Light Blitzes Plaque

Fast forward a decade and imagine what a drugstore shelf might hold. A pill containing an entire day’s nutrients? A gadget that confers...

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Published in the January-February 2006 print issue in the Right Now section.

How brushing and flossing can protect your heart

In the wake of federal government actions, several Harvard schools and institutes are cutting costs.

Amid distrust of science, Paula Johnson tells medical and dental graduates to be “citizen-physicians.”

An animal’s journey from grief to love shows how much humans need each other, too.

A University financial surplus, but tensions over reductions in employee health benefits

Two undergraduates and a Ph.D. candidate will address the graduating class on May 28.

Nobel Prize recipient Joseph E. Murray dedicated much of his career to organ transplant surgery.

Science and art capture the microscopic natural world.

Growing liver implants, mapping the sense of smell, and journalism at risk