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Breast cancer: Scourge of developing world
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November 6, 2009
Breaking up may actually not be hard to do, say scientists who’ve found a population of butterflies that may be on its way to a split into two distinct species.
Quantum gas microscope created
Physicists have created a quantum gas microscope that can be used to observe single atoms at temperatures so low the particles follow the rules of quantum mechanics, behaving in bizarre ways.
Researchers discover that similar qualities of observation drive gay and straight men in their judgments on attractiveness.
Energy adviser and former Honeywell executive Maxine Savitz says there are enormous energy savings available through increased efficiency, as much as 30 percent by 2030.
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Yasuko Nagasaka is among 81 recipients awarded a Shore Fellowship. Such grants can be used for “mini-sabbaticals” by junior faculty who do not yet have independent funding.
McLean launches coaching institute
With a $2 million gift from the Harnisch Foundation, Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital recently launched the Institute of Coaching to support coaching-related research, practice, and education.
Harvard physicist Cumrun Vafa tells scientists at the Large Hadron Collider that the discovery of a predicted, long-lived particle during research there would be the first experimental confirmation of string theory.
Colonies of army ants, whose long columns and marauding habits are the stuff of natural-history legend, are usually antagonistic to each other, attacking soldiers from rival colonies in border disputes that keep the colonies separate. But new work by a researcher at the Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology and colleagues at the University of Copenhagen shows that in some cases the colonies can be cooperative instead of combative.
Harvard materials scientists have come up with what they believe is a new way to model the formation of glasses, a type of amorphous solid that includes common window glass.
The head of the Natural Resources Defense Council examines the implications of climate change and the best ways forward for the passage of congressional legislation to combat it.
Julio Frenk, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health, touts global progress on women’s health issues, though more challenges lie ahead.
Biologists have shown that independent but similar molecular changes turned a harmless digestive enzyme into a toxin in two unrelated species — a shrew and a lizard, giving each a venomous bite
Doctors at Brigham and Women's Hospital team up with the New England Journal of Medicine to create online medical cases that can teach better than lectures.
Every month, Sarah Stewart-Mukhopadhyay fires her 20-foot gun in the basement of Harvard’s Hoffman Lab, sending shivers through the concrete and steel structure that can be picked up by seismometers upstairs.
Harvard University study suggests that the pain of torture can make even the innocent appear guilty to those interrogating them.
Taking nanomaterials to a new level of structural complexity, scientists have determined how to introduce kinks into arrow-straight nanowires, transforming them into zigzagging two- and three-dimensional structures with correspondingly advanced functions.
Session examines harm done by those who, fueled by the Internet and selective evidence, say AIDS is not caused by the HIV virus.
Activist and author Bill McKibben ’82 takes to the pulpit in a plea for climate change action.
From stem cells to heart muscle
A team of Harvard Stem Cell Institute researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and collaborators at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has taken a giant step toward possibly using human stem cells to repair damaged hearts.
Plant diversity, altitude leave collectors breathless in China
China's Hengduan Mountains are a biodiversity hotspot; so the Harvard Herbaria's Dave Boufford and a team of colleagues went there and discovered 30 new species.
What makes a successful society?
New research argues that the health of the population and the success or failure of many public health initiatives hinge as much on cultural and social factors as they do on doctors, facilities, or drugs.
For economic success, channel your inner bonobo
Psychology Professor Marc Hauser dispels misconceptions about human and ape behavior with regard to patience, impulsiveness, and economic interactions in Harvard Museum of Natural History talk.
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Harvard Stem Cell Institute - First 5 years
What has the Harvard Stem Cell Institute accomplished in its first 5 years?
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October 9, 2009
Stem cells: Mending a broken heart?
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