From a plant-free place, clues about how to help plants survive as planet warms

Data from salt flats suggest dry soil is worse than rising temperature.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Nov. 16, 2023 ~4 min

Screech owl wisdom

Up-close-and-personal study gave 'Alfie and Me' author a rare look at birds' individual personality differences.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Nov. 9, 2023 ~4 min


How being stigmatized can harm health

Professor of Psychology Mark L. Hatzenbuehler’s course, “Stigma, Discrimination, and Health,” examines the wide-ranging problem that touches on sexuality, body weight, immigration, and poverty.

Christy DeSmith • harvard
Oct. 24, 2023 ~8 min

Who will fight for the frogs?

Indian herpetologists bring their life’s work to Harvard just as study shows a world hostile to the fate of amphibians.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 23, 2023 ~9 min

Researchers fight to save frogs from extinction

Indian herpetologists bring their life’s work to Harvard just as study shows a world hostile to the fate of amphibians.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Oct. 23, 2023 ~8 min

A DEEPer (squared) dive into AI

Machine learning techniques give scientists faster returns of high-quality organ images.

Rohini Subrahmanyam • harvard
Oct. 17, 2023 ~5 min

Self-correcting quantum computers within reach?

Harvard team’s method of reducing errors tackles a major barrier to scaling up technology.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Oct. 11, 2023 ~5 min

Could COVID drug spawn super virus?

Some worry a treatment that kills SARS-CoV-2 by helping it mutate could spawn a super virus. New research weighs in on its "evolutionary safety."

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Sept. 12, 2023 ~3 min


Making science — and sharks — accessible

Summer research program breaks down barriers for undergraduates with disabilities.

Nikki Rojas • harvard
Aug. 18, 2023 ~4 min

After capturing image of black hole, what’s next?

New Center for Astrophysics mission aims for closer look at photon rings and insight into nature of space and time.

Clea Simon • harvard
Aug. 7, 2023 ~7 min

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