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Graph of planets orbiting around a star
October 24, 2018
Researchers have discovered that compact, multiple-planet systems are more likely to form around stars with lower amounts of heavy elements than our own sun.
Portrait of Jordan Peccia
October 24, 2018
Long overlooked, the issue of airborne antibiotic resistant genes is crucial for re-evaluating air quality assessment practices in urban settings.
Dean Tamar Gendler speakes to a congragation of newly promoted professors
October 22, 2018
On Friday, October 12, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean’s Office celebrated the group of faculty members promoted to the rank of Full Professor between July 1,...
Two wind turbines appear on a field of green pasture were cows roam.
October 22, 2018
The report urges government and private industry to invest in research and development of carbon utilization technologies such as mineralization.
Two white man stand, while a crew of nine (one standing and eight sitting) accompany them on top of the stairs of what it seems a building in ruins.
October 19, 2018
Yale’s presence in the Middle East — and its own presence at Yale — is opening new avenues of scholarship and public outreach at home and around the globe.
Graph of a woman being interviwed by a man, while several people watch.
October 19, 2018
When interviewing women, gatekeepers in charge of hiring are heavily influenced in their decisions by the biases of the employees the woman would work with.
The graph shows an atom travelling between two lasers. Several particles spin around the trajectory of the atom.
October 17, 2018
A study suggests that many theorized heavy particles do not have the properties needed to explain the predominance of matter over antimatter in the universe.