and EGC affiliate, this tension has been a major research motivation.

In a Q&A, Yale’s John Wettlaufer, a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy, gives a behind-the-scenes look into the storied scientific tradition.

A new study co-authored by Yale researchers reconstructs the evolutionary relationships among species to find evidence of tree-dwelling primates’ survival.

Public health messaging that emphasizes protecting others’ health is also more effective at promoting the habit in the U.S., a new Yale co-authored study finds.

Yale’s Mark Johnson was recognized by the American Chemical Society for outstanding work in developing new tools to document how chemical reactions occur.

Auction-based water markets, which distribute the greatest amount of water to the highest bidders, have been lauded for their ability to meet demand efficiently. Amid increasing threats of water scarcity, they have become a favored approach in countries like the United States and Australia. However, analyses of water auctions’ efficiency have typically omitted key factors, such as rainfall volatility, sustainability of water supply, and farmers’ liquidity constraints (limitations on their cash to purchase water). In certain contexts, however, other water distribution systems may be more effective.