Jonathan Shaw

Jonathan Shaw is Managing Editor.

David Weitz investigates how glass flows

Physicists find a better way to visualize molecular behavior in glass as it cools.

Samuel Arbesman creates a subway map of the Milky Way galaxy

An interdisciplinary example of how simple models can enhance understanding of complex systems

The United States bubble economy and lessons from Japan

Prospects for American economic recovery—and cautionary lessons from Japan

Charlie Allen's art of home restoration

Charlie Allen makes period homes work for their owners. View images of his work.

Skyscrapers as symbols

In Tall Building: Imagining the Skyscraper, Scott Johnson explores the semiotics of these urban giants.

Gutenberg 2.0: What future for libraries?

Harvard’s libraries deal with disruptive change.

Digital Preservation: An Unsolved Problem

The quest to ensure future access to past and present knowledge

Books and Budgets

The proliferation of knowledge in new fields and formats challenged Harvard libraries even before the University's fiscal problems arose.

Hausmann and Hidalgo find wealthier economies are also more complex

The most prosperous countries have economies that produce a variety of goods.

Physicists Capasso and Yu make many lasers from one

Harvard researchers have developed multibeam, multiwavelength miniature lasers.

Advancing toward a universal flu vaccine

Researchers may have found the viruses' Achilles heel

Stem-cell science evolves

Stem cells are being used as tools in regenerative medicine and drug discovery.