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December 14, 2022
In March of 2020, students left for spring break and were told not to return to campus. The world was hit with an existential crisis – a global pandemic – the worst one since...
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November 30, 2022
Proteins are essential for all of life’s functions and most organisms rely on 21 amino acids encoded in DNA to construct them. However, a small group of microbes possess a...
Portrait of a man
November 30, 2022
The National Cancer Institute has selected a Yale-based start-up, Modifi Biosciences, for a $2.4 million fast-track Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Award to bring...
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November 29, 2022
Carmelita Ro-Mendez certainly makes the most of her summer time off from Yale. She’s spent the last two gaining valuable research experience – moving closer to her goal...
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November 29, 2022
The Chemistry undergraduate peer mentors hosted a series of Lightning Talks to share their path to chemistry research with undergraduate students interested in chemistry or...
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November 28, 2022
Tyler Myers, a 3rd-year Ph.D. student from the Miller Lab, was awarded a Prize Teaching Fellowship for teaching in 2021-2022. The award, recognizing outstanding performance...
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November 10, 2022
The words beautiful and creative rarely come to mind when talking about disease, but scientists often use them to describe the small molecule chemistry that reveals new...
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October 27, 2022
The trillions of bacteria that reside in the human gut are known to play a critical role in promoting mental and physical health. But new research shows that the gut...
October 11, 2022
For decades, researchers studying the conversion of light energy into electrical or chemical energy — such as in solar cells — have focused on the movement of electrons,...