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Yale’s brain trust: School of Medicine restores collection
For years, students snuck into the sub-basement of the School of Medicine dormitories to sneak a glimpse of rows and rows of brains. Now, these brains are on display as a testament to the origins of neuroscience.
Beware of BPA, study says
Bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical compound commonly found in plastics, may have long-term effects on fetal development, according to an article published by Yale School of Medicine researchers last month in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. The results of the study come weeks after the Food and Drug Administration announced that exposure to BPA was of “some concern” to infants and children.
CEO plugs green insulation
Having fungus in your walls is usually a cause for alarm. But Eben Bayer, CEO of Evocative Design, a firm that makes sustainable products, said in a speech Wednesday afternoon that mushroom-based insulation could offer a green alternative to synthetic foam.
Panel explores coal alternatives
While Appalachia is known for its coal mines, which produce approximately one third of the nation’s coal, the region must turn to new industries to survive as the supply of coal is depleted, a panel of experts said Tuesday in an event sponsored by the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
Bank construction begins
The First Community Bank planned for the corner of Whalley and Sherman avenues moved one step closer to opening after the New Haven City Plan Commission unanimously approved the bank’s site plan at a meeting last night.
Yale researchers discover the true colors of dinosaurs
While the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park were scaly, greenish-brown monsters, dinosaurs in real life may have looked more like flamboyantly feathered peacocks.
Republican Senate long-shot talks economy
During a talk at the School of Management on Thursday, Connecticut U.S. Senatorial candidate Peter Schiff, an economist and the president of the Westport, Conn.-based brokerage firm Euro Pacific Capital, blamed the Federal Reserve and both the Bush and Obama administrations for intervening in the financial markets and causing the current economic downturn.
Yalies too good for first
Yier Jin GRD ’12 and Nathan Kupp GRD ’12 designed a computer chip that was so effective at detecting harmful programs called Trojans that none of their competitors dared attack the chip, faculty advisor Yiorgos Makris said.
Briefly: Sneezing girl improving, mother says
Lauren Johnson — the 12-year-old Virginia girl who came to Yale to be diagnosed for a condition that caused her to sneeze several thousand times a day — is sneezing less often after receiving antibiotics and other treatment for her condition, her mother said in an interview Thursday.
Curtains may close on opera project
If the Yale Baroque Opera Project does not find additional funding, the performances of “Le Tre Stagioni” last weekend and “La Finta Pazza” in the spring could be the program’s swan song.