Goals of Kempner Institute are ‘very hard’

Scholars across University say Harvard is well-suited to the challenge owing to breadth, size of intellectual resources, experience.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Dec. 9, 2021 ~14 min

New Harvard institute to study natural, artificial intelligence

University-wide initiative made possible by gift from Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Dec. 7, 2021 ~18 min


Harvard-led team takes step in quest for quantum computing

Harvard researchers observe a state of matter predicted and hunted for 50 years, but never previously observed.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Dec. 2, 2021 ~7 min

New program deciphers genetic code of genome sequences

Harvard researcher develops program to read any genome sequence and decipher its genetic code.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Nov. 15, 2021 ~5 min

Harvard scientists show transgenesis in three-banded panther worm

Harvard-led team is learning secrets of regeneration through a method for manipulating genome, which allows a better view of workings of cells.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Nov. 12, 2021 ~6 min

Harvard researchers show how tusks evolved

New study defines and traces the evolution of tusks from the first animals to sport them.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Nov. 2, 2021 ~6 min

COVID messages from doctors change behavior across racial lines

A new study found that COVID-19 messages tailored to Black audiences and presented by physicians of color did not enhance the effectiveness for minority participants.

Nikki Rojas • harvard
Aug. 10, 2021 ~5 min

Harvard study shows that jumping spiders can identify biological motion

A study by Harvard researchers demonstrates that jumping spiders can distinguish living from nonliving objects based on their movement.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
July 26, 2021 ~4 min


Harvard professor discusses science in the military

History of Science Professor Naomi Oreskes examines the power of funding to shape science, for both better and worse, in her latest book, “Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don’t Know about the Ocean.”

Alvin Powell • harvard
July 22, 2021 ~20 min

Faster high-quality imaging of living tissue

Dushan N. Wadduwage, a John Harvard Distinguished Science Fellow in imaging at the FAS Center of Advanced Imaging has detailed a new technique that would create high-quality, deep-tissue imaging of living subjects in a timely fashion.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
July 7, 2021 ~5 min

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