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
Untangling the Brain
Three Harvard scholars trained in chemistry and physics pursue innovative approaches and tools that address problems in neuroscience.
Our Psychotropic Lives
History professor Daniel Lord Smail explores the role of psychotropic mechanisms in human evolution and history.
The Harvard Center for Gastrophysics?
Harvard science labs and master chef Ferran Adrià confect a mutually beneficial partnership.
Decisionmaking, Measured
A new interdisciplinary decision-science lab will host experiments from psychology, economics, and beyond.
Rx for the Books
McKay professor of applied biology Ralph Mitchell and postdoctoral fellow Nick Konkol work with preservation librarians to develop a test that can detect damaging mold in books before it becomes visible.
by Paul Gleason
The Fit Fat
Harvard Medical School’s Bruce Spiegelman studies brown fat, a little-known type of tissue with health-promoting potential.
Does Thinking Make It So?
In The Cure Within, historian of science Anne Harrington explores the medical history of the mind-body connection.
Life Sciences, Applied
Bioengineering--at the intersection of biology, medical science, and engineering--is where scientists Joseph Vacanti, Pamela Silver, Kit Parker, David Mooney, Joanna Aizenberg, and Radhika Nagpal are defining a new field.
Sweet Science
Using chocolate as their medium, Harvard scientists illustrate principles of physics and chemistry for children and their parents at a free public lecture—samples included.
What Makes the Human Mind?
Biological anthropologist Marc Hauser explores what he terms “humaniqueness”