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

Lieber named University Professor

The pioneering chemist of bio-compatible transistors and other nanoscale wonders receives Harvard’s highest faculty honor.  

by Jonathan Shaw

Wikipedia’s Fight Against Censorship

Berkman Klein researchers find censorship of Wikipedia is declining.

by Alisha Ukani

Arctic Meltdown Turns Up the Heat

Carbon released by thawing tundra is enough to double atmospheric CO2.

by Oset Babür

A New Theory of Avian Egg Shape

Adaptations for flight may have driven physical changes.

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Studying a Gut Reaction

Harvard researchers review how gut bacteria can transform ingested compounds.

by Alisha Ukani

Harvard President Faust stepping down 2018

An expected transition, as the University’s twenty-eighth president plans to conclude her service.

by John S. Rosenberg

These Bots Were Made for Walking

Two Harvard research groups design exosuits to improve mobility.

by Alisha Ukani

Federal funding at risk

The administration’s potentially costly misunderstanding about science

by John S. Rosenberg

Brief life of Blanche Ames, intrepid botanical illustrator, by Laura J. Snyder

Brief life of an intrepid botanical illustrator: 1878-1969

by Laura J. Snyder

Seeking the genetic underpinnings of mental illness

Harvard geneticists seek the biological basis for schizophrenia.

by Courtney Humphries