Science

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

U.S. Appeals Court Preserves NIH Research Funding

The court made permanent an injunction preventing caps on reimbursement for overhead costs.

by Jonathan Shaw

Soft robot sleeve hugs heart

A new robotic device could restore the ability to pump blood in patients with heart failure.

by Jonathan Shaw

Evolution unleashed

David R. Liu has harnessed evolution to lab experiments.

by Jonathan Shaw

Meet Heather Henriksen, director of the Harvard Office for Sustainability

Harvard’s chief sustainability officer on scaling up green solutions while scaling back its environmental footprint

by Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard studies how spirituality affects patients’ experience at the end of life

A Harvard initiative studies how spirituality affects patients’ experience at the end of life

Jennifer Lewis's quest for a 3-D printed kidney

3-D-printing pioneer Jennifer Lewis aims to fabricate replacement organs.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Brief life of Williamina Fleming, spectrographic pioneer and astronomer

Brief life of a spectrographic pioneer: 1857-1911

by Alan Hirshfeld

Center for Health and Happiness established at Harvard

Research aims to discover whether happiness improves physical health.

by Elizabeth Gudrais

Andrew Myers develops modular antibiotic manufacture

New methods for manufacturing antibiotics aim to replenish a dwindling drug pipeline.

by Erin O’Donnell

Harvard Medical Dean, Humanities Honorands, and More

Medical School dean, humanities and sciences honorands, and an app for thriving at Harvard

Global Health at Home offers innovative techniques to improve U.S. medical care

Harvesting innovations from around the world to improve American medical care

by Howard Hiatt , Charles Kenney , Mark Rosenberg