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Yale scientists open up new world for biologics — inside the cell

January 4, 2019
Yale researchers now report on a molecular key that can allow potentially life-saving protein drugs to work at the cellular level.
A graph showing the words "Science Stories", were letters are i and c in the word science are replaced by outlines of a telescope and a microscope. Letters on the word "stories" are reminescent of a circuit. The whole text it's yuxtaposed to the outline of a human head profile with what seems to be a micropocessor and branching circuits as a brain.

Web application shares ‘Science Stories’ of pioneering women at Yale

January 3, 2019
A new linked-data, image-based web application highlights the careers and achievements of women in STEM fields like Katharine Jeannette Bush and Grace Hopper.
A graph shows three pleated sheets of different colors (pink, deep blue, and apple green) and same shape, parallel to each other. On top of them, different molecules are shown.

Synthesizing natural products with a computational step saver

December 18, 2018
Yale researchers have slashed the number of steps needed to synthesize two natural anticancer products using a novel approach to organic chemistry.
Small office. Two people sit and one stands in front of a huge screen coupled with two more on the bottom. One of the people (president Salovey) waives at the main screen which shows a video of the room he is in (revealing that there is another person sitting in front of the monitor, which is not captured byt the image, for a total of 4 people in the room). Everyone shows joviality and smile.

President Salovey cuts ribbon for Brain Imaging Center using only his mind

December 18, 2018
From inside an fMRI machine, President Salovey moved a pair of virtual scissors by focusing on certain images for a high-tech ribbon cutting on Dec. 17. 
A middled aged man stands in a landscape with reddish mountains in the distance and a blue sky devoid of clouds. He is touching the tip of a pile of rocks next to him, so tall they reach up to his shoulder. He is wearing shorts, hiking boots, and a blue sweater. All his clothing is dusty and his hair is in disarray. He smiles.

Geologist David Evans draws new roadmaps for ancient continents

December 17, 2018
Evans, the head of Berkeley College and professor of geology and geophysics, discusses his latest work, Earth’s “middle-aged” period, and more.
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Julie Dorsey is a winner of Microsoft’s Female Founders Competition

December 14, 2018
Dorsey, founder of the digital drawing company Mental Canvas, will receive $2 million in venture capital funding, as well as access to additional resources.
A book cover. On a white background, the book title and author's name are prominent, displayed in red. The title is "A People's Constitution", while the author is Rohit De. In the middle of the cover, the words: "The Everyday Life of Law In The Indian Republic". All text is surrounded by small drawings of people.

A People’s Constitution: The Everyday Life of Law in the Indian Republic

December 13, 2018
A brief look into assistant professor of history Rohit De’s new book: “A People’s Constitution.”