Science

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

Illustration of diverse healthcare professionals around a central medical cross symbol.

AI Outperforms Doctors in Emergency Room Tasks, New Harvard Study Shows

Researchers say the technology could help physicians with triage, diagnosis.

by Jonathan Shaw

Video: Clues in the blood: scientists explain the emerging field of metabolomics

Video: scientists explain the emerging field of metabolomics.

In this 3D representation of the relationship between collaboration and mean citation impact in the Longwood Medical Area, each building’s height reflects the number of citations of papers originating in the building, while the color gradient (from gray/low to blue/high) represents the proportion of publications originating from that building in which both first and last authors work in the building.

“Water cooler" effect may improve scientific research

Proximity appears to foster quality.

Robert Gerszten

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.

by Jonathan Shaw

Donald Ingber

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering makes a fast start

Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering has made a fast start.

by Courtney Humphries

A diving humpback shows its flukes—a favorite sight for whale watchers.

Excerpt: Joe Roman's "Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act"

On learning from nature and the Endangered Species Act

by Joe Roman

The Asiatic lily, <i>Lilium casablanca.</i>

L. Mahadevan on What Makes the Asiatic Lily Bloom

A Harvard professor explores the physical forces that open a flower bud.

President Drew Faust moderates a February 22 discussion of the human genome map's impact in the 10 years since its first publication. Also shown are panelists Margaret Hamburg ’77, M.D. ’83, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and Eric Lander, president and founding director of the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT and professor of systems biology at Harvard Medical School.

Scientists examine the impact of the human genome map, 10 years later

A panel of scientists examines the impact of a landmark discovery.

Louis Kunkel in his laboratory at Children’s Hospital

Louis Kunkel’s 30-year quest to diagnose and cure muscular dystrophy

Louis Kunkel’s 30-year quest to diagnose and cure muscular dystrophy

by Victor McElheny

Scientists confirm Vladimir Nabokov's theory about butterfly migration

Harvard biologist Naomi Pierce confirms the Russian author's theory about the winged creatures' migration and evolution.

President Faust kicks off the "Harvard in Motion" walking and running program

Kicking off a program that aims to make Harvard and the surrounding community less sedentary