Science & Tech

Federico Capasso believed a flat lens could revolutionize advanced products, devices. But he needed help innovating one, and getting it to market.

New study shows that microglia cells “listen in” to neighboring neurons and change to match them.

New Harvard study documents REM in spiders.

John Holdren, who served as President Obama’s top adviser on science and technology policy, discusses the climate deal and its potential impact.

Study finds striking similarities in infant-directed speech and song in cultures spanning six continents.

New genetic research shows untold migration to remote Pacific islands was generally matrilocal.

Google adopts sociologist’s skin-tone scale, which aims to promote inclusion, diversity, help fix problems in facial recognition, other technologies.

Harvard researchers have developed a biodegradable, antimicrobial food packaging system that extends shelf life and eliminates foodborne illness.

Harvard scientists have developed a revolutionary new mechanism that could unlock environmentally friendly air conditioning.

Researchers look at “replay” during sleep, which is theorized to be a strategy the brain uses to remember new information.

Women scientists have seen gains in STEM since the addition of Title IX, but culture remains an obstacle.

According to a new study, bonobo group dynamics show they are a model for the evolution of human peacemaking.

Scientists looking to measure the biodiversity of wild animals in a nature reserve are taking their lead from leeches.

Latest helium shortage is impacting scientific research, equipment, and progress of grad students.

Study illuminates connections to immune system.

‘In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers: An Exploration of Change and Loss’ exhibition marries art and science at Harvard Museum of Natural History.

Proficiency, place, emotion, or something else? These late-night conversations defy easy explanation.

Ten research teams at Harvard will share $1.3 million in the eighth round of the Climate Change Solutions Fund awards, which address both local and global issues.

Harvard scientists discuss what the quest to image black holes could tell us about our universe.

Pioneering Harvard-led global collaborative unveils latest portrait, bolstering understanding of relativity, gravity.

A new book illustrates how one cell develops into the complex operational centers that not only make us human, but also individuals.

Soyeon Yi, the first Korean astronaut, details her experiences with Americans and Russians while on a mission on the International Space Station.

Harvard-led researchers detect some of the earliest evidence for modern-like plate motion.

Bellono Lab gets new addition, piranhas. Now it’s time to study their eating habits.

Harvard student Amir Siraj ’22 and Professor Avi Loeb have found the earliest known meteor from another solar system to hit Earth, with the results confirmed by U.S. Space Force.

A team of physicists have created a new method for shuttling entangled atoms in a quantum processor at the forefront for building large-scale programmable quantum machines.

Three physics Rhodes Scholars reflect on ways female mentorship helped them, importance of paying it forward.

The panel of experts looked at success and failures since the first Earth Day in 1970.

Reimagined world map of agriculture could turn back clock 20 years on carbon emissions.

Andrew Knoll, Harvard’s Fisher Research Professor of Natural History and author of the recent popular science book “A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters,” shares six facts about the Earth.