Science
Sexual Minorities At Higher Risk for PTSD
People of all sexual orientations who have ever had a same-sex sexual partner are more likely to develop post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health say.
Our Carbon Footprint
In July 2008, University President Drew G. Faust challenged Harvard to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent from the 2006 baseline level within the next decade.
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Low shows off the pipetting robot Professor Erin O'Shea's lab, where he has worked since fall semester of his freshman year.
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Cher Heang ("Shawn") Low '11 tests himself for radioactivity before leaving the radioactive "hot bench" in his lab. Low has already finished his research thesis.
Physicist’s Stolen Nobel Still Missing
Though the man responsible for breaking into the home of Harvard Physics Professor Roy J. Glauber ’45 was arrested on ...
Myth Busters Defend Logic
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman—famous for blowing things up and testing popular myths on their show “MythBusters”—were honored for their work in propagating humanist values Friday evening by the Harvard Secular Society and the Harvard Humanist Chaplaincy.
Diabetes Treatment Advances with Trial of Artificial Pancreas
A group of Massachusetts researchers has successfully completed the first run of human trials of the latest artificial pancreas design—a development that will free type 1 diabetics from relying on daily insulin injections.
Panelists Talk Science, Ethics
Mixing DNA and Descartes, the panel discussed how developments in evolutionary biology and the mind sciences should be applied to law, philosophy, and economics.
Accidental Discovery of Black Silicon Holds Practical Applications
A treatment accidentally discovered in the laboratory of physics professor Eric Mazur has the potential to vastly increase the effectiveness of silicon.
Computer Science at Harvard Sees Large Gender Imbalance
When Jean Yang ’08 arrived at Harvard in the fall of 2004, she was in many ways a typical, undecided freshman, contemplating concentrations ranging from economics to biology.
