More solar energy needed, but clearing forests for panels may not be way to do it

Harvard-led analysis suggests incentives to save carbon-absorbing trees, siting projects on rooftops, developed areas.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Oct. 13, 2023 ~6 min

Clearing forests to erect solar panels may not be clean-energy solution

Harvard-led analysis suggests incentives to save carbon-absorbing trees, siting projects on rooftops, developed areas.

Anne J. Manning • harvard
Oct. 13, 2023 ~6 min


Study finds link between breastfeeding, rise in adult colorectal cancer risk

Mothers should not halt practice of breastfeeding, which offers many benefits to infants, as much more research is still needed, scientists say.

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy • harvard
Oct. 13, 2023 ~9 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

Scientists develop AI tool that predicts virus mutations

EVEscape uses evolutionary and biological information to predict how a virus could change to escape the immune system.

Catherine Caruso • harvard
Oct. 11, 2023 ~8 min

When fighting anxiety is worse than pointless

An emotion many avoid and view as an illness may actually help us thrive, psychologist David Rosmarin says.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 6, 2023 ~5 min

Breast cancer survivor traces ups, downs of treatment

Bobbie Collins, a writer for Harvard Medical School, shares a firsthand account of her bout with the disease.

Bobbie Collins • harvard
Oct. 5, 2023 ~12 min

Nerves rerouted from her tongue restore woman’s smile

A complicated brain tumor surgery left Rebecca Grasso with facial paralysis. But thanks to a series of nerve transfers at Harvard-affiliated Mass Eye and Ear, she was able to smile at her wedding.

Mike Kotsopoulos • harvard
Oct. 3, 2023 ~8 min


How social isolation, loneliness can shorten your life

A new study shows the two are not same thing but can be connected, sometimes in surprising ways.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 3, 2023 ~11 min

Nerves re-routed from her tongue restore woman’s smile

A complicated brain tumor surgery left Rebecca Grasso with facial paralysis. But thanks to a series of nerve transfers at Harvard-affiliated Mass Eye and Ear, she was able to smile at her wedding.

Mike Kotsopoulos • harvard
Oct. 3, 2023 ~8 min

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