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Rohit Raut, James Wilhelmi, Tyler Stokes, Frank Lopez, and Karsten Heeger in the DUNE clean room assembly area in a Wright Lab high bay. 4,850 feet beneath the surface of the Earth in a former gold mine, scientists and engineers are building one of the most ambitious physics experiments ever conceived: the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE). Neutrinos are the most abundant matter particles in the Universe.

At a time when public trust in institutions is increasingly fragile, one profession continues to stand apart. For more than two decades, Americans have consistently ranked nursing as the most trusted profession. Year after year, nurses earn the public’s confidence not because of status or authority, but because they combine expertise with service, scientific rigor with compassion, and leadership with accountability. Trust is the foundation of nursing. Yet trust cannot be inherited.

By Jon Atherton The technology at the center of the growing ‘resolution revolution’ has again showed its value to scientists at Yale by revealing the secrets of gum disease. Leveraging the advanced imaging techniques of electron microscopy – or cryo-EM – the lab of Jun Liu, professor of Microbial Pathogenesis at the Yale Microbial Sciences Institute (MSI), has visualized the precise shape and structure of the bacterium Treponema denticola.

Yale University’s Faculty of the Arts and Sciences (FAS) and School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) Senate have approved the terms for a new Author Rights policy. The policy will help Yale faculty authors in those departments retain copyright ownership in online versions of their scholarly articles and book chapters.

Yale School of Medicine (YSM) was awarded a $1.69 million gift from Coefficient Giving to advance the development of an effective parasite vaccine led by Richard “Rick” Bucala, YC ’79, MS ’79, MD, PhD, chief of the Section of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology), and professor of pathology and of epidemiology (microbial diseases).

This summer, we saw a first-of-its-kind cross-sector collaboration – a leader in academic research and a national women’s health nonprofit joined forces to amplify the power of women’s health research and investment.

Ice cream or coffee break After completing the tour — or even before — stop by one of these eight downtown New Haven eateries for a snack, sweet, or sip. The two-story, white clapboard structure at 149 Elm St. was originally built in 1767 for John Pierpont and his bride. It is the oldest surviving house in New Haven and stayed in the Pierpont family until 1900. On July 5, 1779, New Haven was invaded and pillaged by several thousand British soldiers.

For anyone undergoing a total hip or knee replacement, the goal is a smooth recovery and a return to pain-free movement. However, a possible risk from these procedures is periprosthetic joint infection. Infections are leading causes of joint replacement failures, often requiring additional surgeries, prolonged hospital stays, as well as emotional and financial strain on patients.

When we drink alcohol, our liver breaks it down into acetate, which the body can then burn as fuel. A new Neuropsychopharmacology study has discovered that chronic alcohol use can alter how the brain metabolizes acetate—and that these effects are reversible. Research has shown that our brain adapts to the presence of alcohol.

Alcohol use disorder and obesity are common across the United States. Nearly 29 million people have alcohol use disorder, while obesity affects more than 100 million people. Food addiction, an emerging clinical entity characterized by loss of control, persistent eating despite negative effects, and food cravings, is estimated to affect about one-third of people with obesity.