Featured series 
Tag: Research
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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
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Health
Bile imbalance linked to liver cancer
Key molecular switch identified, sheds new light on treatment interventions
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Health
FDA-approved smoking cessation pill helps break vaping habit
Clinical trial shows teens and young adults had three times more success quitting than their placebo counterparts
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Health
U.S. pregnancy-related deaths continuing to rise
Study researcher says nation, which leads high-income peers in maternal mortality, needs better prenatal, extended postpartum care
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Health
Rewriting genetic destiny
David Liu, Breakthrough Prize recipient, retraces path to an ‘incredibly exciting’ disease fighter: ‘This is the essence of basic science.’
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Science & Tech
Long trail from 1992 discovery to 2024 Nobel
Gary Ruvkun recounts years of research, which gradually drew interest, mostly fueled by NIH grants
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Campus & Community
Harvard files lawsuit against Trump administration
Filing argues freeze of research funding violates First Amendment, laws, procedures
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Nation & World
Freezing funding halts medical, engineering, and scientific research
Projects focus on issues from TB and chemotherapy to prolonged space travel, pandemic preparedness
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Health
Stopping the bleeding
Terence Blue has spent his life managing hemophilia. A new gene therapy offers relief from constant worry and daily needles — ‘I am actually healing faster than I ever have.’
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Health
Immune-system strategy used to treat cancer may help with Alzheimer’s
Turning off checkpoint molecules freed microglia to attack plaques in brain, improved memory in mice
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Campus & Community
Slave trade database moving to Harvard
Publicly accessible digital tool compiles four decades of scholarship on more than 30,000 voyages and 200,000 people.
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Science & Tech
Hunting a basic building block of universe
Researchers find way to confirm existence of axions, which make up dark matter
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Campus & Community
Helping the U.S. fight addiction, cancer, other afflictions
A snapshot of research backed by partnership between government agencies and higher ed
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Campus & Community
Cutting drug costs, embracing aging, demystifying AI — and more research ideas
8 graduate students pitch their work in Harvard Horizons talks
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Health
Is dining with others a sign of happiness?
Shared meals may be a more reliable indicator of well-being than income, Kennedy School researcher says
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Health
Researchers ID genetic disorders that can be treated before birth
Timely detection could reduce morbidity, offer opportunities for early intervention
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Health
Team hits milestone toward prion disease treatment. For them, it’s personal.
Patient-scientist, husband among researchers who developed promising gene-editing therapy for rare, fatal condition
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Science & Tech
‘Chromosomal Jell-O’ could be key to treating genetic diseases linked to X chromosome
After decades of research, potential therapies for Fragile X and Rett syndromes come into view
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Science & Tech
Lower canopies show struggle for tropical forests
NASA technology guides scientists as they track health of ‘Earth’s lungs’
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Health
Harvard researchers awarded Breakthrough Prizes
‘Oscars of Science’ recognize major advances in gene editing and against MS and obesity
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Health
Researchers ID 17 risk factors shared by age-related brain disease
Study finds that modifying one factor can reduce risk of stroke, dementia, and late-life depression
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Health
Mortality rates between Black, white Americans narrow — except in case of infants
70-year study finds widening gap despite longer life expectancy for both racial groups
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Campus & Community
Aramont Fellowships champion research at the forefront of innovation
Winning projects selected for potential to fuel scientific progress
