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The Milky Way’s galactic disk is warped and flared, similar to Galaxy ESO pictured here. Credit: NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute

Finding explanation for Milky Way’s warp

Astronomers’ results bolster hypothesis of how galaxy evolved

DateSeptember 27, 2023

Microscopic image of brain with color-coded cells.

Human brain seems impossible to map. What if we started with mice?

Project seeks to create first comprehensive diagram of every neural connection

DateSeptember 26, 2023September 27, 2023

Elaine Buckberg.

On the road to smoother EV charging — and hopefully, greater adoption

New Salata-led program with Harvard, MIT researchers aims to grow, improve infrastructure for longer trips, those who can’t charge at home

DateSeptember 18, 2023September 19, 2023

A COVID cure worse than the disease?

Study weighs in on fears that treatment could spawn super virus

DateSeptember 12, 2023September 12, 2023

Collage of hurricane flooding, drought, wildfires, and melting glaciers.

14 projects confronting climate change win Salata Institute grants

Researchers across disciplines team up to tackle problems ranging from inefficient buildings to fragile healthcare systems

DateSeptember 4, 2023

A wildfire burns on the mountainside in West Kelowna, Canada.

Wildfires are much worse than a sign of climate change

Expert explains the dual threat posed by a crisis spreading beyond our control

DateAugust 23, 2023August 24, 2023

Dakota Law holds a shark as Nick Wallis Mauro and Gianna Mitchell touch it.

Science no longer intimidates her. Neither do sharks.

Summer research program breaks down barriers for undergrads with disabilities

DateAugust 18, 2023August 18, 2023

Telescope and black hole illustration.

After capturing image of black hole, what’s next?

New Center for Astrophysics mission aims for closer look at photon rings, insight into nature of space, time

DateAugust 7, 2023

Collage of book covers about science.

Climate change, global hunger: What to do?

Try one of these book recommendations about science chosen by scientists for nonscientists

DateAugust 1, 2023August 14, 2023

Illustration of cosmos and computer coding.

Making the immense graspable

New book examines power of computer simulations to test otherwise untestable theories, offer insights into history of universe

DateJuly 31, 2023

President Biden's dog Commander.

In the doghouse — at the White House

Reports surface of biting, aggressive behavior by Biden dog, but canine expert says there may be understandable reasons

DateJuly 26, 2023

Two hands holding attracting magnets.

Can you be close without sex?

Healthy intimate relationships vary but share one key feature, says psychologist

DateJuly 17, 2023July 18, 2023

Postdoc Momchil Tomov and psychology professor Sam Gershman

Making algorithm used in AI more human-like

Researchers used fMRI to test ideas about complex decision-making

DateJuly 12, 2023July 12, 2023

Roger Fu and Sarah Steele in the lab.

Life on Mars?

Study of magnetic fields suggests the Red Planet held water for longer than previously believed

DateJuly 11, 2023

Tunicate fossil.

500-million-year-old fossil reveals new secrets

Discovery of rare tunicate fossil offers surprising insights on marine animals’ evolution

DateJuly 6, 2023July 7, 2023

Illustration of a person with a knot inside their head. (Gary Waters/Ikon Images)

5 reasons you crack under pressure

‘Managing Conflict Mindfully’ author outlines why even experts get in their own way sometimes, and how to stop

DateJune 27, 2023June 28, 2023

Sascha Feldmann.

Using light to make electrons even more energy efficient

Researchers use spiraling light to excite electrons, observing electron spins moving in a trillionth of a second

DateJune 26, 2023June 26, 2023

Controlled fire.

Fighting fire with fire

Controlled burns in key areas of U.S. West could drastically reduce smoke exposure, study finds

DateJune 14, 2023June 15, 2023

Illustration of rose-colored glasses.

‘Moral breakdown is a fake problem’

And guess what? It’s not just your grandpa who needs a dose of reality.

DateJune 14, 2023June 14, 2023

Orange haze over Brooklyn Bridge and New York City skyline.

In the thick of it

Scenes of smoke-blanketed Northeast likely to repeat, one expert says. Another offers advice for reducing harm to health.

DateJune 12, 2023

Juan Perez-Mercader

Why there might be life out there unlike any on Earth

Researchers create synthetic species without biochemistry, find they operate according to Darwinian evolutionary principles

DateJune 6, 2023June 5, 2023

Maggie Vallejo, Quinn Lewis, Alayna Jenkins, and Cole Petersen.

What drives four future climate leaders

Seniors represent diverse backgrounds, concentrations, and new perspectives on finding real-world solutions to various aspects of complex, mounting crisis

DateMay 22, 2023May 22, 2023

PFAS testing by EPA.

EPA’s new rules on forever chemicals don’t go far enough, study suggests

Harvard-led team finds standards don’t account for major source of drinking water contamination

DateMay 16, 2023May 16, 2023

Nikhil Chari and Benton Taylor collect root exudates.

Getting to root of possible carbon storage changes due to climate change

Study looks at dynamics of how warming may affect capture in soil near trees, plants

DateMay 11, 2023May 11, 2023

John Kerry on screen in conversation with Larry Bacow.

World ‘way off track’ from climate goal, Kerry says

But U.S. envoy sees signs of momentum, noting ambitious plans in some nations, commitments from corporate leaders

DateMay 10, 2023May 15, 2023

Holly Samuelson.

Struggling to design green buildings amid shifting legal, tech landscape

Architecture technologist says universities like Harvard can offer big hand up because they have time, resources to project trends going forward

DateMay 10, 2023

Amy Duffuor, GP at Azolla Ventures; Christina Chang, Partner at LowerCarbon Capital; Rajeev Singh, CTO of AutoGrid

Think incubator for fresh ideas, innovation, new leaders to fight warming

Inaugural Harvard Climate Leadership Summit brings together students from across disciplines, Schools with established figures to pitch, consider, inspire

DateMay 9, 2023May 9, 2023

Yunha Hwang and Peter Girguis.

2 very different microbes immune to the same viruses? Scientists were puzzled.

Genomic analysis of deep-sea samples suggests host diversity far greater than previously thought

DateMay 9, 2023

Examining ancient teeth.

Bringing Stone Age genomic material back to life

Breakthroughs will enable exploration of Earth’s biochemical past, with hopes of discovering new therapeutic molecules

DateMay 4, 2023May 5, 2023

Illustration of star engulfing planet.

How will the world end? Possibly with a belch, not a whimper.

Astronomers observe for first time a star consuming a planet, bolstering theory Earth will meet same fate — in about 5 billion years

DateMay 3, 2023May 4, 2023

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