Science
Discover the scientific breakthroughs and engineering innovations being pioneered across Harvard’s labs and centers.
Don’t Call Stephanie Pierce A Paleontologist
From competing in youth gymnastics to studying tetrapods, the Harvard curator has always chased her curiosity.
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.
Excerpt: Joe Roman's "Listed: Dispatches from America's Endangered Species Act"
On learning from nature and the Endangered Species Act
by Joe Roman
L. Mahadevan on What Makes the Asiatic Lily Bloom
A Harvard professor explores the physical forces that open a flower bud.
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’s 30-year quest to diagnose and cure muscular dystrophy
Louis Kunkel’s 30-year quest to diagnose and cure muscular dystrophy