Plastic’s usefulness has a short lifespan. Schemes for recycling and burning plastic waste have limited success, and so plastic often ends up discarded, contaminating environments
Most robots today rely on simple grippers and separate wrist joints to move objects. But those wrists are bulky and often sit far away from
When postdoctoral associate Zhenhao Fang and PhD candidate Valter Monteiro MED ’25 at the Yale School of Medicine began studying mRNA vaccines, they ran into
Deep in lightless caves, fish have repeatedly evolved into blind, eyeless forms. Rather than descending from a single ancestor, different lineages of cavefish independently lost
A cancer patient lies patiently in the narrow tube of an MRI machine, the room humming with magnetic pulses. For many patients, the scariest part
The widespread use of opioids such as heroin, morphine, fentanyl, and oxycodone has proven to be a complex and persistent predicament for millions of people
CD8 T cells—a specialized type of white blood cell—play a central role in resisting viral infection. The body responds to various disorders by producing highly
Though Earth is over four billion years old, complex life only emerged on land about five hundred million years ago. For much of our planet’s
The Ras family of proteins facilitates cell-to-cell signaling essential for complex organisms. This communication process relies on ten GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs). The first of these
Hidden beneath your skin, fat cells lead a secret double life. Researchers in the Horsley Lab at the Yale School of Medicine have uncovered the
Oceans are some of the largest carbon sinks on Earth, storing up to thirty-one percent of total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. As atmospheric CO2 levels
Just like how we have to physically move to get to and from work, cells have to physically move to accomplish routine tasks. Researchers in