Science
Discover the scientific breakthroughs and engineering innovations being pioneered across Harvard’s labs and centers.
To Promote Healthy Habits in Patients, Start with the Doctors
Why Harvard Medical School is training physicians to think more like coaches
Building a Better COVID-19 Swab
Engineers at the Wyss Institute address a critical shortage of nasal swabs.
At Home with Harvard: The Climate Crisis
Highlights from our wide-ranging coverage of the environment
Butterfly wing secrets revealed in infrared
A study reveals new dimensions to their function and beauty.
Stem cell activity linked to lifestyle
Exercise attenuates stem cell production of pro-inflammatory white blood cells.
Frontiers
Activity tracking to identify the at-risk elderly, and China’s offshore windfarm potential
Susan Murphy
Portrait of a hockey-playing statistician—from Louisiana
The Undergraduate on power and the denial of scholarship
A student scientist contemplates power and the denial of scholarship.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Brief life of a breakthrough astronomer: 1900-1979
Toward a Pharmacology of Resolution
An HMS symposium highlights the immune system’s role in ending inflammation.
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.