Science
Discover the scientific breakthroughs and engineering innovations being pioneered across Harvard’s labs and centers.
What Bonobos Teach Us About Female Power and Cooperation
A Harvard scientist expands our understanding of our closest living relatives.
by Annie Roth
Jackson Pollock's painting technique explained by Harvard physicist
Harvard mathematician Lakshinarayan Mahadevan and colleagues have gleaned insights into the artist's painting technique.
Carl Schoonover and "Portraits of the Mind" merge science and aesthetics
Carl Schoonover ’06 merges science and aesthetics.
by Sarah Zhang
E.O. Wilson is coauthor of two new ant books
In two new books, E.O. Wilson and his coauthors introduce pioneer myrmecologist José Celestino Mutis, and the ants that are "the most complex socially of all animals, except for humans."
George Whitesides lab snuffs small flames with electricity
Harvard scientists have discovered how to extinguish flames by pushing them off their fuel source with an electric field.
Shelly Greenfield's research finds gender differences in recovery from addiction
Studying the differences in addiction and recovery between men and women
Photographer David Arnold and others document coral reefs in decline
The world's most fragile marine ecosystems are in decline.
Video: Clues in the blood: scientists explain the emerging field of metabolomics
Video: scientists explain the emerging field of metabolomics.
“Water cooler" effect may improve scientific research
Proximity appears to foster quality.
Metabolomics, the study of metabolites, provides telling clues to future health
The study of metabolites does an end run around genomics to provide telling clues to your future health.
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering makes a fast start
Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has made a fast start.