Tag: Alison Hill

  • Nation & World

    Should landlords have to share what’s been bugging them?

    It might seem crazy for landlords to tell potential tenants about past bedbug infestations, but Alison Hill believes it will pay off in the long run. In a study, Hill found that while landlords would see a modest drop in rental income in the short term, they would make that money back in a handful…

    5 minutes
    A bedbug.
  • Nation & World

    Funding for projects with promise

    Four scientists from across Harvard will receive nearly $8 million in grant funding through the National Institutes of Health’s High Risk-High Reward program to support research into a variety of biomedical questions, ranging from how the bacterial cell wall is constructed to how the blood-brain barrier works.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Forward thinking on HIV

    A research team led by Martin Nowak has developed a technique for modeling the effects of various HIV treatments and for predicting whether the treatments will cause the virus to develop resistance.

    4 minutes