EPA’s new rules on forever chemicals don’t go far enough, study suggests

Harvard-led team finds standards don’t account for major source of drinking water contamination.

Paul Karoff • harvard
May 16, 2023 ~6 min

Researchers find key to healing muscle injuries in elderly

Controlling inflammation enables injured aged muscle recovery, offering promise for the future of mechanotherapies.

Benjamin Boettner • harvard
March 22, 2023 ~7 min


Take lesson on barbecue, sprinkle liberally with thermodynamics

The best thing about learning science through barbecue is the flavor.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 18, 2022 ~6 min

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

Urban areas across U.S. are undercounting greenhouse gas emissions

Methane emissions from the distribution and use of natural gas across U.S. cities are 2 to 10 times higher than recent estimates from the EPA.

Leah Burrows • harvard
Oct. 26, 2021 ~7 min

Diet, exercise, and sleep affect heart health, but why?

Researchers are looking more closely at the impact of stress on body, taking it down to the cellular and molecular level.

Clea Simon • harvard
Aug. 5, 2021 ~6 min

Harvard’s Mark 1 finds its new home

After a yearlong delay, the landmark Harvard IBM Mark I Automatic Calculator shifts residences to its new Science and Engineering Complex in Allston.

Alvin Powell • harvard
July 23, 2021 ~8 min


Computer science expert reviews a pandemic-stressed internet

The Paulson School’s Jim Waldo assesses how the internet fared during the pandemic and how well it stood up to huge shifts of work, education, and commerce online.

Alvin Powell • harvard
May 18, 2021 ~17 min

New tool finds PFAS compounds on Cape Cod

New tool finds and fingerprints previously undetected PFAS compounds in watersheds on Cape Cod.

Leah Burrows • harvard
March 5, 2021 ~8 min

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