How does a perm work?
The year 2009 marked the 100th anniversary of the permanent wave, also known as the “perm,” which uses protein chemistry to alter the molecular structure of hair.
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April 24, 2010
The year 2009 marked the 100th anniversary of the permanent wave, also known as the “perm,” which uses protein chemistry to alter the molecular structure of hair.
Congratulations to Sameer Gupta and James Luccarelli, the two motivated and talented Yale seniors who received the prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship in 2009.
Sustainable design, aimed at minimizing energy consumption, using energy efficiently, maximizing renewable energy production, and reducing carbon emissions, is being applied to buildings at Yale, including the Malone Center and the new Kroon Hall.
Yale Professor of Astronomy Marla Geha and coauthor Josh Simon have demonstrated the existence of new dwarf galaxies, the smallest yet observed, orbiting the Milky Way.
If a sundial works based upon a rod’s shadow, then why can’t a simple stick in the ground work as an accurate sundial?
Mary Caswell (“Cassie”) Stoddard has studied ornithology for four years, her accomplishments ranging from creating computer models of bird vision to founding an organization to increase undergraduate interest in the Peabody Museum.
Are claims that Japan’s “scientific permit whaling” a front for the continuation of commercial whaling merely meant to incite public anger and protest?
To assist in earlier diagnoses of ovarian cancer, Gil Mor, M.D., Ph.D. and his lab in the obstetric and gynecology department of the Yale School of Medicine have recently developed a new blood test.
Professor Mark Saltzman has now developed a promising new method of treatment that could evade the problem of chemotherapy delivery in the brain.
Every El Niño occurrence provides an excellent template for ecologists like Jeffrey Park to study environmental effects on genetic diversity and the implications of global warming.
Thomas Pollard, the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, has discovered that “pinching” is a very simplified way to view mitosis.
Dr. Richard Lifton, who studies salt absorption in the kidney, was awarded the seventh annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences on February 4, 2008.