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A way to make Mars habitable Silica aerogel could warm its surface the way greenhouse gases trap Earth’s heat Science| DateJuly 19, 2019July 19, 2019
Spreading seeds of life Study suggests asteroids and other objects might play key role Science| DateJuly 8, 2019July 9, 2019
Oceans away New NASA-funded program to study water worlds, environments to understand limits of life as part of the search for life on other planets Science| DateJuly 1, 2019July 3, 2019
A new vision for neuroscience Live recordings of neural electricity could revolutionize how we see the brain Science| DateMay 24, 2019July 9, 2019
Ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi breakthrough For the first time, researchers transmit sound data via a semiconductor laser Science| DateApril 25, 2019July 9, 2019
Containing the sun In the quest for clean, limitless energy through nuclear fusion, scientists use ‘deep learning’ AI to predict destructive disruptions Science| DateApril 22, 2019April 26, 2019
Before the Big Bang Study outlines new proposal for probing the primordial universe Science| DateApril 18, 2019April 26, 2019
Seeing brain activity in ‘almost real time’ New technique tracks brain function 60 times faster than traditional fMRI Health| DateApril 17, 2019July 9, 2019
‘Seeing the unseeable’ Event Horizon Telescope researchers reveal first-ever image of a black hole Science| DateApril 10, 2019April 26, 2019
A black hole, revealed Researchers unveil an image for the ages Science| DateApril 10, 2019April 26, 2019
Our endless fascination with pi Physics lecturer Jacob Barandes breaks it down for us with help from his 9-year-old daughter, Sadie Science| DateMarch 13, 2019April 26, 2019
Seeing things in a different light System converts low-energy photons to high-energy, could be used in a host of applications Science| DateFebruary 27, 2019April 26, 2019
Nobel physics laureate Roy Glauber dies at 93 Harvard professor laid foundation of quantum optics, worked on Manhattan Project as a teenager News| DateJanuary 25, 2019May 6, 2019
Electrons, up really close Team makes most precise measure ever of their charge Science| DateOctober 29, 2018November 28, 2018
Learning catalysts’ secrets Cynthia Friend and teammates hope to revolutionize chemical production to lower energy costs Science| DateAugust 30, 2018August 29, 2018
150 years later, her star is still rising Henrietta Swan Leavitt's research at Harvard College Observatory led to two of the most important discoveries in astrophysics Science| DateJuly 5, 2018April 26, 2019
Developing micron-sized magnetic resonance Researchers use impurities in diamonds to develop systems capable of peering into samples as small as single cells Science| DateApril 18, 2018November 12, 2018
Charles Slichter, longtime Corporation member, dies at 94 Eminent physicist, best known for his work on nuclear magnetic resonance and superconductivity Campus| DateFebruary 28, 2018
Picture-perfect approach to science Mathematicians work to expand their new pictorial mathematical language into other areas Science| DateJanuary 24, 2018January 25, 2018
First glimpse of a kilonova, and Harvard was there Breakthrough view of colliding neutron stars reveals origins of gold, platinum, and other heavy elements Science| DateOctober 16, 2017April 26, 2019
Last survivors on Earth As long as the sun shines, hardy tardigrade will carry on Science| DateJuly 20, 2017October 3, 2017
Figuring out superconductors Physicists create antiferromagnet that may help develop, monitor key materials Science| DateJune 1, 2017November 12, 2018
Inspired by physics and art Science and service satisfy Zimbabwean student's need to learn as she helps others Campus| DateMay 12, 2017October 4, 2017
Making math more Lego-like 3-D picture-language has far-reaching potential, including in physics Science| DateMarch 2, 2017April 17, 2019
Advance in high-pressure physics Harvard scientists announce they've created metallic hydrogen, which has been just a theory Science| DateJanuary 26, 2017April 26, 2019
Strengthening ties among women in physics Conference connects undergrads in a still-lopsided field Science| DateJanuary 18, 2017January 18, 2017
Recognition for their discoveries Harvard researchers receive Breakthrough Prizes News| DateDecember 21, 2016November 13, 2018
Diamonds are a lab’s best friend Harvard researchers trace neural activity by using quantum sensors Science| DateDecember 19, 2016March 4, 2019
Just-so black holes New research backs direct-collapse behemoths — ‘a cosmic miracle’ Science| DateJuly 21, 2016April 26, 2019
!["[A] picture is worth 1,000 symbols,” quips Professor Arthur Jaffe (left). Jaffe and postdoctoral fellow Zhengwei Liu have developed a pictorial mathematical language that can convey pages of algebraic equations in a single 3-D drawing.](https://news.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/022417_picture_math_1362_605.jpg?w=400&h=267&crop=1)
