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A researcher in a white lab coat and protective gloves lifts a tray from a cryogenic storage container, surrounded by clouds of vapor in a laboratory setting.
July 17, 2025
Science & Health

Progress at Risk

Threats to federal research funding for universities endanger scientific breakthroughs and disease prevention, treatment, and cures.

A researcher in a white lab coat works with scientific equipment in a laboratory setting.
July 16, 2025
Science & Health

Progress Toward Treatments of Tomorrow

Explore examples of life-changing innovations by Harvard Medical School researchers who are revolutionizing patient care with groundbreaking discoveries in medicine and clinical practice. 

A futuristic building and satellite dishes are set up on a rocky, reddish landscape
July 11, 2025
Science & Health
Faculty & Research

Moving Closer to Life Beyond Earth

An international team of researchers demonstrated that they can grow green algae inside shelters made out of bioplastics in Mars-like conditions, a first step toward designing sustainable habitats in space that won’t require bringing materials from Earth.

Two students demonstrate a temperature-sensing cooler for last-mile drug delivery
July 11, 2025
Science & Health
Students

A Cooler Way to Store Medication

Students from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences developed TempSense, a thermos-shaped storage container designed to ensure drugs are kept at the right temperature as they’re delivered to hospitals, pharmacies, or at-home users.

Christiane Wrann in her lab.
June 26, 2025
Science & Health

A Workout Pill for Alzheimer’s Patients?

Harvard researchers hope to harness the cognitive benefits of a workout for Alzheimer’s patients with mobility issues.

Illustration of an immune cell binding to a cancer cell, with a zoom-in on their molecular connection.
June 30, 2025
Science & Health

Unlocking the Promise of CAR-T

Harvard research across multiple fronts seeks to expand the impact of a cancer therapy that has left patients and doctors awestruck.

Five people examine an array of complex laboratory equipment with colorful wires and lights
June 13, 2025
Science & Health
Faculty & Research

The Coldest Experiment Ever

A team of Harvard physicists cooled a system made of neutral atoms down a record hundred billion times below room temperature, creating what Faculty of Arts and Sciences professor Markus Greiner calls “the most pristine artificial quantum system ever.” In so doing, the researchers have made it possible to simulate materials in ways that normal computers can’t.

Doug Melton
June 9, 2025
Science & Health
Faculty & Research

On a Quest for a Cure

Doug Melton’s life irrevocably changed the day his son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Now, more than 30 years later, the Harvard molecular biologist and his colleagues are within sight of a new treatment that uses stem cells to make healthy insulin-producing cells that can be transplanted into patients.

A smiling baby being held up by a person in medical attire
June 3, 2025
Science & Health
Faculty & Research

Gene-Editing Technologies Show Life-Changing Potential

Technologies developed by Harvard's David Liu have led to two remarkable medical breakthroughs: a personalized treatment that saved a baby with a fatal genetic disorder and the first successful application of prime editing for a rare immune disease.

Ultan McCaffrey in downtown Boston with water and buildings in the background
May 19, 2025
Science & Health
Students

Aspiring Astronaut Seeks to Improve Mental Health in Older Adults

Ultan McCaffrey MPH ’25 has been able to combine his interest in space medicine with his work in geriatric psychiatry in Harvard Chan School’s MPH-GEN program.

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