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Science & Technology Archive
The Place Where Ecology was Born
by Bruce Fellman
July/August 2004
Seventy years ago at Linsley Pond, a Yale biologist named G. E. Hutchinson started research that has changed the way we think about nature. Today, his scientific heirs are picking up where he left off.
An Engineer for the Avant-Garde
by David Case
March/April 2004
Natalie Jeremijenko makes robotic dogs, remote-controlled geese, genetically identical trees -- and social commentary. It's art, all right. But is it engineering?
The Beginning of the Endgame
by James Gustave Speth '64, '69LLB
March/April 2004
Environment school dean Gust Speth assesses the planet.
David vs. Goliath
by David Pogue '85
November/December 2003
David Gelernter is a computer scientist who doesn't like computers. So he's launched a quest to rebuild everybody's desktop.
This
is Your Brain in Tune
by Bruce Fellman
September/October 2003
Somewhere, hidden in the synapses, are the connections that give one person
in ten thousand the mysterious ability called perfect pitch. Neurobiologist
Dave Ross wants to find them.
Solid State
by Bruce Fellman
Summer 2003
Twelve years ago, engineering at Yale was on the critical list. At the April
assembly of the Association of Yale Alumni, delegates learned how it was
nursed back to health.
This
is the Way the World Ends
by Bruce Fellman
February 2003
With help from T.S. Eliot and Albert Einstein, Yale physicists and astronomers
have joined forces to probe black holes for clues about the age and ultimate
fate of the universe.
Inside Autism
by Bruce Fellman
November 2002
People with autism live in their own isolated worlds. Child Study Center
clinicians and research scientists alike are learning how to make contact
-- and how to make a difference.
The Trouble with Frogs
by Bruce Fellman
October 2002
Ecologist David Skelly is attempting to solve a puzzle: the recent appearance
of amphibians with abnormal limbs. The answer could shed light on the mystery
of human disease.
Designed for Science
by Bruce Fellman
May 2002
Two years ago, President Richard C. Levin committed $500 million to an ambitious,
long-range building program aimed at expanding Yale's offerings in science
and engineering. The recently opened Class of 1954 Environmental Science
Center is the first step, with an accent on the interdisciplinary.
Rebuilding Engineering
by Bruce Fellman
April 2002
Enginering celebrates its 150th anniversary at the university with a new
dean, new programs and faculty, research discoveries, and an initiative to
attract more students. Perhaps the most important reason to cheer is that
after years of instability, engineeirng at Yale appears to have a secure
future.
New Haven: Biotech City?
by Bruce Fellman
May 2001
The demise of the gun factories in the 1970s left New Haven's local economy
in tatters. But a shift in Yale's attitude towards the commercialization
of research discoveries has resulted in a bevy of upstart biotechnology companies
-- and hope for the future.
Bytes, Copyright, and
Info-Survival
February 2001
by Bruce Fellman
The information revolution promises new forms of freedom, but it also presents
a threat of a digital dictatorship.
Replanting Ecology
Summer 2000
by Bruce Fellman
The modern science of ecology began at Yale, but it almost disappeared as
a result of the rise of the molecular approach to biology. The creation of
the ecology and evolutionary biology department is meant to help the discipline
flourish.
Serious About the Sciences
May 2000
by Bruce Fellman
The announcements over the winter that Yale will invest $1 billion over the
next 20 years in new and improved laboratory and teaching facilities for
the sciences signal the university's commitment to remain at the forefront
of research and education.
What's in a Name?
April 2000
by Bruce Fellman
In 1735, a Swedish botanist named Linnaeus developed the method that scientists
still use to classify plants, animals, and other organisms. A group of Linnaeus's
successors, led by two Yale researchers, now believe that they have come
up with a better way to catalog creation.
The Circuits of the
Future
November 1999
by Bruce Fellman
Computers have grown steadily smaller, faster, more powerful, and cheaper.
Yale's applied physicists and engineers are helping to continue this trend.
The Forest and the Trees
October 1999
by Bruce Fellman
When the forestry school went looking for a new dean last year, the hope
was to find someone with international experience. U.N. administrator and
environmentalist James Gustave Speth '64, '69LLB has truly global reach.
Biomedical Goes Major
by Bruce Fellman
April 1998
A new undergraduate program signals a long-term commitment to an emerging
field of study.
The High Cost of Quality
Science
by Bruce Fellman
April 1996
Doing biology or chemistry -- or any other science -- these days almost always
requires sophisticated laboratories and multi-million-dollar equipment. Faced
with the possibility of massive cuts in government funding, Yale researchers
are coming up with new ways to close the cost gap.
How the Earth Works
by Bruce Fellman
December 1994
We live on it, we are nourished by it, we abuse it, and we take it for granted.
Meanwhile, the planet goes about its gradual -- and sometimes violent --
business of constant change.
The Rebuilding of
Engineering
by Bruce Fellman
November 1994
Destined under former President Schmidt for the academic chopping block,
engineering under President Levin and D. Allan Bromley seems headed for a
new prominence.
The Heart of the Flame
by Bruce Fellman
April 1994
Why is diesel dirty? How can rockets get a cleaner launch? What makes fiberoptic
cables strong? The answers all lie in getting a better burn.
Steady as He Goes
by Bruce Fellman
March 1994
The appointment of a physicist as dean of the Graduate School signals a new
dedication to the "hard" sciences at Yale.
The World as a Whole
by Bruce Fellman
December 1993
The new Institute for Biospheric Studies is drawing on a wide range of academic
departments in an interdisciplinary campaign to understand the natural environment.
Call it "crossing party lines."
How Computers Are Changing
Academe
by Bruce Fellman
November 1993
It's not just word processing and spreadsheets anymore. The machines are
altering the way researchers think about their work.
The Science of Togetherness
by Bruce Fellman
October 1993
The first new building on Science Hill since the 1960s is all about linkages.
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