Science
Discover the scientific breakthroughs and engineering innovations being pioneered across Harvard’s labs and centers.
AI Outperforms Doctors in Emergency Room Tasks, New Harvard Study Shows
Researchers say the technology could help physicians with triage, diagnosis.
How Our Planet’s Trees Use Carbon
From the Amazon rainforest to shrubs planted around city streets, trees influence the earth’s temperature.
The Evolutionary Case for Exercise
The off-label prescription from our hunter-gatherer ancestors
Harvard’s Nobel Prize Incubator
The Harvard University Bio Labs, home to 10 Nobel laureates on floor three and two on floor four
How Physics Can Be Used to Manipulate a Coin Toss
How a coin toss can be uniquely rigged – and can demonstrate probability’s role in reducing uncertainty.
Harvard Alumnus Wins Chemistry Nobel
David Baker ’84 invents new proteins not found in nature.
How Technology Shapes Elections, Privacy, and Democracy
Latanya Sweeney confronts our all-consuming “technocracy.”
How Does the Brain Interpret Language in Real-Time?
New research on how the brain uses sounds to form words and create meaning.
Using Generative AI to Predict Viral Mutations and Develop Vaccines
Biomedical researchers are using AI to survey the viral landscape.
Gary Ruvkun Shares Nobel Prize in Medicine
Harvard Medical School genetics professor honored
How to Reform Healthcare
104 Harvard thought leaders outline medicine’s unmet needs.