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Mammals dream about the world they are about to experience before they are born
Yale researchers observing the brains of closed-eyed baby mice found waves that help explain why mammals can navigate their environment so soon after birth.
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Sleep on it: How the brain processes many experiences, even when 'offline'
In a new study, Yale researchers uncover how the brain, during sleep, replays and bundles many of the experiences that occur in our waking hours.
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Yale physicists find signs of a time crystal
Time crystals — a form of matter that “ticks” when exposed to an electromagnetic pulse — may help to build better atomic clocks, gyroscopes, and quantum tech.
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Yale’s 367-year-old water bond still pays interest (2015)
While most of the Beinecke’s holdings are by their nature dead — their original purpose being fulfilled — the water bond still pays annual interest.
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Poverty, not trauma, affects cognitive function in refugee youth: study (2019)
Household poverty alone drives cognitive decline in war-displaced children, a study has found — in keeping with research on U.S. children living under hardship.
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Portable MRI promises to provide immediate diagnosis in virtually any setting
New Yale research represents the first known attempt to deploy a mobile, bedside MRI, which promises to provide immediate diagnosis in virtually any setting.
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'Visual clutter' alters information flow in the brain
Too much stuff in the periphery of our vision can make it difficult to identify what we’re seeing. Yale researchers now know how that clutter affects the brain.
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Yale scientists explain how ketamine vanquishes depression within hours
Ketamine may regenerate synaptic connections between brain cells damaged by stress and depression, according to new Yale-led research.
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‘Likes’ and ‘shares’ teach people to express more outrage online: study
Yale researchers looked at 12.7 million tweets from over seven thousand Twitter users to test whether users expressed more outrage over time, and if so, why.
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New studies confirm existence of galaxies with almost no dark matter
A pair of new Yale studies confirm that dark matter is not always associated with traditional matter on a galactic scale — which settles a year-long debate.
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Yale researchers 'teleport' a quantum gate
Yale researchers have demonstrated one of the key steps in building modular quantum computers: “teleporting” a quantum gate between two qubits, on demand.
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Saliva-based Covid-19 test approved by FDA
The YSPH-developed test, called SalivaDirect, has been used as part of an NBA testing program and will now be available to more diagnostic laboratories.
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Study shows class bias in hiring based on few seconds of speech
Economic inequality in hiring is in part driven by snap perceptions of job applicants’ speech patterns, new Yale research shows.
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Yale researchers reconstruct facial images locked in a viewer’s mind
Using only data from an fMRI scan, researchers led by a Yale University undergraduate have accurately reconstructed images of human faces as viewed by other people.
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The Vinland Map is awash in 20th-century ink
Yale conservators and conservation scientists have found that the map, once hailed as the earliest depiction of the New World, is awash in 20th-century ink.
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Common cold combats Covid-19
A new Yale-led study finds that immune system activity jump-started by rhinovirus exposure could prevent or treat the early stages of COVID-19 infection.
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Significant sex differences in Covid-19 immune response
Yale researchers have identified significant differences in how the immune systems of women and men respond to the virus that causes COVID-19.
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Oumuamua may be a hydrogen iceberg
The first known interstellar object to pass through Earth’s solar system may be a 900-foot hydrogen iceberg, say researchers.
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Arthritis drug spurs hair growth in man with alopecia universalis
A 25-year-old man with almost no hair on his body has grown a full head of it after a novel treatment by doctors at Yale University.
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Machu Picchu older than expected, study reveals
The first science-based estimation of the site’s founding and occupation, the Yale-led study has implications for our wider understanding of Inca history.
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A step towards new nitrogen products
A nifty move with nitrogen has brought the world one step closer to creating a range of useful products — from dyes to pharmaceuticals — out of thin air.
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'Likweli': A new monkey species discovered in the Congo Basin
Yale researchers have helped to describe a new species of Colobus monkey living high in the forest canopies of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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CertiKOS: A breakthrough toward hacker-resistant operating systems
A team of Yale researchers has unveiled CertiKOS, the world’s first operating system that runs on multi-core processors and shields against cyber attacks.
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Ketogenic diet helps tame flu virus in mice
Mice fed a ketogenic — or very low-carb — diet were better able to combat the flu virus than mice fed food high in carbohydrates, according to a new Yale study.
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Yale scientists make a borophene breakthrough
A flake just one atom thick has provided scientists at Yale with new insight into a promising material for the next generation of high-speed electronics.
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Enemy within: gut bacteria drive autoimmune disease
Bacteria in the small intestines can travel to other organs and trigger an autoimmune response, though vaccines or antibiotics can suppress this reaction.