The founder of “green chemistry” is heading back to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he established the new field of study more than a decade ago. Last Thursday, President Barack Obama nominated Yale faculty member Paul Anastas, co-author of “Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice,” to be the Assistant Administrator for the EPA’s Office of Research and...
SOMERVILLE, Mass. — Not even a morning of rain could ruin the homecoming here at Tufts University on Sunday for one of Yale's most pioneering female scientists. At Tufts' Commencement ceremony this morning, Meg Urry, the director of the Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics and chair of the Physics...
He may not know Leonardo DiCaprio, but Robert Ballard did discover the wreck of the Titanic. Ballard, the famed deep-sea explorer, spoke at the Peabody Museum of Natural History late this afternoon to a packed auditorium. He shared a lifetime of experiences investigating the ocean’s mysteries — from ancient shipwrecks to undersea black smokers — for the final...
If you find yourself agonizing over how to select a new laptop computer or devouring a chocolate bar right after dinner, do not despair. Ravi Dhar can assure you that you are neither abnormal nor alone.
Last month, University President Richard Levin appointed Rajendra Pachauri, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and renowned economist and environmentalist, to the directorship of the newly formed Yale Climate and Energy Institute. Last week, the News sat down and talked to Pachauri about his plans for the institute and his views on climate change.
Long days spent in the lab are paying dividends for two Yale juniors whose work in the sciences was rewarded with the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship on Monday.
From the Great Pyramids and the Sydney Opera House, people, institutions and landmarks around the globe powered down from 8:30 to 9:30 local time Saturday night in order to raise awareness about the benefits of energy conservation and the issue of climate change.
The Au Bon Pain on the corner of Elm and Broadway may be a popular place for Elis to gather over a meal, but a new Yale study says that few actually bother to access nutritional information about the food they purchase there.
Are we alone in the universe? It is a question that has perplexed mankind for centuries — and now two Yale scientists are part of the latest NASA search for the elusive answer.
Last month, Jewish writer and Nobel Laureate Eli Wiesel was quoted in The New York Times as wishing a particular punishment on Bernie Madoff, the mastermind behind the Ponzi scheme that essentially destroyed Wiesel’s charity.
Rajendra Pachauri, the current chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, will lead the newly formed Yale Climate and Energy Institute, University President Richard Levin announced March 10.
From from the warring gods of the ancient Greeks to the benevolent God of Judeo-Christianity, the history of religion is long and convoluted. Equally diverse are the practices — lighting the Shabbat candles, taking the sacrament, kneeling in prayer in the direction of Mecca — that have, over time, become the time-honored religion rituals so familiar to us today. But for...
