Campus A summer of helping Program for incoming first-years offers an opportunity to sample public service
Campus Summer explorers Harvard Ed Portal program offers fun, skill-building activities for local students
Health Probiotic hydrogels heal gut wounds that other treatments can’t reach Could open the door to new bioactive healing strategies
Clever crows After using tools, the birds behave more optimistically, study suggests DateAugust 22, 2019August 22, 2019
Prospects clouded for finding life on the largest class of planets Discovery of a planet without an atmosphere bolsters concerns about bodies orbiting stars smaller than the sun DateAugust 20, 2019August 22, 2019
How the moon came to be Graduate student gets her hands on lunar samples to learn how the gleaming orb was formed DateAugust 20, 2019August 22, 2019
Astronomy Lab sees the light — and wants everyone else to, too Accessibility devices use sound to allow the visually impaired to envision stars DateAugust 16, 2019
Uncovering how cells become organs Tiny sensors are embedded into stretchable, integrated mesh that grows with the developing tissue DateAugust 16, 2019August 16, 2019
A red oak live tweets climate change Tree in Harvard Forest outfitted with sensors, cameras, and other digital equipment sends out on-the-ground coverage DateAugust 13, 2019August 13, 2019
Predicting the strength of earthquakes Early seismic waves hold the clue to the power of the main temblor DateAugust 7, 2019
Mercury levels in fish are on the rise As water temperatures increase, so does risk of exposure to toxic methylmercury DateAugust 7, 2019August 13, 2019
Giving teachers a DNA refresher Mansi Srivastava offers middle school educators lessons on evolution DateJuly 30, 2019July 31, 2019
The Mesoamerican attraction to magnetism Study suggests they both understood the phenomenon and had uses for it DateJuly 29, 2019
Electrifying insights into how bodies form Mike Levin studies how cells make collective decisions about growth and shape using bioelectricity DateJuly 26, 2019July 26, 2019
Visual forensics that can detect fake text Researchers develop a method to identify computer-generated content DateJuly 26, 2019July 30, 2019
Using body heat to speed healing Bioinspired wound dressing contracts in response to warmth DateJuly 24, 2019July 29, 2019
A new spin on an old question DNA helicopters offer insight into how biological machines power living things DateJuly 19, 2019July 19, 2019
A way to make Mars habitable Silica aerogel could warm its surface the way greenhouse gases trap Earth’s heat DateJuly 19, 2019July 19, 2019
Harvard reflects on Apollo 11 and Neil Armstrong’s moon walk Trio of astronomers discuss a giant leap for a man, 50 years later DateJuly 18, 2019July 20, 2019
Solving a statistical nightmare Correcting historic sea surface temperature measurements reveals a simpler pattern of ocean warming DateJuly 17, 2019July 19, 2019
Are we alone in the universe? Harvard astronomer Laura Kreidberg spends her days looking at extrasolar planets trying to answer the question DateJuly 16, 2019July 16, 2019
Plague genomes show extent, diversity of massive Roman-era pandemic Interdisciplinary collaboration between Max Planck, Harvard researchers bears fruit DateJuly 12, 2019July 15, 2019
A product idea with legs Researchers: Deeper understanding of the peacock spider’s anti-reflective black surface may yield new applications DateJuly 10, 2019July 11, 2019
Spreading seeds of life Study suggests asteroids and other objects might play key role DateJuly 8, 2019July 9, 2019
Soft robots for all The first soft ring oscillator gets plushy robots to roll, undulate, sort, meter liquids, and swallow DateJuly 8, 2019July 9, 2019
Polarizing apposite Portable camera that sees light vibrate could be used in machine vision, autonomous vehicles, security, atmospheric chemistry, and more DateJuly 8, 2019July 9, 2019
So you think he can dance? A study of YouTube star Snowball the cockatoo suggests humans may not be the only ones who can groove to a beat DateJuly 8, 2019July 9, 2019
Single letter speaks volumes Optimized gene-editing system halts hearing loss in mice with hereditary deafness DateJuly 3, 2019July 29, 2019
Combing out a tangled problem A new technique speeds creation of nanowire devices, boosting research into what’s happening inside cells DateJuly 2, 2019July 3, 2019
Oceans away New NASA-funded program to study water worlds, environments to understand limits of life as part of the search for life on other planets DateJuly 1, 2019July 3, 2019
Speeding up single-cell genomics research Improved technique scales up research into how genes are controlled DateJune 27, 2019June 28, 2019
The Robobee flies solo Cutting the power cord for the first untethered flight DateJune 26, 2019July 3, 2019
