Science & Technology

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

Five Questions with Javier Ortega-Hernández

A professor of evolutionary biology on what shaped life more than 500 million years ago

Physicists at Harvard's SEAS envision infared as a renewable energy source

Harvard physicists envision capturing energy from Earth’s emissions to outer space.

At Harvard, anatomy on view, and the return of Pooh

Anatomy on view, and the return of Pooh

What it costs to eat healthy food

With changed policies and food supply systems, healthy foods would cost less.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard scientist creates human brain to rat brain interface

Brain-to-brain interface lets a human control a rat's tail.

by Peter Saalfield

Harvard professor Sarah Richardson presents a history of the sex chromosomes

Sarah Richardson presents a history of the sex chromosomes in science and culture.

by Katherine Xue

Harvard symposium on global oncology considers cancer in the developing world

A symposium focuses on cancer treatment in the developing world.

Daniel K. Ludwig Bequest Endows Study of Cancer's Resistance to Therapy

The Ludwig Cancer Research gift endows the study of resistance to therapy.

Harvard researchers develop new methods to precisely engineer genomes

Harvard researchers develop new, precise ways to alter organisms' DNA.

Profile of exoplanet professor John Johnson

An exoplanet hunter joins the faculty

Citizen science draws amateurs into scientific research

In the Internet era, research moves from professionals’ labs to amateurs’ homes.

by Katherine Xue