Why new qubit may give ultrafast quantum computing a boost

Microsoft discovery appears to be more stable, robust option

Harvard Gazette • harvard
March 5, 2025 ~15 min

When the woods are your climate change lab

For these researchers, Harvard Forest is a labor of love, and that love is changing

Harvard Gazette • harvard
March 5, 2025 ~12 min


Exploring superconducting electrons in twisted graphene

Could up the game of lossless power transmission, levitating trains, quantum computing, even energy-efficient detectors for space exploration

Harvard Gazette • harvard
March 3, 2025 ~6 min

Hinting at answer to a chicken-or-egg question on evolution

Accidental find may help scientists resolve which evolved first: ability to produce oxygen by photosynthesis or consume it by aerobic metabolism

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Feb. 24, 2025 ~6 min

What electric fish can teach scientists about NeuroAI

Modeling their behaviors may help in development of new AI systems

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Feb. 10, 2025 ~7 min

Even Bill Gates thinks AI is a little scary

Tech pioneer visits campus with his new memoir to discuss beauty of math, dropping out of College, founding Microsoft, value of curiosity

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Feb. 6, 2025 ~7 min

What prompts genetic adaptation? Ask a finch.

Groundbreaking pangenomic study suggests big DNA flip may have made small bird resistant to some diseases

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Feb. 6, 2025 ~5 min

Landmark studies track source of Indo-European languages spoken by 40% of world

Researchers place Caucasus Lower Volga people, speakers of ancestor tongue, in today’s Russia about 6,500 years ago

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Feb. 5, 2025 ~10 min


Researchers make leap in quantum computing

Trapping molecules for use in systems may help make ultra-high-speed experimental technology even faster

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Jan. 21, 2025 ~7 min

Wish you had a better memory?

Take our research-based quiz for tips on improving recall when it matters most

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Jan. 16, 2025 ~1 min

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