World The fight for environmental justice Harvard affiliates at the Law School and School of Public Health are working to right the wrongs of decades of discriminatory policy
World In 14 months lost, some new educational gains A look at quarantine work-arounds that worked so well they’re worth making permanent
Health With COVID spread, ‘racism — not race — is the risk factor’ Harvard experts take a hard look at health inequities
Health Salad or cheeseburger? People in our social networks influence the food we eat — both healthy and unhealthy — according to a large study of hospital employees
Where the wild things are — now that humans are locked down Observations during pandemic pause may yield more humane urban planning DateAugust 31, 2020August 31, 2020
Synthetic lining in small intestine may help treat diabetes, obesity May deliver drugs in a sustained way, potentially reducing treatment to a once-a-day dose DateAugust 26, 2020August 27, 2020
Cutting surgical robots down to size Origami-inspired miniature manipulator improves precision and control of teleoperated surgical procedures DateAugust 25, 2020August 25, 2020
How caffeine changed the world Author Michael Pollan discusses his latest work on the world’s most-used psychoactive substance DateAugust 20, 2020August 20, 2020
Putting a crown on OMNIVAX The vaccine technology could be used in vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 and beyond DateAugust 19, 2020
7 million face shields and counting How a Wyss Institute COVID-19 project led to regional, scalable PPE production DateAugust 17, 2020
Quieting the storm Study finds acupuncture modulates inflammation in mice DateAugust 12, 2020August 12, 2020
Linking sight and movement Researchers key in on finding that can help self-driving cars ‘see' DateAugust 11, 2020August 11, 2020
A new way to target resistant cancer A unique characteristic in resistant cancer cells makes them easier to identify, eliminate DateAugust 7, 2020
Emily Balskus wins $1M Waterman Award Recognized for harnessing chemistry to transform the study of microbial communities DateAugust 5, 2020July 29, 2020
How plants adapt to climate change Researchers at Arboretum are studying maple trees and cold hardiness DateAugust 5, 2020August 6, 2020
In a warming world, New England’s trees are storing more carbon Unprecedented 25-year study traced forest carbon through air, trees, soil, and water DateAugust 4, 2020August 4, 2020
New species in an urban ecosystem (read: solar panel) Visiting researcher discovers bacterium at Arnold Arboretum DateAugust 3, 2020August 3, 2020
A speedier solution for molecular biomedical research New innovative algorithm analyzes NMR readings using quantum computers DateJuly 24, 2020July 24, 2020
This is what a scientist looks like Project aims to give young students real-life STEM role models DateJuly 23, 2020July 23, 2020
Forestalling food waste Student-developed device predicts when an avocado will be ripe DateJuly 23, 2020September 1, 2020
Mystery of the missing molecules Researchers crack case by trapping ultracold molecules in mid-chemical reaction DateJuly 22, 2020
Getting under the skin of psoriasis New treatment significantly reduces inflammation, symptoms of psoriasis in mice DateJuly 22, 2020July 22, 2020
A versatile vessel for next-gen therapeutics New technology to be commercialized by Vesigen Therapeutics for targeted intracellular drug delivery DateJuly 22, 2020July 21, 2020
‘Universal phenomenon’ shared by metastatic prostate tumors Prostate cancer metastasis linked to revival of dormant molecular program activated first in fetal development DateJuly 20, 2020July 20, 2020
Getting to the bottom of goosebumps Harvard scientists find that the same cell types that cause goosebumps are responsible for controlling hair growth DateJuly 20, 2020July 22, 2020
Better vaccines are in our blood New platform technology uses red blood cells to generate targeted immune responses in mice DateJuly 13, 2020July 13, 2020
When a bird brain tops Harvard students on a test Experiment tests human vs. parrot memory in a complex shell game DateJuly 2, 2020July 2, 2020
East Africa facing massive swarms of locusts Researcher looks to sequence the pest’s genome as part of push to find a safer alternative to dangerous pesticides DateJune 30, 2020July 1, 2020
Is air conditioning helping spread COVID in the South? Infectious disease expert, taking cues from TB fight, says it’s possible and UV light may be a weapon DateJune 29, 2020June 30, 2020
An expedition at the Arboretum A new mobile app puts all 281 acres right inside your smartphone DateJune 29, 2020June 29, 2020
Nanofiber protects against extreme temperatures and projectiles Multifunctional material could protect soldiers, firefighters, astronauts and more DateJune 29, 2020
Lockdown? What lockdown? Cellphone data shows Americans moving around at near pre-pandemic rates DateJune 24, 2020
Microbes might manage your cholesterol Researchers discover mysterious bacteria that break it down in the gut DateJune 24, 2020
Finding COVID clues in movement Tracking mobility of individuals offers hints of whether a problem is rising or falling DateJune 23, 2020June 24, 2020
