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
Reviews of "The Checklist Manifesto" by Atul Gawande
The Checklist Manifesto explores checklists as a tool for preventing error in medicine, aviation, and elsewhere.
Genomic architecture
Harvard and UMass researchers elucidate DNA's ability to file data and fit into the nucleus.
Researchers study tai chi benefits
Researchers study the benefits of this mind-body exercise.
Nanoscience in photographs
In words and images, George M. Whitesides and Felice. C. Frankel explicate tools, concepts, and applications in nanoscience.
Stem-cell science evolves
Stem cells are being used as tools in regenerative medicine and drug discovery.
Biographical sketch of Chinese pharmacologist Li Shizhen
Brief life of a pioneering pharmacologist: 1518-1593
by Carla Nappi
Advancing toward a universal flu vaccine
Researchers may have found the viruses' Achilles heel
How cooking made us human
A Harvard anthropologist argues that cooking, a cultural practice, crucially shaped human evolution.
Do maternal and paternal genes compete in children?
Imprinted genes may affect the timing of pregnancy and nursing in humans.
Orchid bees and flight turbulence
Orchid bees in flight extend their hind legs for stability.