Harvard labs share personal protective equipment
As University facilities close, faculty and staff gather gear to pass along amid a nationwide shortage.
Clea SimonMarch 25, 2020 | harvard
~4 mins
Tags: health-medicine coronavirus covid-19 donations douglas-finkbeiner fas health-care laboratories mema n95-masks ppe sarah-elwell science seas
Online demos can be as effective as classroom teaching
In a new paper, Harvard researchers show for the first time that research-based online STEM demonstrations not only can teach students more, but can be just as effective as classroom teaching.
Anna FiorentinoFeb. 28, 2020 | harvard
~6 mins
Tags: science-technology anna-fiorentino basic-research demonstrations fas greg-kestin louis-deslauriers proceedings-of-the-national-academy-of-sciences science-education teaching
Ancient records of Bering Strait flooding offer fresh insights
Tamara Pico, a postdoctoral fellow, is using records of flooding in the Bering Strait to make inferences about how the ice sheets that covered North America responded to the warming climate, and how their melting might have contributed to climate changes.
Peter ReuellFeb. 26, 2020 | harvard
~6 mins
Tags: science-technology bering-strait environments-sustainability faculty-of-arts-and-sciences fas flood flooding harvard ice ice-sheets paleoclimate peter-reuell pico reuell science-advances sea-level tamara-pico younger-dryas
Why an undergrad flooded government websites with bot comments
Though no expert coder, Max Weiss ’20, a government concentrator uses bots to show an agency its website vulnerability.
Clea SimonFeb. 6, 2020 | harvard
~5 mins
Tags: science-technology basic-research bots clea-simon department-of-government fas iqss latanya-sweeney max-weiss public-policy technology-science
Harvard researchers examine how mammal spines evolve
Harvard Researchers show what drives functional diversity in the spines of mammal.
Juan SiliezarFeb. 3, 2020 | harvard
~7 mins
Tags: science-technology basic-research evolution fas field-museum-of-natural-history juan-siliezar katrina-jones kenneth-angielczyk mammal-backbones nature-ecology-and-evolution stephanie-pierce
How a grad student choreographs life in science and art
Ph.D. student Frederick Moss brings together the incongruous worlds of science and art.
Caitlin McDermott-MurphyJan. 30, 2020 | harvard
~6 mins
Tags: science-technology art caitlin-mcdermott-murphy chemistry dance fas frederick-moss graduate-school-of-arts-and-sciences learning music profile teaching
New findings suggest how stress may trigger gray hair
Harvard scientists have found evidence to support long-standing anecdotes that stress turns hair gray.
Jessica LauJan. 22, 2020 | harvard
~8 mins
Tags: science-technology bing-zhang fas gray-hair hair isaac-chiu jessica-lau nature scrb stem-cells stress ya-chieh-hsu
Historical view reshapes beliefs about colonization
A new study overturns long-held beliefs about the role humans played in shaping the landscape pre- and post- European colonization.
Clarisse HartJan. 20, 2020 | harvard
~5 mins
Tags: science-technology biodiversity david-foster environments-sustainability fas forests harvard-forest land-management nature-sustainability new-england
Uncovering the switch that controls brain state
A team of researchers led by two Harvard alumni uncover a switch that controls brain states.
Juan SiliezarDec. 18, 2019 | harvard
~8 mins
Tags: science-technology basic-research drew-robson faculty-of-arts-and-sciences harvard-fas jennifer-li max-planck-institute-for-biological-cybernetics neuroscience rowland-institute science zebrafish
Researcher looks at plaque to gain insight about the past
Christina Warinner says ancient dental plaque offers insights into diets, disease, dairying, and women’s roles of the period.
Peter ReuellNov. 19, 2019 | harvard
~11 mins
Tags: science-technology anthropology basic-research christina-warinner dental-calculus fas gsas peter-reuell plaque
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