Campus Leveling the playing field Harvard’s expansive financial aid program ensures diversity by welcoming freshmen regardless of their circumstances
Campus Young alumni: Exposure to differences spurred growth Learning through others broadened their sense of how the wider world works, recent grads say
Campus Hillary Clinton receives Radcliffe Medal Former U.S. Secretary of State and presidential nominee honored for her life of service
IT for social justice At annual summit, tech takes a turn to the humanities DateJune 8, 2018June 8, 2018
Eye-popping arachnids Study explores extraordinary color traits in Madagascar spiders DateJune 8, 2018June 8, 2018
Team plans industrial-scale carbon removal plant Uses existing technology in novel ways to extract it from atmosphere DateJune 7, 2018June 11, 2018
Virtual lab to extend reach of science education Amgen, Harvard plan launch of free online platform DateJune 6, 2018June 7, 2018
Creating piece of mind New 3-D printing technique enables faster, better, and cheaper models of patient-specific medical data for research and diagnosis DateJune 1, 2018
New light on dark matter Researchers explain that dark matter particles may have electric charge, and why that matters DateMay 30, 2018May 31, 2018
CRISPR’s breakthrough implications Jennifer Doudna delivers Prather Lectures, explaining her gene-editing technology DateMay 16, 2018
Carbon consumers Deep-sea natural laboratory ‘a rare opportunity,’ Girguis says DateMay 3, 2018May 1, 2018
Choosing partners or rivals Study examines how strategies can foster or destroy cooperation DateApril 27, 2018May 1, 2018
From one, many Harvard scientists reveal the genetic roadmap to building an entire organism from a single cell DateApril 26, 2018April 27, 2018
Natural barcodes enable better cell tracking New method uses patients’ unique genetic variation profiles to aid in personalized medicine DateApril 25, 2018
Cells like we’ve never seen them before Microscope’s 3-D movies capture unprecedented details DateApril 24, 2018April 24, 2018
Global power for global powers Experience at world’s largest utility company informs call for nations to share energy DateApril 19, 2018April 23, 2018
Developing micron-sized magnetic resonance Researchers use impurities in diamonds to develop systems capable of peering into samples as small as single cells DateApril 18, 2018April 17, 2018
Applied mathematicians in Namibia What can termites teach us about designing green buildings? DateApril 17, 2018April 17, 2018
A decade on, a goal met; now, next targets Sustainability celebration marks Harvard’s accomplishments DateApril 17, 2018April 19, 2018
How fast can we run? Marathon-ready Daniel Lieberman offers evolutionary perspective on Bannister 4-minute mile, human speed limits, and ‘Man Against Horse’ DateApril 13, 2018April 14, 2018
Ph.D. with ADHD brings can-do focus to science, life Jennifer Kotler: ‘It’s really difficult to separate your personality, your identity, from your diagnosis’ DateApril 12, 2018May 10, 2018
Two atoms combined in dipolar molecule Achievement could lead to more-efficient quantum computing DateApril 12, 2018April 13, 2018
Before cancer kills, it cheats Arizona State evolutionary biologist sees promise in efforts to control, if not eradicate, disease DateApril 5, 2018April 10, 2018
The ruse of ‘fake news’ Researchers want to use science to combat techniques that can make the true seem false, and the reverse DateApril 5, 2018April 4, 2018
Radcliffe’s ‘jellyfish guy’ follows the light Marine biologist David Gruber’s research plumbs the potential of an oceanic enigma DateMarch 30, 2018April 2, 2018
A ‘moon shot’ to protect Earth’s species Biologist E.O. Wilson and former National Park Service director envision massive conservation effort to stem extinction DateMarch 29, 2018June 11, 2018
TESS to search the sky for new worlds NASA’s satellite expected to discover planets whose atmospheric compositions ‘hold potential clues to the presence of life’ DateMarch 28, 2018March 28, 2018
Microbes by the mile Exhibit shows the beauty, utility of microscopic universe around us DateMarch 26, 2018April 16, 2018
Novel cancer treatment gets major boost Novartis to develop Harvard bioengineers’ biomaterial-based immunotherapies DateMarch 21, 2018March 21, 2018
Drawing inspiration from plants, animals to restore skin tissue Nanofiber dressings heal wounds, promote regeneration DateMarch 19, 2018March 19, 2018
A role for cyanide in recipe for life Harvard research explores ‘RNA world’ DateMarch 19, 2018March 19, 2018
Startup points toward minimally invasive heart repair Catheter technology targets organ defects DateMarch 15, 2018June 1, 2018
Butterfly wings inspire air-purification improvements Simple nanoarchitecture can reduce costs for catalytic converters DateMarch 15, 2018March 16, 2018
