Science
Discover the scientific breakthroughs and engineering innovations being pioneered across Harvard’s labs and centers.
From Jellyfish to Digital Hearts
How Harvard researchers are helping to build a virtual model of the human heart
Deforestation Damages Even the Rainforests That Survive It
The world needs tropical forests—but rainforest destruction continues unabated, and it may be even worse than you thought.
On the Front Lines of the Coronavirus Emergency
A conversation with emergency doctor Stuart Harris
Harvard and Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health Team to Fight SARS-CoV-2
As the novel coronavirus begins spreading in populations outside China, Harvard announces a collaboration with Chinese researchers to develop diagnostics and therapies for treating SARS-CoV-2.
Short-term increases in air pollution linked to several new diseases
Researchers studying 95 million Medicare records find new fine-particle impacts in the blood, gut, skin, kidneys, and other organs.
Frontiers
A common plasticizer causes infertility, and fructose affects fat metabolism.
Healthy Plate, Healthy Planet
Frank Hu confronts the triple threats of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change.
by Jacob Sweet
Negatively Curved Crystals
A Harvard mathematician’s “interwoven tapestries” help make the infinite visible.
Human impact on New England ecology was minimal before Europeans arrived
Before Europeans arrived in New England, local ecology was driven by climate shifts, not by human interventions.
Astronomers name interstellar “ripple” the “Radcliffe Wave”
The massive “Radcliffe Wave” traces a new map of the sky.
Systems biology helps develop a promising diagnostic
A potential “paradigm shift” in developing new diagnostic tests in mental health