Science & Technology

Discover the scientific breakthroughs and engineering innovations being pioneered across Harvard’s labs and centers.

When Code Meets Canvas

In brushstrokes and bytes, a symposium at Harvard explores data, perception, and art.

by Olivia Farrar

Isaac Kohlberg to Step Down as Head of Harvard Technology Development

Partnerships and licensing office could become more critical as funding cuts loom

by Jonathan Shaw

A Space-Age Project for Harvard’s Plant Collection

Light-based analysis of botanical collections link plants to Earth’s changing climate.

by Jonathan Shaw

How AI energy demand costs consumers

Utilities shift AI infrastructure costs onto consumers.

by Daniel Oberhaus

AI is Making Medical Decisions — But For Whom?

Doctors warn that without an ethical framework, patients could be left behind.

by Olivia Farrar

Radcliffe Institute Announces 2025-2026 Fellows

Scholars pursue projects ranging from reducing ethnic violence to searching for an undiscovered super-Earth.

by Olivia Farrar

Taking the Fight for Equality into the AI Era

Radcliffe Institute conference tackles bias, fairness, inclusivity in AI development.

by Tamara Evdokimova

Research on Hold

Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.

by Nina Pasquini

We Were Students Once...

Young love: the poem, plus enduring lessons from a public-health pioneer

by Primus VI

Alice Hamilton

Brief life of a public-health pioneer and reformer: 1869-1970

by Daniel Stone

Ben Franklin’s Project

Historian Joyce E. Chaplin reinterprets an early era of invention, industrialization, and climate challenge

by Joyce E. Chaplin