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
Harvard's partners cast third mirror for world's largest telescope.
Harvard's partners cast third mirror for world's largest telescope
A poster by Harvard scientists shows 4.6 billion years of evolutionary history
A poster by Harvard scientists shows 4.6 billion years of evolutionary history.
by Laura Levis
The Origins of Life
Studying how life bloomed on Earth—and might emerge elsewhere
Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science seeks better basis for drug development
The new Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science seeks a better basis for drug development.
Harvard news: the Marathon bombing, earnings update, galvanizing gifts, and more
Harvard news: the Marathon bombing, earnings update, galvanizing gifts, primate-center closure, and more
How the Brain Predicts Future Behavior
The part of the brain that stores memories also actively predicts the future behavior of others.
Brain Mapping project to rival or surpass human genome project
A project to map the brain is "the biggest challenge of the century."
Harvard scientist David Keith fosters the study and discussion of geoengineering
David Keith and the question of climate engineering
Harvard Wyss bioenginnering institute $125-million gift
Harvard's biologically inspired engineering institute garners additional funding from founding donor Hansjӧrg Wyss
Blood protein found in young mice reverses age-related heart failure in old mice
A protein that circulates in the blood of young mice reverses cardiac hypertrophy in old mice.