Science & Tech
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He got the stop-work order. Then the scrambling began.
Wyss’ Don Ingber details rush to hold onto consequential projects, talented researchers — and system that has driven American innovation
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Long trail from 1992 discovery to 2024 Nobel
Gary Ruvkun recounts years of research, which gradually drew interest, mostly fueled by NIH grants
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Hunting a basic building block of universe
Researchers find way to confirm existence of axions, which make up dark matter
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Like having a personal healthcare coach in your pocket
New apps for cancer patients, cannabis users, others make use of algorithms that continually customize support
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‘Chromosomal Jell-O’ could be key to treating genetic diseases linked to X chromosome
After decades of research, potential therapies for Fragile X and Rett syndromes come into view
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Lower canopies show struggle for tropical forests
NASA technology guides scientists as they track health of ‘Earth’s lungs’
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Robotic exosuit gives Parkinson’s patient smoother stride
Eliminates gait freezing, a common and highly debilitating symptom
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Demystifying a mammal’s brain, cell by cell
Harvard-led team helps create first molecular map for national neuroscience study
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Researchers create first logical quantum processor
Key step toward reliable, game-changing quantum computing
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What shapes your dog’s personality
Neuroscientist finds skills, temperament influenced by brain differences across breeds
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Insight into evolution of cooperation
Bonobos, one of our closest living animal relatives, show humanlike ability to work together outside social borders in new study
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Why are hybrid animals sterile?
Study of crossbred butterflies suggests multiple genes involved
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From a plant-free place, clues about how to help plants survive as planet warms
Data from salt flats suggest dry soil is worse than rising temperature
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Nobel-winning physicist, artist illustrate universe’s ‘warped side’
New book seeks to demystify complex science from black holes to time travel
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Screech owl wisdom
‘Alfie and Me’ ecologist on what he learned as he bonded with bird
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How to prepare for a trip to space
Astronauts spend years training for missions. How do commercial travelers get ready?
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Cellular atlas guides new understanding of brain
New technology gives voice to pathologic changes in neurodegenerative illnesses like Alzheimer’s and epilepsy.
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Who will fight for the frogs?
Indian herpetologists bring their life’s work to Harvard just as study shows a world hostile to the fate of amphibians.
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When future weather outside is frightful — hot, that is
At the “Future of Cities” event, panelists explained how rising temperatures will impact different economic levels in various parts of world.
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A DEEPer (squared) dive into AI
Machine learning techniques give scientists faster returns of high-quality organ images.
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More solar energy needed, but clearing forests for panels may not be way to do it
Harvard-led analysis suggests incentives to save carbon-absorbing trees, siting projects on rooftops, developed areas.
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Self-correcting quantum computers within reach?
Harvard team’s method of reducing errors tackles a major barrier to scaling up technology.
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Staying ahead of virus mutations
EVEscape uses evolutionary and biological information to predict how a virus could change to escape the immune system.
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Finding explanation for Milky Way’s warp
The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian’s results bolster hypothesis of how galaxy evolved.
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Human brain seems impossible to map. What if we started with mice?
Harvard-led project seeks to create the first comprehensive diagram of every neural connection.
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On the road to smoother EV charging — and hopefully, greater adoption
New Salata Institute-led program aims to grow, improve infrastructure for longer trips, those who can’t charge at home.
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A COVID cure worse than the disease?
Some worry a treatment that kills SARS-CoV-2 by helping it mutate could spawn a super virus. New research weighs in on its “evolutionary safety.”
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14 projects confronting climate change win Salata Institute grants
Plant-based buildings, greener AI, and a national agroforest are just a few of the solutions researchers are teaming up to explore.
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Wildfires are much worse than a sign of climate change
Loretta Mickley, a Harvard wildfire expert, says wildfires are not just a symptom of climate change, but with the increased burning of millenia-old global peat stores, have the potential to worsen warming.
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Science no longer intimidates her. Neither do sharks.
Summer research program breaks down barriers for undergraduates with disabilities.
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After capturing image of black hole, what’s next?
New Center for Astrophysics mission aims for closer look at photon rings and insight into nature of space and time.
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Climate change, global hunger: What to do?
Black holes, warming seas, new treatments for disease. Understanding the context — not to mention the technical jargon — can be a challenge.
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Making the immense graspable
A talk with Andrew Pontzen, author of “The Universe in a Box: Simulations and the Quest to Code the Cosmos.”
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In the doghouse — at the White House
Reports surface of aggressive behavior but canine expert says there may be understandable reasons.
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Can you be close without sex?
Healthy intimate relationships vary but share one key feature, says psychologist
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Making algorithm used in AI more human-like
Researchers used fMRI to test ideas about complex decision-making.