Researchers at Yale and the Institute of Quantum Electronics at ETH Zurich have formulated a theory that, allows scientists to better understand and predict the properties of both conventional and non-conventional lasers, according to a recent article in Science.

A Yale research team has engineered a system with the potential for making the Internet work more efficiently, in which Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) software providers can work cooperatively to deliver data.

Yale University's Christine Jacobs-Wagner has been designated an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator, a non-profit medical research organization that is one of the nation's largest philanthropies.

Yale University scientists reported Sunday that they may have resolved a controversial glitch in models of global warming: A key part of the atmosphere didn't seem to be warming as expected.

Yale University brain cancer experts are available to comment on treatments for malignant gliomas, the type of brain cancer Sen. Edward Kennedy has been diagnosed with.

Yale University researchers have determined how a key component of many vaccines activates an immune system response, a finding that opens up promising new avenues of research on better ways to prevent infections.

Yale University welcomes Moe's Southwest Grill to the Audubon Arts and Retail District in downtown New Haven.

The feminine features and elongated head of ancient Egypt's King Akhenaten may be attributed to two genetic defects called aromatose excess syndrome and craniosynostosis, said Yale School of Medicine dermatology professor Irwin Braverman, M.D.

Brian Scassellati, associate professor of computer science at Yale, has received an A. Richard Newton Breakthrough Research Award from Microsoft to design programs that will allow robots to "understand" the prosody -- or rhythms, patterns and intonation -- of speech so that they can be more effective in their interactions with humans.

Yale University's 2008 Commencement will be held on May 25 and May 26 on the Yale campus.

Responding to the great humanitarian need created by three recent natural disasters, musicians from Yale University and the New Haven community will perform a special benefit concert titled "Help Can't Wait" in Sprague Hall on May 21, at 7 pm.

In response to a Lancet Journal letter suggesting that obese people are significantly contributing to world oil demands and global food scarcity, Kelly Brownell, director of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity at Yale University, cautioned that the data are interesting, but how they are framed will make a big difference.

The Yale Law School Information Society Project and the Yale Law and Media Project will co-host "Technology Policy '08," the 18th annual Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference, May 20 through 23 at the Omni Hotel in New Haven.

Acute kidney injury (AKI), a common complication of cardiac surgery during hospitalization, is linked to increased and prolonged risk of death in heart attack patients who have been discharged from the hospital, according to a study published in Archives of Internal Medicine by Yale School of Medicine researchers.

Joel Rosenbaum, professor of molecular, cellular and developmental biology at Yale, has received an honorary degree in molecular biology from the University of Siena, Italy for his basic cell biological studies on flagella assembly in a green alga, which provided new insight into Polycystic Kidney Disease.

Cells on their way to forming bone also produce an estrogen-like substance that mimics the naturally occurring female sex hormone estradiol, investigators at the Yale School of Medicine reported Monday in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Yale University Chaplain Sharon M.K. Kugler has announced the appointment of the Reverend Ian Oliver as the new Pastor to the University Church and Senior Associate Chaplain for Protestant Life at Yale.

Cancer researchers and physicians have warned of the link between unprotected sun exposure and the development of skin cancer for decades, but experts from Yale Cancer Center warn that recent publicity about a new study linking a decreased risk of breast cancer to increased levels of vitamin D may be confusing.

Karyn Frick, associate professor of behavioral neuroscience in the Department of Psychology at Yale, has been awarded the third annual Society for Women's Health Research Medtronic Prize for Scientific Contributions to Women's Health for her research on the effect of hormones on learning and memory.

Paul T. Anastas, Professor in the Practice of Green Chemistry, Yale was honored on May 4 by the Council of Scientific Society Presidents with their Leadership in Science award for founding the field of "Green Chemistry."