Editor’s note: On October 7, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.” Michel Devoret is the Frederick W. Beinecke Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics […]

Art by Melody Jiang Neurodegenerative disease is the ultimate scourge—it steals our loved ones away by eroding both their minds and bodies. As the global population grows older, complex age-related disorders like neurodegenerative disease are becoming more prevalent, posing a formidable challenge to modern medicine. For most of human history, a diagnosis like Alzheimer’s or […]

Art by Lynn Dai. Photography by Max Watzky. Deep within the winding corridors of Yale’s Wright Laboratory, a machine converses with the universe. Through the soft murmur of circuitry, the gentle hum of coolers, and the low drone of spinning motors, the machine calls out to the cosmos, waiting for a faint reply. It has […]

Art by Melody Jiang. Photography by Emily Poag. Proteins are the molecular machines of life, driving everything from the formation of memories to the division of cells. Each protein is assembled from a chain of building blocks called amino acids, strung together in a specific order dictated by a language shared by all living things: […]

Art by Alondra Moreno Santana. Photography by Michelle So. Surprisingly, the strongest organisms in the world are made up of only one cell. These are bacteria. While they can’t do much on their own, they are powerful in numbers. Bacterial communities with enough members are capable of forming vast three-dimensional structures called biofilms. These biofilms […]

Art by Dahlia Kordit In the biodiverse foothills and cloud forests of Chiapas, Mexico, a story of adaptations to human influence is unfolding—not just among wildlife, but also in how conservationists approach their work. In a recent study, Germar González (YSE ʼ24), in collaboration with Nyeema Harris at the Yale School of Environment, uncovered fascinating […]