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

by Olivia Farrar

Inflammation causes many common diseases of aging

Could inflammation be the cause of myriad chronic conditions?

by Jonathan Shaw

Excerpt from Anne Harrington’s “Mind Fixers”

A history of psychiatry’s troubled search for the biology of mental illness

Bees around Greater Boston

Greater Boston’s bee cultures

by Jessica Lau

Replacement of Iberian Men 4,000 Years Ago Raises Fresh Questions

Ancient DNA reveals Bronze Age replacement of Iberian men, raising new questions.

by Bennett McIntosh

Wanted: Big ideas from the humanities

Wanted: Big ideas from the humanities

Improved gene editing moves ethical questions to the fore

Advances in editing DNA propel consideration of the technology’s use in humans.

by Bennett McIntosh

Harvard’s Office for Technology Development boosts translational research

Robust licensing revenue and corporate alliances boost translational research.

by Jonathan Shaw

Harvard Portrait: Amy Wagers

The skydiving Forst Family professor studies the pathophysiology of aging.

by Oset Babür

Medicine’s response to America’s largest public-health crisis

Medicine’s response to America’s largest public-health crisis

by Lydialyle Gibson

Mass Audubon’s early spring events

Exploring nature through Mass Audubon

by Nell Porter-Brown