Study offers new clues about what causes persistent itch

Insights at the intersection of the nervous, immune systems point to the culprit.

Hayley Bridger • harvard
April 2, 2021 ~6 min

Researchers discover how chronic stress leads to hair loss

A Harvard study has confirmed that stress can lead to hair loss.

Jessica Lau • harvard
March 31, 2021 ~8 min


Harvard panel looks for way forward on climate change

If the causes and problems of climate change are entwined, then the solutions must be as well, according to an online panel of Harvard faculty.

Clea Simon • harvard
March 26, 2021 ~6 min

For first time, images capture black hole’s magnetic fields

Images released by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration reveal how the black hole, some 55 million light-years away, appears in polarized light.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
March 24, 2021 ~6 min

Wyss researchers plant the seed for DNA nanoconstructs

A concept for seeded all-or-nothing assembly of micron-scale DNA nanostructures that could extend nanofabrication capabilities and enable creation of highly specific diagnostics.

Benjamin Boettner • harvard
March 23, 2021 ~11 min

Ancient tooth tarter provides glimpse into early trade and menu items

Scientists study ancient human teeth to learn about their surprising diet.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
March 22, 2021 ~7 min

Turning seawater into stored energy

New system uses the sun and impure water to make renewable energy.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
March 19, 2021 ~6 min

Challenging the lateral-to-sagittal shift in mammalian locomotion

Harvard study challenges lateral-to-sagittal shift in mammal spine evolution.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
March 15, 2021 ~6 min


New model offers clearer picture of life on Mars

Watching Perseverance’s journey across a dry, dusty river delta on Mars, it’s difficult to imagine that landscape once glistened with flowing water. But geological evidence, including satellite images and observations from Perseverance’s NASA siblings Curiosity, Spirit and Opportunity, point to an ancient Mars that was once warm and wet. But much is still unknown about […]

Leah Burrows • harvard
March 12, 2021 ~5 min

Astronomers find supermassive black hole on the move

Astronomers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian have detected a moving supermassive black hole.

Nadia Whitehead • harvard
March 12, 2021 ~4 min

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