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Labs across the U.S. begin using Yale’s SalivaDirect coronavirus test

The University has chosen multiple labs across the country to use the SalivaDirect COVID-19 testing protocol developed by Yale researchers. The method, developed by Yale […]

September 29, 2020

ALEXA JEANNE LOSTE & ELIFNAZ ONDER
New study points to gap in dark matter theory

New research co-authored by a Yale astronomy professor suggests that there may be a large discrepancy between what scientists thought dark matter was and what […]

September 29, 2020

NEHA MIDDELA
Yale professors design COVID-19 vaccine allocation frameworks

As discussion regarding a potential COVID-19 vaccination permeates popular discourse, two Yale professors are answering the question: what comes next? Yale School of Public Health […]

September 29, 2020

MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO
Coronavirus could invade the brain, two Yale studies suggest

Yale researchers found that the coronavirus can directly infect brain cells, potentially eliciting neurological symptoms — such as the loss of taste or smell — […]

September 28, 2020

OLIVIA FUGIKAWA
Undergraduates in research labs adapt to remote work

Many undergraduate students who are not living on campus are continuing to participate in remote STEM research at Yale and are confronting unique challenges in […]

September 25, 2020

EMILIA OLIVA
Yale researchers develop AI technology for adults with autism

Researchers from several American universities are collaborating to develop artificial intelligence based software to help people on the autism spectrum find and hold meaningful employment.  […]

September 23, 2020

BEATRIZ HORTA & MARIA FERNANDA PACHECO
Common cold may protect against the flu, Yale study finds

Yale researchers found that contracting the common cold could help protect against later infection with the flu. In the midst of one of history’s largest […]

September 22, 2020

VERONICA LEE
Yale study suggests leaky mitochondria to be a cause of fragile X symptoms

In a study published in “Cell” on Aug.13, Yale researchers identified a defect in a cell structure called the mitochondria to be a cause of […]

September 18, 2020

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SAI RAYALA & RAZEL SUANSING
Quality remains an issue in city’s COVID-19 racial data

Despite the recent decline in New Haven’s coronavirus cases, the issue of data quality surrounding COVID-19 patients — specifically unknowns in the patients’ race or […]

September 18, 2020

ANJALI MANGLA
Yale group explores human-robot interactions

While most science fiction stories depict  a terrifying dystopian future with humans overtaken by robots, the University’s Interactive Machines Group — led by computer science […]

September 16, 2020

KATHERINE DU
New Red Cross data protection guide has a Yale connection

Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs lecturer Nathaniel Raymond and his colleagues launched a guide earlier this month detailing how to ensure data and privacy […]

September 16, 2020