Featured series 
Tag: Research
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Science & Tech
‘We’re still standing … We can still do important work’
Climate researchers wrestling with losses of federal funding, data, and key tools
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Science & Tech
Science that gives humans more say over their destinies
David Liu’s gene-editing technologies demonstrate game-changing potential in two recent cases
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Nation & World
Judge sides with Harvard on international students
Extends order blocking government’s attempt to revoke participation in Student and Exchange Visitor Program
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Campus & Community
Federal funding freeze leaves grad students, postdocs scrambling for labs, support
Pipeline of up-and-coming researchers an integral part of nation’s innovation ecosystem
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Campus & Community
Upholding the mission in a year of turmoil
Garber greets Commencement with high hopes for students and a strong affirmation of University’s contributions to U.S. growth, health
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Nation & World
Let’s not send low-income students back to the ’80s
Financial aid red tape nearly derailed Susan Dynarski’s undergrad dreams. Now she sees decades of progress under threat.
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Campus & Community
Marine vet’s future was a puzzle. Then he found archaeology.
Shane Rice credits Gen Ed class — and professor’s wall of declassified intelligence photos — with illuminating career path
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Health
Miracle drugs don’t come out of nowhere
Healthcare, innovation experts say funding cuts to university labs will slow or stop basic research on which breakthroughs are built
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Health
Vitamin D supplements may slow biological aging
Trial shows protection against telomere shortening, which heightens disease risk
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Science & Tech
Chance to branch off in new directions
Seven novel research projects awarded grants by Star-Friedman Challenge
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Science & Tech
‘We have a way of steering a fly like you would a car’
Geneticists find method to turn tiny bugs into living robots
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Health
We know exercise is good for you. Why? He‘s working on it.
Expanding on decades of research, a new study seeks to pinpoint movement’s molecular benefits
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Nation & World
Things money can’t buy — like happiness and better health
That’s according to the Harvard Study of Adult Development, which over its 87-year run has generated data that benefits work on other issues
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Campus & Community
‘There are secrets to unlock’
Harvard’s practice of preservation plays key role in future research
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Science & Tech
How do extremists get that way? Probably quite naturally.
In new book, neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod traces connections between brain biology, political beliefs
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Health
‘Smoldering’ cardiovascular crisis
Downward trend in deaths appears stalled due to lack of urgency among doctors, patients, along with healthcare barriers
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Health
New AI tool predicts biological age by looking at a face
Deep-learning algorithm FaceAge uses snapshots, can help oncologists tailor treatments
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Health
Tips for staying alive, decades in the making
JoAnn Manson has spent her career researching – and highlighting – how everyday choices influence health
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Health
How just a fishing expedition helped lead to GLP-1
Story of game-changing therapy illustrates crucial role of fundamental research breakthroughs
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Arts & Culture
He studies dogs’ faces. She studies their brains.
‘Dogist‘ Instagram photographer, Harvard scientist swap insights on human-canine bond
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Health
Tracking precisely how learning, memories are formed
Groundbreaking new technique may offer insights for new therapies to treat disorders like dementia
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Health
Earlier warning on pediatric cancer recurrence
AI tool does a better job predicting relapse risk than traditional methods in Harvard study
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Work & Economy
Funding today, entrepreneurship tomorrow. Or not.
Threat to research is a threat to U.S. innovation and growth, HBS analyst says
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Nation & World
How hot is too hot?
Teaming up with grassroots organizers in India, Harvard researchers are collecting data to help workers adapt to dangerous spikes in heat
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Health
Worth the grind
Hard work of securing a federal grant pays off for researchers: ‘It means you can do something to try to help people.’
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Health
How halt in funding hurts efforts to ensure safety of patients in medical research
Stop-work order disrupts system that facilitates oversight of studies happening at multiple sites
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Health
Weighing cure for sick kids against troubling ethical questions
Science Center talk outlines potential and risks of gene editing
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Science & Tech
Turns out, bonobos ‘talk’ a lot like humans
Researchers compile dictionary of vocalizations suggesting the animals use equivalent of word compounds, phrasings to communicate complex social situations
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Science & Tech
He got the stop-work order. Then the scrambling began.
Wyss’ Don Ingber details rush to hold onto consequential projects, talented researchers — and system that has driven American innovation
