Tag: Mary Todd Bergman

  • Nation & World

    App predicts hospital capacity

    Harvard’s Global Health Institute puts its research expertise into motion, helping hospitals assess capacity and quality of care so they can prepare for COVID-19 patients appropriately.

    5 minutes
    Screen shot of data from the model.
  • Nation & World

    A silly-sounding prize for some serious science

    Harvard-trained researchers win Golden Goose Awards from the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Speeding up single-cell genomics research

    Harvard researchers have devised a time-saving method that makes it possible to speed up the process of profiling gene regulation in tens of thousands of individual human cells in a single day, a development that promises to boost genomics research.

    5 minutes
    Image of a cell
  • Nation & World

    Editing genes at the source

    Study shows how genes could be edited in stem cells within intact organs, without having to remove them from their normal environment. The new approach could treat a variety of diseases.

    5 minutes
    uninjected and injected cells
  • Nation & World

    Perspectives on gene editing

    Harvard researchers, others share their views on key issues in the field

    16 minutes
    Hand unlocking genetic data.
  • Nation & World

    Harvard’s quantum leap

    By pairing quantum science exploration with solution-driven quantum engineering the new Harvard Quantum Initiative, aims to raise the bar across higher education, industry, and government research to progress quantum science and engineering and educate the future workforce.

    10 minutes
    John Doyle, Evelyn Hu, and Mikhail Lukin.
  • Nation & World

    For new medicines, turn to pioneers

    A new study shows that scientific research driven by curiosity is “the best route to the generation of powerful new medicines.”

    9 minutes
    Illustration of Scientist standing out with successful science experiment.