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Stress may offer workplace benefits

By Emma Goldberg February 26, 2013 • 0

Amidst midterm season, President-elect Peter Salovey has a message for students — stress can be good.

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Study pinpoints schizophrenia-causing receptor

By Dhruv Aggarwal February 26, 2013 • 0

A Yale study has identified the neuroreceptor whose malfunction is thought to cause cognitive diseases such as schizophrenia.

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Common chemical linked to osteoarthritis, study shows

By Hannah Schwarz February 26, 2013 • 0

A recent study from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies has found that high levels of exposure to a chemical found in everyday products are linked to osteoarthritis.

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Researchers identify cellular origins of fat

By Marek Ramilo February 26, 2013 • 0

Yale researchers have identified a population of cells that eventually develop into adipocytes, or the cells that make up fat tissue.

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Engineers Week promotes entrepreneurship

By Dan Weiner February 22, 2013 • 0

The second annual National Engineers Week at Yale comes to a close today, having promoted a University-wide engineering culture and fostered discussion about entrepreneurship.

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Kahneman talks rationality

By Dan Weiner February 21, 2013 • 0

Addressing an overflowing crowd in SSS 114 Wednesday afternoon, Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman outlined a psychological framework for understanding irrationality in our everyday lives.

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Solar technology improved

By Catherine Wang February 19, 2013 • 0

Yale researchers have developed cost-effective technology that increases the efficiency of solar cells.

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Cartoon shark joins ocean conservation

By Payal Marathe February 19, 2013 • 0

The cause to protect endangered marine species has a new versatile spokesperson.

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Scientists reconstruct mammalian ancestor

By Josh Mandell February 19, 2013 • 0

This month, an international team of scientists, including several Yale faculty members and alumni, unveiled the first evolutionary reconstruction of the earliest placental mammal ancestor.

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Deaths may not lower hospital readmission rates

By Clinton Wang February 19, 2013 • 0

A new study refutes the common claim that low death rates increase patient rehospitalization rates.

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Smith-Vikos: Controversy over gene patenting

By Thalyana Smith-Vikos February 19, 2013 • 0

There has been much controversy recently regarding whether it is legal for human genes to be patented.

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Vegan conference draws diverse crowd

By Emma Goldberg February 18, 2013 • 0

This weekend, 120 Ivy League students converged on campus for the second annual iV: Ivy League Vegan Conference.