
Findings
Insights, discoveries, and analysis from Harvard scholars and scientists.
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Family enlists Harvard scientists in fight against rare neurological disorder
Harvard scientists help parents of 10-year-old patient escalate fight against rare neurological disorder
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Health
A condition more common than asthma or diabetes, yet often ignored
Women with heavy menstrual bleeding wait five years on average for care. Wyss technology could change that.
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Work & Economy
The fear: Wholesale cheating with AI at work, school. The reality: It’s complicated.
ChatGPT usage appears ‘more wholesome and practical’ than researchers expected
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Health
Smart patch reduces cravings for alcohol and drugs
First year of recovery is ‘immensely challenging,’ researchers note. New device could be a difference maker.
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Health
You want chocolate. You need flavanols.
Research strengthens evidence for role of inflammation in disease – especially as we age
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Science & Tech
‘I exist solely for you, remember?’
Researchers detail 6 ways chatbots seek to prolong ‘emotionally sensitive events’
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AI took your job — can retraining help?
Study finds benefits to displaced workers even in occupations at risk of automation
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Data bolsters theory about plunging Catholic Mass attendance
Surveys tracking religious engagement globally show decline starts after church’s 1960s reforms
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New blood test detects HPV-associated head and neck cancer 10 years early
Tool identifies disease before symptoms appear
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Your body fought off the virus — but damaged your lungs
Researchers zero in on potential key to rapidly repairing tissue harmed by inflammation
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New AI tool predicts therapies to restore health in diseased cells
Currently using model to tackle Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s
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Early breakfast could help you live longer
Study finds mealtimes may impact health, longevity in older adults
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‘Surprise and relief’ from homeless patients: ‘This works for me’
Doctors report ‘fascinating and counterintuitive’ results delivering healthcare to hard-to-reach population via telehealth
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Does this cellphone habit raise risk of hemorrhoids?
Gastroenterologist Trisha Pasricha discusses why new findings may change how you think about bathroom routines
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Watching history being made
Astrophysicists think mysterious ‘little red dots’ are generated from spinning dark matter, studying them may yield insights into evolution of universe
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With charms to soothe savage back pain
Music appears to decrease anxiety, discomfort in ER patients, study finds
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Seeking a carbon-capture breakthrough
Chemist Richard Liu harnesses sunlight to trap greenhouse gases
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Weight loss drugs protect heart patients, study suggests
40% lower risk of hospitalization or death
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What makes us sleepy during the day?
Research links by-products of steroid hormone to excessive daytime sleepiness
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Solving evolutionary mystery of how humans came to walk upright
New study identifies genetic, developmental shifts that resculpted pelvis, setting ancestors apart from other primates
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When global trade is about more than money
Economist’s new tool looks at how China is more effective than U.S. in exerting political power through import, export controls
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Analysts highlight a school-sized gap in mental health screening
Less than a third conduct screenings, according to survey of more than 1,000 principals
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Mediterranean diet offsets genetic risk for dementia, study finds
Greatest benefit for those with highest predisposition to Alzheimer’s disease
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Physicians embrace AI note-taking technology
‘There is literally no other intervention in our field that impacts burnout to this extent’
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For some, the heart attack is just the beginning
Harvard clinic uses mindfulness techniques to treat medically induced PTSD
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Reading like it’s 1989
Report on classroom literature shows staying power for ‘Gatsby,’ ‘Of Mice and Men,’ other classics. Time to move on?
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Brain implants that don’t leave scars
Harvard startup is developing a softer device to monitor head injuries
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Researchers uncover surprising limit on human imagination
Humans can track a handful of objects visually, but their imaginations can only handle one
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Possible clue into movement disorders like Parkinson’s, others
Rodent study suggests different signaling ‘languages’ in parts of brain for learned skills, natural behaviors
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Could lithium explain — and treat — Alzheimer’s?
Study offers new theory of disease and strategy for fighting it
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What your credit score says about how, where you were raised
Study looks at national disparities, finds bill-paying habits emerge by early adulthood, influence upward mobility
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Working through pain? You’re not alone.
Researchers use Dutch tool to pursue full scale of functional limitations in U.S. labor force
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Taking a second look at executive function
New study suggests what has long been considered innate aspect of human cognition may be more a matter of schooling
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You’re a deer mouse, and bird is diving at you. What to do? Depends.
Neural study shows how evolution prepared two species to adopt different survival strategies to take advantage of native habitats
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A step toward solving central mystery of life on Earth
Experiment with synthetic self-assembling materials suggests how it all might have begun
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Going to bed earlier may help you hit fitness goals
New study finds link between sleep curfew, higher levels of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity