Jonathan Shaw
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.
Right Now | January-February 2010
Advancing toward a universal flu vaccine
Researchers may have found the viruses' Achilles heel
Features | January-February 2010
Stem-cell science evolves
Stem cells are being used as tools in regenerative medicine and drug discovery.