While solar technology has been studied by many researchers, few have focused on the community acceptance of solar energy. Professor Kenneth Gillingham will partner with various groups to model the most effective ways to accelerate the diffusion of solar energy.
Flying through the stars without ever leaving home has been made possible thanks to Google. Their new interactive site combines precise data from Yale’s Bright Star Catalog with stunning graphics to create a 3-D visualization of our galaxy.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Tara Chaplin finds that whether or not children exhibit emotional responses in line with gender stereotypes depends on context.
Yale professor George Mostow will be honored for his trailblazing career in geometry with the prestigious Wolf Prize in Mathematics.
Black carbon particles, which are a major component of soot, have been found to have a much greater contribution to global warming than previously thought. Yale professor Trude Storelvmo co-authored a recent study assessing the effects of these particles on climate change.
The Bit-Harvesters system is a short message service-enabled monitoring device that is attached to turbine installations.
Stuxnet was allegedly created by the US and Israeli governments in order to infiltrate and destroy computers within the Iranian nuclear program.
Daniel Spielman ’92, Henry Ford II Professor of Computer Science, Mathematics, and Applied Science, was named one of this year’s MacArthur Fellows in October. The
Dr. Jay Ague, chair of the Department of Geology & Geophysics and Curator-in-Charge of Mineralogy at the Peabody Museum, was named to the Henry Barnard
Three Yale researchers met to discuss the nature and state of the AIDS pandemic, touching upon accessibility problems, breakthroughs in medicine, and hopes for the future.