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New insight into one of the basic interactions underpinning the physical world may help create a new generation of superconducting quantum materials.
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Wright Lab’s professor of physics Bonnie Fleming has collaborated in the composition of a new piece of music called “MicroBooNE” by David Ibbett, the first composer-in-residence at Fermilab, through a series of discussions with the composer about the science of the Micro Booster Neutrino Experiment (MicroBooNE), which is the inspiration for the piece.
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Spielman and two co-awardees have been recognized by the National Academy of Science for their work to find the elusive solution to the Kadison-Singer problem.
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Post, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, will succeed Jeannette Ickovics as dean of faculty for Singapore's Yale-NUS College, effective July 1.
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This month’s Yale science rundown goes deep — into ancient oceans, proteins within human cells, and the Earth’s mantle.
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Work by Yale economists Zack Cooper and Fiona Scott Morton exposed a pricey national problem — one that they’ve successfully lobbied Congress to solve.
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Jaynes, a professor of African American studies, discusses his youth in the civil rights era, the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., and his work that remains.
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When Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are sworn in on January 20, they will take on an array of monumental challenges: controlling COVID-19, making progress on the climate crisis, confronting racial injustice—all while contending with a fundamentally divided country. We asked faculty members who specialize in these and other subjects what research-based counsel they would give to America’s new leaders.
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American opposition to increased government spending crosses partisan lines. A new Yale-led study shows that it also crosses racial lines.
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Yale political scientist Elizabeth Nugent discusses “After Repression,” her new book on the outcome of 2011’s Arab Spring in Tunisia and Egypt.