Featured series 
Tag: Research
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Health
Coffee refill? Go for it, says American Heart Association, with note of caution.
Co-author of new guidance explains how many cups a day are safe — possibly even good for you — and why energy drinks are different
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Health
Almost everyone she knew growing up were laborers. Now she researches inactivity.
Epidemiologist I-Min Lee has published hundreds of papers on exercise and heart health in her time with the Harvard Alumni Health Study and the Women’s Health Study
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Nation & World
Garber warns of disruptions to ‘unprecedented’ scientific progress
Policy changes for research funding, international students threaten U.S. momentum, he says
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Campus & Community
University opposes changes to federal-grant guidelines
Letter argues that overhaul would politicize funding process, hamper health and science advances, damage nation’s security, competitiveness
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Health
Is your cholesterol too high based on latest guidelines?
Study flags elevated LDL levels of 1 in 3 Americans without history of heart disease as major miss for prevention
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Science & Tech
Bowling alone, yes. But watching sports is another thing.
Kennedy School team says shared fandom has promise as undervalued social ‘medicine’ for division, isolation
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Health
A genetic window on ‘All of Us’
Broad Institute researcher details U.S. biobank’s value as global resource in study of roots of disease, health
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Health
She studies cell lineage in the eye. Now she’s leaving research lineage of her own.
Award-winning biologist Connie Cepko, who advanced work on vision-threatening disease, passes the torch to scientific successors
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Health
NFL players 4 times more likely to die of brain disease, study finds
Despite living longer overall, neurodegenerative mortality risk dramatically elevated
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Health
Losing sleep is bad for individuals. Communities, too?
Researchers look to fill knowledge gap, push for studies of what happens to health of groups when major events disrupt rest
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Science & Tech
Rubies decoded: ‘Color is just one piece of the puzzle’
Rare gems shine in new Harvard exhibit
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Health
Tracing evolution of vaccine for cancer, malaria
Technology born out of Harvard labs shows power of collaboration, how path to development seldom follows straight line
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Health
Sunlight is not your enemy
Health benefits outweigh the risks for most of us, according to new book
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Campus & Community
First phase of Enterprise Research Campus completed
Local leaders join Harvard and Tishman Speyer to celebrate opening
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Health
It’s good to break a sweat, but don’t sweat the details
‘What’s important is the total amount of human movement.’
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Health
Finding ways to ‘drug the undruggable’ diseases
Greg Verdine’s approach embraces improvisational thinking, ‘crazy stuff,’ and he thinks it may be future of medical research
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Health
A clearer picture of drinking and disease
New study attempts to reconcile conflicting findings on benefits vs. risks
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Health
A promising first for researchers probing mental illness
Anxiety finding a highlight as brain stimulation trial raises new hopes for precision care
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Science & Tech
Many children like ebooks. Experts cast a wary eye.
They say certain features helpful for developing comprehension skills but can also distract — particular problem in era when kids read less
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Science & Tech
How venom kills — and can lead to cures
Mandë Holford uncovers the secrets of deadly marine mollusks, how their toxins work with such targeted efficiency
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Health
How loneliness became major public health issue
U.K., U.S. experts trace rise in awareness through research, political involvement, pandemic
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Work & Economy
20 societal problems, 20 solutions
Projects translating research into public good — spanning fields from medicine and climate to civics and arts — win $4 million from new Harvard fund
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Nation & World
Why are white-Black marriage rates so low?
New research suggests increased exposure between groups results in more couplings across class but not racial lines
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Nation & World
Would social media ban for children work here? Australia offers lessons.
New paper by Cass Sunstein, colleagues finds poor early adherence but also suggests trying to shift social norms, offering incentives could help
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Science & Tech
And you thought your adolescence was hard
Radcliffe fellow explores vulnerable life stage we share with chimps
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Health
Predicting cancer outcomes with a selfie
Slower ‘face aging’ linked to better survival odds, according to second study of AI tool designed to aid precision care
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Campus & Community
First rule of a disease fighter: Be curious
Ph.D. candidate Isaac Witte retraces ‘incremental advances’ that unlocked CRISPR technique
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Health
Food as medicine? How nutrition can improve cancer outcomes.
Tufts professor shares early research regarding programs as part of oncology care
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Campus & Community
Lessons from Beyoncé on public policy
Professor sees parallels between songs on overlooked life experiences of the marginalized, unintended gaps in government safety net
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Health
Materializing safe, on-demand living therapeutics
Implantable Living Materials platform offers novel avenues for deploying future microbial medicines
