Andong He saw a phenomenon at work in his breakfast bowl that he couldn't explain. It prompted this question: How does cereal shape influence the way cereals floating in the milk join?

Physics - General Physics

May 17, 2013 4 / 5 (6) 1 |

(Phys.org) —For some solar cells, the future may be fluorescent. Scientists at Yale have improved the ability of a promising type of solar cell to absorb light and convert it into electrical power by adding ...

Physics - Optics & Photonics

May 09, 2013 4 / 5 (7) 2 |

(Phys.org) —That human land use destroys natural ecosystems is an oft-cited assumption in conservation, but ecologists have discovered that instead, traditional ranching techniques in the African savanna ...

Biology - Ecology

May 01, 2013 not rated yet 0

Over the past two decades governments around the world have been experimenting with a new strategy for managing waste. By making producers responsible for their products when they become wastes, policy makers seek to significantly ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

The enzyme needed to introduce the key micronutrient selenium into bacteria looks something like a space station with 10 different docking stations.

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Apr 05, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(Phys.org) —Scientists at Yale University have found a new way to manipulate microwave signals that could aid the long-term effort to develop a quantum computer, a powerful tool that would revolutionize ...

Physics - Quantum Physics

Mar 29, 2013 4.9 / 5 (13) 12 |

(Phys.org) —Geological processes can affect evidence of the original colors of fossil feathers, according to new research by Yale University scientists, who said some previous reconstructions of fossil ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 3 |

(Phys.org) —Researchers at Yale University have taken another step toward the development of low-temperature, lower-cost alkaline fuel cells, which are battery-like devices that convert oxygen and hydrogen ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Mar 18, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 2 |

A succession of distinct but surprising microbial communities populate apple blossoms during the flowers' life cycle, suggesting that the bacteria have a carefully regulated relationship with the common fruit ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Feb 27, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Glass doesn't have to be brittle. Scientists propose a way of predicting whether a given glass will be brittle or ductile—a property typically associated with metals like steel or aluminum—and assert that any glass could ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Feb 26, 2013 4.9 / 5 (8) 9 |

If a genome is the blueprint for life, then the chief architects are tiny slices of genetic material that orchestrate how we are assembled and function, Yale School of Medicine researchers report Feb. 21 in the journal Developmental Ce ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Feb 21, 2013 not rated yet 0

New research by Yale University scientists helps pave the way for the next generation of solar cells, a renewable energy technology that directly converts solar energy into electricity.

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Feb 14, 2013 4.6 / 5 (5) 0 |

One of the most critical biological advances in the past decade was the discovery that the introduction of four simple genetic factors can turn a fully mature adult cell back into an embryonic-like state, a process called ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Feb 08, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 0

(Phys.org)—Aside from rising sea levels, many climate change models predict that in the future, the planet's temperature and weather will become increasingly erratic with wild, unpredictable storms and ...

Biology - Evolution

Feb 01, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

Like organisms, cities need energy, water, and nutrients, and they need to dispose of wastes and byproducts in ways that are viable and sustainable over the long run. This notion of "urban metabolism" is a model for looking ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jan 24, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0