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
Lightweight, distortion-free flat lens uses antennae, not glass, to focus light
Harvard scientists have developed a tiny, lightweight, distortion-free lens that focuses light without glass.
Unrelated tropical cuckoos find safety sharing a communal nest
The breeding behavior of tropical cuckoos, in which unrelated adults share a communal nest, proves an exception to the theory of kin selection.
Ted Kaptchuk of Harvard Medical School studies placebos
An ingenious researcher finds the real ingredients of “fake” medicine.
Michael McElroy and Xi Lu on natural gas, fracking, and U.S. energy prospects
Natural gas, the economy, and America’s energy prospects
by Xi Lu
Jane Pickering director Harvard science, culture museums
Jane Pickering appointed executive director of science, culture museums
Harvard urges Congress to protect federal research funding
Joins 15 other leading Massachusetts universities and hospitals in urging Congress to reach a resolution.
Harvard study of teens links soft-drink consumption to violence
A Harvard School of Public Health study links soda to teen violence.
Profile of HSPH professor Theresa Betancourt's research on neglected children
Theresa Betancourt studies the world’s most neglected and traumatized youths.
The rise in the use of C-sections in recent decades
The rise in the use of C-sections
Mercury pollution in the Arctic flows from Russian rivers says Daniel Jacob
Arctic mercury pollution flows from rivers, not the atmosphere.