Science

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

What Happens When Infections Stop Responding to Antibiotics?

Harvard Medical School experts discuss the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance.

by Olivia Farrar

Teaching T-Cells to Kill Cancer

Teaching T-cells to kill cancer—and other feats of biomedical science

by Veronique Greenwood

Harvard Writing Center’s Jane Rosenzweig on AI and Writing

Harvard Writing Center’s Jane Rosenzweig on AI and writing

by Lydialyle Gibson

Brief News Around Harvard January-February 2025

Nobel honorands, institutional voice, civil discourse, Rhodes Scholars, and more

Sustainability and Food Production in Africa

Improved agricultural practices could cut methane emissions to zero.

by Nina Pasquini

Five Questions with Professor Jia Liu

Harvard bioengineer on AI in brain-machine interfaces, and using technology to treat disease

by Olivia Farrar

How Harvard Is Tackling Methane Emissions to Combat Climate Change

How Harvard scientists hope to slow near-term climate change

by Nina Pasquini

The Rights of Nature

A Harvard course explores legal personhood for natural beings.

by Max J. Krupnick

Eating for the Holidays, the Planet, and Your Heart

“Sustainable eating,” and healthy recipes you can prepare for the holidays.

by Olivia Farrar

How Our Planet’s Trees Use Carbon

From the Amazon rainforest to shrubs planted around city streets, trees influence the earth’s temperature.

by Olivia Farrar

The Evolutionary Case for Exercise

The off-label prescription from our hunter-gatherer ancestors

by Olivia Farrar