Imagine being able to hear people whispering in the next room, while the raucous party in your own room is inaudible to the whisperers. Yale researchers have found a way to do just that—make sound flow in one direction—within a fundamental technology found in everything from cell phones to gravitational wave detectors. What’s more, the […]
Robotic Skins Turn Everyday Objects Into Robots
New Haven, Conn. – When you think of robotics, you likely think of something rigid, heavy, and built for a specific purpose. New “Robotic Skins” technology developed by Yale researchers flips that notion on its head, allowing users to animate the inanimate and turn everyday objects into robots. Developed in the lab of Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, […]
New Laser Makes Silicon ‘Sing’
Yale scientists have created a new type of silicon laser that uses sounds waves to amplify light. A study about the discovery appears June 8 in the online edition of the journal Science. In recent years, there has been increasing interest in translating optical technologies — such as fiber optics and free-space lasers — into tiny […]
New Gel-Like Coating Beefs Up the Performance of Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Yale scientists have developed an ultra-thin coating material that has the potential to extend the life and improve the efficiency of lithium-sulfur batteries, one of the most promising areas of energy research today. In a study published online March 20 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers describe the new material — a […]
Tracking the Flow of Quantum Information
If objects in motion are like rainwater flowing through a gutter and landing in a puddle, then quantum objects in motion are like rainwater that might end up in a bunch of puddles, all at once. Figuring out where quantum objects actually go has frustrated scientists for years. Now a Yale-led group of researchers has […]
Reforms in Science Education Long Overdue, Says Handelsman
When microbiologist Jo Handelsman was hired last year, she had no idea she would be occupying the former office of Arthur Galston, whose book had inspired her as a teenager. New Haven, Conn. — When Jo Handelsman was 16 years old, she read a book by the late Yale plant physiologist Arthur Galston and became […]
Grant from Goizueta Foundation Advances Science and Engineering at Yale
New Haven, Conn. — Yale University today announced receipt of a grant from The Goizueta Foundation, which has a long history of supporting science and engineering education at the University. The award of $1.915 million will establish the School of Engineering & Applied Science Advanced Graduate Leadership Program and ensure the vitality of the Science, […]
Douglas Stone Is Honored for His Work on Optics, General Laser Theory
New Haven, Conn. — A. Douglas Stone, the Carl A. Morse Professor of Applied Physics and chair of applied physics, has been elected as a fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA). Stone is one of 63 fellows who were elevated to the rank for 2010. He was awarded the honor “for contributions to […]
Rain or Shine? Computer Models How Brain Cells Reach a Decision
New Haven, Conn. — Yale University researchers have devised a computer model to explain how the brain makes decisions based on statistical probabilities—as, for instance, when a doctor makes a diagnosis based on several conflicting test results. In a study published online December 13 in the journal Nature Neuroscience, Xiao-Jing Wang, professor of neurobiology at […]
Scientists Use Nanosensors for First Time to Measure Cancer Biomarkers in Blood
Blood is filtered and transferred to nanosensors on a chip, which can detect and measure cancer biomarkers. (Photo: Mark Reed) New Haven, Conn. — A team led by Yale University researchers has used nanosensors to measure cancer biomarkers in whole blood for the first time. Their findings, which appear December 13 in the advanced online […]