Genetic study shows evolution of human pelvis

Study shows how pelvis takes shape and what genes orchestrate the process.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Sept. 28, 2022 ~4 min

Harvard scientists study tree rings see climate change clues

Tree rings could hold clues to climate change and forest change.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Sept. 20, 2022 ~9 min


MIT cognitive scientists win Ig Nobel for shedding light on legalese

Edward Gibson and Eric Martinez are among this year's winners of the satiric prize, for explaining what makes legal documents so difficult to comprehend.

Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences • mit
Sept. 16, 2022 ~3 min

Turning carbon dioxide into valuable products

Assistant Professor Ariel Furst and her colleagues are looking to DNA to help guide the process.

Nancy W. Stauffer | MIT Energy Initiative • mit
Sept. 7, 2022 ~14 min

Climate change drove reptile evolution

Fast climatic shifts due to global warming coincided with high rates of morphological change in most reptiles.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Aug. 29, 2022 ~6 min

New Harvard undergraduate fellowship on quantum science

A summer program gives Harvard students firsthand experience with quantum research.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Aug. 26, 2022 ~7 min

Living LEGOs

Mathematical modeling speeds up the process of programming bacterial systems to self-assemble into desired 2D shapes.

Sandi Miller | Department of Mathematics • mit
Aug. 15, 2022 ~5 min

Harvard study shows neurons shape identity of microglia

New study shows that microglia cells “listen in” to neighboring neurons and change to match them.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Aug. 11, 2022 ~5 min


Harvard researchers find REM sleep in jumping spiders

New Harvard study documents REM in spiders.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Aug. 9, 2022 ~6 min

Solving a longstanding conundrum in heat transfer

Hailing from a small town in Italy, Matteo Bucci is determined to address some of the unknowns plaguing fundamental science.

Poornima Apte | Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering • mit
Aug. 9, 2022 ~6 min

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