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
Proof Positive
Richard L. Taylor’s work connects two discrete domains of mathematics: curved spaces, from geometry, and modular arithmetic, which has to do with counting...
Man, Mongoose, and Machine
Standing outside a Sri Lankan army base in the spring of 2007, Thrishantha Nanayakkara mapped an entire minefield without once setting foot in it.
by Paul Gleason
Doing Community Medicine
A few years ago, instructor of medicine Pieter Cohen began noticing a strange pattern of symptoms among some of his Brazilian immigrant patients...
A Startling Achievement in Regenerative Medicine
Douglas Melton, co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, has figured out how to transform one type of cell in a living animal into another, using...
A Startling Achievement in Regenerative Medicine
Douglas Melton, co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, has figured out how to transform one type of cell in a living animal into another, using a new process his research team has dubbed “direct reprogramming”...
Scary Superbugs
The article documents how, and why, we are losing the war against these powerful microbes. Hospitals and doctors have overused "last-resort" antibiotics, leading to...
Harvard scientists create first disease-specific human stem cell lines
Kevin Eggan, an assistant professor of stem-cell and regenerative biology, announced in Science that he had used the technique to create...
XDR-TB Can Be Treated
More than 60 percent of HIV-negative XDR -TB patients in the study, which was conducted in home and community-based settings in Peru...
Researchers Identify Autism Genes
Researchers at the Harvard-affiliated Broad Institute have identified six genes they believe play a crucial role in autism...
Bioengineering Report Released
Among the report's major recommendations are the hiring of a minimum of 20 new faculty members in the joint field and the creation of undergraduate and graduate curricula...