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Nicotine dependence associated with DNA polymorphism

Variations in a single DNA nucleotide — the smallest subunit of DNA — could impact how smokers experience nicotine withdrawal, according to a new Yale […]

April 26, 2016

LUKE CIANCARELLI

Researchers thicken blood vessel understanding

A Yale-led team of researchers has taken the next step in understanding blood vessel development. The researchers helped to illuminate the “crosstalk,” or the communication […]

April 26, 2016

GRACE CASTILLO

Increased HPV vaccination is cost-effective

Recent Yale-led research shows that increasing vaccination rates of the new, nonavalent HPV vaccine — which protects against nine different strains of HPV — in […]

April 26, 2016

FLORA LIPSKY

Reason for molecular weakness discovered by researchers

Chemistry postdoctoral associate Aaron Bloomfield GRD ’14 was studying renewable energy at a molecular level in his lab last year when his research took a […]

April 26, 2016

BRITTANY SMITH

Parenting can counteract predisposed antisocial behavior

Researchers discovered that parenting has the strong potential to counteract a child’s biological propensity for callous-unemotional behaviors.

April 19, 2016

ZAINAB HAMID

Link explained between positive perceptions of aging and prolonged survival

A recently published Yale study found a biological mechanism that might explain why positive perceptions of aging lead to longer survival.

April 19, 2016

ELLIE HANDLER

Lemur extinction has long-lasting effects

A recent Yale study highlights the place the centuries-extinct giant lemurs had within Madagascar’s forest ecosystem and gives new weight to the necessity of conserving surviving lemurs.

April 19, 2016

MAYA CHANDRA

Star radiation strips away planet atmosphere

A new Yale co-authored paper reveals a phenomenon through which the atmosphere of planets is stripped away by radiation from the stars they orbit. The […]

April 19, 2016

CAMERON HILL

Evolutionary biologist argues that humanity was not inevitable

In a full lecture hall in Kline Geology Laboratory Tuesday night, Jonathan Losos, Harvard professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, discussed the evolution of the […]

April 13, 2016

ZAINAB HAMID

Study finds link between genetics and cannabis dependence

According to a recently published Yale led study, the presence of specific genes indicates a predisposition to cannabis dependence. These genes were also found to be linked to higher incidences of schizophrenia and major depression.

April 12, 2016

ADWOA BUADU

Humans see less than we think

A recent Yale cognitive science study, published in the journal Cognition, has demonstrated that humans can be aware of a visual image’s statistical information without perceiving its individual elements.

April 12, 2016

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