Features | July-August 2018 Harvard’s Elsie Sunderland maps invisible ocean pollutants Elsie Sunderland traces the flows of human pollutants in the oceans. They come back to bite us. | July-August 2018 Fish overharvesting, and human health A worldwide decline in wild saltwater-fish populations threatens subsistence fishermen and the communities they feed. Features | July-August 2017 Seeking the genetic underpinnings of mental illness Harvard geneticists seek the biological basis for schizophrenia. | July-August 2017 Using genes to predict risk of mental illness Can genes predict risk of mental illness? John Harvard's Journal | July-August 2015 Global surgery gets a game plan, with Harvard players Lack of access to surgery globally will cost $12.3 trillion during the next 15 years. Right Now | September-October 2014 Harvard's Randy Buckner and Fenna Krienen say areas of the brain were untethered A new theory posits that as the brain grew, some regions were freed from necessary tasks Right Now | November-December 2013 Harvard Researchers probe Cancer genetics to target patient treatments Genetic information about specific cancer can lead to better patient treatments Features | September-October 2013 Scientists plumb the origins of life on Earth and other planets How the Origins of Life Initiative began and continues now Features | September-October 2013 The Origins of Life Studying how life bloomed on Earth—and might emerge elsewhere Right Now | July-August 2013 Brain Mapping project to rival or surpass human genome project A project to map the brain is "the biggest challenge of the century." Right Now | May-June 2012 Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas has built the largest protein interaction map to date A map of protein interactions in fruit flies provides new ways to study disease. Features | March-April 2012 Traumatic brain injury: research on causes, treatment, clinical applications From causes to clinical applications and treatment, Harvard researchers investigate traumatic brain injury. Load More
