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Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:00:27 +0000

What shapes your dog’s personality
Posted on Tuesday November 21, 2023

Harvard neuroscientist who is unlocking secrets of the canine brain finds skills and temperament are not dictated by breed.

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 18:11:25 +0000

Insight into evolution of cooperation
Posted on Friday November 17, 2023

As one of our closest living animal relatives, bonobos show humanlike ability to work together outside social borders in new study.

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 17:27:22 +0000

Why are hybrid animals sterile?
Posted on Friday November 17, 2023

Study of crossbred butterflies sheds new light on why sexual differences in fertility follow the pattern known as Haldane’s Rule.

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 17:00:35 +0000

From a plant-free place, clues about how to help plants survive as planet warms
Posted on Thursday November 16, 2023

Data from salt flats suggest dry soil is worse than rising temperature.

Wed, 15 Nov 2023 20:08:45 +0000

Nobel-winning physicist, artist illustrate universe’s ‘warped side’
Posted on Wednesday November 15, 2023

Kip Thorne and Lia Halloran team up to demystify complex science from black holes and wormholes to time travel and gravitational waves.

Thu, 09 Nov 2023 18:46:38 +0000

Screech owl wisdom
Posted on Thursday November 09, 2023

Up-close-and-personal study gave 'Alfie and Me' author a rare look at birds' individual personality differences.

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 14:17:54 +0000

How to prepare for a trip to space
Posted on Wednesday October 25, 2023

Astronauts spend years training for missions. How do commercial travelers get ready?

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 18:33:33 +0000

Cellular atlas guides new understanding of brain
Posted on Tuesday October 24, 2023

New technology gives voice to pathologic changes in neurodegenerative illnesses like Alzheimer’s and epilepsy.

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 19:43:28 +0000

Who will fight for the frogs?
Posted on Monday October 23, 2023

Indian herpetologists bring their life’s work to Harvard just as study shows a world hostile to the fate of amphibians.

Wed, 18 Oct 2023 15:23:15 +0000

When future weather outside is frightful — hot, that is
Posted on Wednesday October 18, 2023

At the “Future of Cities” event, panelists explained how rising temperatures will impact different economic levels in various parts of world.

Tue, 17 Oct 2023 03:00:55 +0000

A DEEPer (squared) dive into AI
Posted on Monday October 16, 2023

Machine learning techniques give scientists faster returns of high-quality organ images.

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 17:53:13 +0000

More solar energy needed, but clearing forests for panels may not be way to do it
Posted on Friday October 13, 2023

Harvard-led analysis suggests incentives to save carbon-absorbing trees, siting projects on rooftops, developed areas.

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 18:37:01 +0000

Self-correcting quantum computers within reach?
Posted on Wednesday October 11, 2023

Harvard team’s method of reducing errors tackles a major barrier to scaling up technology.

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 15:00:21 +0000

Staying ahead of virus mutations
Posted on Wednesday October 11, 2023

EVEscape uses evolutionary and biological information to predict how a virus could change to escape the immune system.

Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:55:55 +0000

Finding explanation for Milky Way’s warp
Posted on Wednesday September 27, 2023

The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian’s results bolster hypothesis of how galaxy evolved.

Tue, 26 Sep 2023 14:00:09 +0000

Human brain seems impossible to map. What if we started with mice?
Posted on Tuesday September 26, 2023

Harvard-led project seeks to create the first comprehensive diagram of every neural connection.

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 20:49:42 +0000

On the road to smoother EV charging — and hopefully, greater adoption
Posted on Monday September 18, 2023

New Salata Institute-led program aims to grow, improve infrastructure for longer trips, those who can’t charge at home.

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 17:30:03 +0000

A COVID cure worse than the disease?
Posted on Tuesday September 12, 2023

Some worry a treatment that kills SARS-CoV-2 by helping it mutate could spawn a super virus. New research weighs in on its "evolutionary safety."

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 18:19:02 +0000

14 projects confronting climate change win Salata Institute grants
Posted on Monday September 04, 2023

Plant-based buildings, greener AI, and a national agroforest are just a few of the solutions researchers are teaming up to explore.

Wed, 23 Aug 2023 21:21:43 +0000

Wildfires are much worse than a sign of climate change
Posted on Wednesday August 23, 2023

Loretta Mickley, a Harvard wildfire expert, says wildfires are not just a symptom of climate change, but with the increased burning of millenia-old global peat stores, have the potential to worsen warming.