Daniel Kahneman on how to influence others

Nobel-winning behavioral economist and author of “Thinking Fast and Slow” shares advice on negotiation at Harvard event.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
Dec. 6, 2021 ~6 min

Harvard researchers explore superconductor possibilities

Never-before-seen electron behavior could help scientists create superwires for supercharged technology.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
Dec. 2, 2021 ~6 min


Engineer outlines ‘Biofabrication’ in Harvard talk

The author and MIT professor Ritu Raman discussed the promise and ethical challenges of a lab-shaped future.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
Nov. 16, 2021 ~6 min

Harvard event outlines steps for helping children reconnect

Relationships with peers, teachers, counselors protect mental health and boost learning, experts say.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
Oct. 26, 2021 ~5 min

Excavation unearths ancient Egyptian brewery

The remains of a 5000-year-old brewery found in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos are providing insights into the relationship between large-scale beer production and the development of kingship in Egypt.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
Oct. 15, 2021 ~6 min

Epidemiologist predicts pathway out of the pandemic

Epidemiologist William Hanage predicts likely decline in U.S. COVID cases, epending on vaccination rates, control tactics, and the absence of variants.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
Sept. 27, 2021 ~6 min

Researchers design new experiments to map and test the quantum realm

Professor Kang-Kuen Ni and her team have collected real experimental data from an unexplored quantum frontier, providing strong evidence of what the theoretical model got right (and wrong) and a roadmap for further exploration into the shadowy next layers of quantum space.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
May 19, 2021 ~7 min

New tool developed to study ‘undruggable’ proteins

Researchers at Harvard have designed new, highly selective tools that can add or remove sugars from a protein with no off-target effects, to examine exactly what the sugars are doing and engineer them into new treatments for “undruggable” proteins.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
April 16, 2021 ~7 min


Harvard researchers engineer proteins

Researchers prove they can engineer proteins to find new targets with high selectivity, a critical advance toward potential new treatments to help neuroregeneration, cytokine storm.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
March 4, 2021 ~7 min

Progeria study finds base-editing therapy lengthens lifespan in mice

Several hundred children worldwide live with progeria, a deadly premature aging disease.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
Jan. 27, 2021 ~9 min

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