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.
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...
What Stress Reveals
Biologist Susan Lindquist investigates how HSP90 (heat-shock protein 90), a protein chaperone, provides a molecular mechanism that may help explain punctuated equilibrium in evolution...
Hubble space telescope photographs explained
The cosmic drama, as seen from a vantage in space: Harvard astronomers highlight important images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope
Where Does Tuberculosis Hide?
The fight against an ancient scourge shifts to new battlegrounds...
Joanna Aizenberg
A bioengineer learns from sponges...
Catching Some Rays: Good for Your Heart?
CBS News has the story on a new study, led by Harvard School of Public Health professor Edward Giovannucci, that found that men with low Vitamin D levels had more than double the risk of heart attack...