Featured series 
Tag: Research
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Health
Can’t wait to listen? You should.
Research inspired by driving lapse finds link between album drops, road fatalities
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Arts & Culture
How Ben Franklin put a charge into American independence
Reputation in science was key to his political power, historian says. On the other hand, ‘Frankenstein.’
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Health
Warning signs of alcohol-use disorder relapse
New study focuses on those with long history of sobriety
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Health
Daily multivitamin may slow biological aging
Greatest gains for participants who were biologically older, researchers say
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Health
Unlocking hidden pocket on a billion‑dollar drug target
Scientists identify path toward making cancer drugs safer and more selective
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Health
‘A moment of real possibility’ in Alzheimer’s care
Experts explain how recent findings are demystifying disease that afflicts tens of millions worldwide
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Health
‘I think I know how to fix this.’
How a discovery in a Harvard lab is offering hope for patients with hard-to-treat heart disease
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Health
American heart health worsening
New statistical snapshot finds disappointing trend despite advances in treatment, ways to prevent nation’s leading cause of death
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Health
Tracking mysteries of loss of Y chromosome, cancer
Research suggests it may explain higher incidence, severity of some disease in men
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Arts & Culture
‘The sound stopped suddenly’
After rare condition robbed drummer of ability to play music, science led him back
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Health
Yoga can help cut severe, initial opioid-withdrawal period in half, study finds
Researchers say results could dramatically increase chances of recovery
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Campus & Community
Tracing Harvard’s ties to slavery: Recovering names and histories
Researchers delve into probate records, tax lists, and estate inventories to identify enslaved people
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Health
Six cancers rising faster in younger adults than older ones
Large new global study fuels growing concern over trend of increases in several types
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Science & Tech
Can a chatbot be a co-author?
Physicists take souped-up ChatGPT out for a spin, return home with significant discovery
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Work & Economy
Did I say too much?
‘Revealing’ author explains difference between TMI and the kind of healthy ‘oversharing’ that deepens relationships
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Health
What’s next for GLP-1s?
Scientists eye new treatment targets for popular weight-loss drugs, from heart failure to addiction
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Nation & World
New factor in predicting who becomes criminal: when you were born.
Sociologist Robert J. Sampson investigates plunging arrest rates for youngest millennials
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Science & Tech
A ‘cocktail’ recipe for brain cells
Stem cell biologists discover how to regenerate type damaged in ALS, spinal cord injuries
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Science & Tech
When you do the math, humans still rule
Harvard’s Lauren Williams, a MacArthur ‘genius,’ joins international effort to challenge notions of AI supremacy
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Science & Tech
Breaking chess’s rating stalemate
Ranking skill can be tricky when the best players draw more than they win, so a Harvard statistician invented a new method
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Health
New AI tool predicts brain age, dementia risk, cancer survival
Unlike other AI models, BrainIAC needs limited data to ID key neurological health indicators
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Health
Turns out inherited eye diseases aren’t a sure thing
Study finds only fraction of those with mutated gene develop malady — a finding that could lead to better treatments (and could apply to other such illnesses)
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Campus & Community
Alumni rally to support next generation of researchers
FAS launches match to secure $100M for Ph.D.s
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Health
Americans living longer after cancer diagnosis
Oncologist explains why rising survival rates only tell part of the story
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Nation & World
How design of public housing can lift future prospects of children
New research builds upon previous work that focused on moving families from high-poverty areas, broadening social milieu of young
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Health
Your brain on advanced meditation
Where do science and ancient wisdom align? Take our quiz to find out.
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Science & Tech
How did that cancer cell become drug-resistant?
Researchers find way to create microscopic archives of gene activity to gain insights into how, why changes happen
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Health
How COVID-era trick may transform drug, chemical discovery
Harvard chemists, inspired by group-testing strategy, develop faster way to identify useful catalyst combinations
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Health
After the disaster, living for today
Study looks at why risky behavior surged in wake of 2011 tsunami, earthquake
