Faculty & Research
Insights into groundbreaking faculty research, innovative projects, and academic thought leadership across Harvard’s schools and institutes.
This Astronomer is Sounding a Warning on 'Space Junk'
As debris accumulates in low Earth orbit, the danger of destructive collisions continues to rise.
by Olivia Farrar
The Off-Kilter Economy
Reckoning with inflation and its remedies
by Jonathan Shaw
Energy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning
Two new technologies could provide an eco-friendly cooling solution.
by Nancy Walecki
Reparations for Slavery?
Documenting the history and scope of federal “reparatory compensation.”
by Jonathan Shaw
Greenland’s Fingerprint in Rising Seas
Satellite data reveal the first unambiguous evidence linking a melting ice sheet to a predicted pattern of sea level rise.
by Jonathan Shaw
Will Global Democracy Survive?
Scholars on the current rise of fascism, domestically and abroad
by Nancy Walecki
Human and Machine Intelligence
Launching Harvard’s Kempner Institute
by Jonathan Shaw
Seeking the First Speakers of Indo-European Language
Ancient DNA sheds new light on the origins of a lingua franca.
by Jonathan Shaw
Re-Wilding Harvard
Bringing native plant species back to campus.
by Kristina DeMichele
Who Should Drive an Electric Vehicle?
Targeting the wrong buyers—and producing more greenhouse-gas emissions
by Nancy Walecki
Origins of the Urban Housing Crisis
The high costs of environmental, historic-preservation, and other good intentions
by Jonathan Shaw