Science

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

There’s a growing movement to curb light pollution. It starts on your front porch.

by Matt Crossman

Gut Health May Begin in the Mouth

Oral bacteria can lodge in the gut and trigger inflammatory bowel conditions. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

The Bruce Telescope Rediscovered

The telescope that helped define Earth’s place in the universe

by Jonathan Shaw

Brendan Meade studies earthquakes using artificial neural networks

Machine learning may raise the potential for predicting where—and when—an earthquake might strike.

by Lydialyle Gibson

How climate change can change crop nutrition

How global warming can change crop nutrition

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

At Harvard Medical School, Some Training Happens in the Woods

Stuart Harris guides students in the practice of wilderness medicine

by Lydialyle Gibson

Building RoboBees: How Harvard Engineers Are Revolutionizing Micro-Robotics

The push to build flying, thinking, robot swarms

by Jonathan Shaw

The polar vortex produced rapid evolution in lizards

How the polar vortex produced rapid evolution in lizards

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Better surgical procedures benefit amputees

Improved surgical techniques enhance prosthetic function.

by Erin O’Donnell

David Sinclair’s anti-aging science

Can a single molecule extend lifespan?

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Seeing the the Invisible World of Microbes

On Earth, microbes run the show.

by Jonathan Shaw