Science

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

U.S. Appeals Court Preserves NIH Research Funding

The court made permanent an injunction preventing caps on reimbursement for overhead costs.

by Jonathan Shaw

The Third Way

Ellen Langer rejects binary thinking, embracing instead a “third way.”

by Erin O’Donnell

Bringing the Stars to Light

Alumni scientist-filmmakers bring the Harvard Computers’ story to the screen.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Baking Sourdough Bread is a Survival Instinct

A Harvard grandmother’s—and grandson’s—research

by Jacob Sweet

Allston Research Campus Takes Form

Tishman Speyer details the first phase of the “enterprise research campus”—and points to a doubling of the project’s ultimate size.

by Jonathan Shaw

Clues to the persistence of Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

The gas giant’s storms could be driven by processes thousands of kilometers below the surface.

by Veronique Greenwood

Using DNA for data storage

Compact and persistent, DNA could one day compress all human knowledge into a 15-gallon drum.

by Steve Nadis

Harvard Portrait: Roxanne Guenette

Seeking answers to science’s biggest questions

by Jonathan Shaw

Elizabeth Bangs Bryant

Brief life of an underappreciated arachnologist

by Reed Gochberg

An organismic biologist praises reawakening to the natural world

Re-engaging with nature alongside the director of the Arnold Arboretum

by William Friedman

Peabody Museum Discovers Possible Slave Remains in Its Collections

“We must begin to confront the reality of a past in which academic curiosity and opportunity overwhelmed humanity,” Harvard president Lawrence Bacow wrote. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova