Massage helps injured muscles heal faster and stronger

Using a controlled massage system, researchers found that treatment led to greater repair and strength recovery in mice.

Lindsay Brownell • harvard
Oct. 6, 2021 ~10 min

Harvard research foregrounds AI as colonoscopy tool

Harvard-led research signals life-saving potential for artificial intelligence in fight against colon cancer.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Oct. 1, 2021 ~9 min


Harvard researchers explore what drives animal infanticide

Harvard team discovers neural circuits underlying aggressive behavior of adult mice toward young ones.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Sept. 27, 2021 ~6 min

Melting of polar ice shifting Earth itself, not just sea levels

Research by new Harvard Ph.D. finds warping of planet’s crust, with far-reaching effects.

Clea Simon • harvard
Sept. 21, 2021 ~5 min

Harvard biologist discusses testosterone’s role in society

The hormone testosterone provides a backdrop for male aggression and violence, both in nature and in society, argues a Harvard human evolutionary biologist.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Sept. 17, 2021 ~6 min

Statisticians put odds of Bennu hitting Earth into perspective

Recently NASA updated its forecast of the chances that the asteroid Bennu will hit Earth in the next 300 years. Harvard statisticians put it into perspective.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Aug. 31, 2021 ~2 min

Analysis of 231-million-year-old fossil sheds light on reptile evolution

With just a look Tiago R. Simões was sure a fossil was sui generis — and it turned out to belong to a previously unknown species of a lizard-like reptile, representing the earliest evolving member of a lineage that today includes all lizards, snakes, and their closest relatives.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Aug. 30, 2021 ~7 min

Climate scientist on UN report: Just as bad as we expected

Peter Huybers, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences, explains the recently released UN report on climate change and the harrowing details contained within it.

Ryan Mulcahy • harvard
Aug. 12, 2021 ~8 min


Dan Barouch receives Ledlie Prize for vaccine work

Dan Barouch, Harvard Medical School professor and head of Beth Israel Deaconess’ Center for Virology and Vaccine Research, was awarded Harvard’s George Ledlie Prize for work that culminated in one of three vaccines against COVID-19 approved for use in the U.S.

Alvin Powell • harvard
Aug. 6, 2021 ~10 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

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