The First Proof consortium has repeatedly challenged AI systems to crack 10 tough research math problems. In the latest round of results, AI systems collectively solved all 10 but still lagged in the ability to clearly communicate and document their results.
The findings unlock a path to harnessing ultra-fast magnetic materials and cleaner computer memory and hardware — enabling performance gains that could solve major energy bottlenecks facing modern data centers.
Harvard geoscientists reported that organic matter harvested from certain meteorites bears chemical traces of “primitive oxygen reservoirs” that have changed little since the birth of our solar system. The findings help trace the origins of organic matter that meteorites may have delivered to a young Earth, supplying the planet with ingredients essential for life.
A recent study from the Harvard Laboratory for Developmental Studies describes how games aimed at improving social skills, played in preschool settings, boost social-cognitive development for Brazilian children living near or below the poverty line.
Menstrual tracking apps have become all the rage, leading the growing field of “femtech” that claims to help women understand — and regulate — their bodies. But these apps may promise more than they deliver — and even be harmful to women.
Henry David Thoreau famously went to Walden Pond to live deliberately. But for far longer, he pursued a lesser-known obsession: observing scientifically.
For most of his life, Daniel Lieberman has dedicated his mind to studying the evolution of the human body. In his latest project, he also devoted his body — specifically his digestive tract — to science.
Sixteen years ago, an invasive pest called the woolly adelgid arrived at Harvard Forest and slowly began to devastate its the eastern hemlocks — as they had done in forcce elsewhere. Since then, Harvard Forest scientists have begun to study how to manage the demise of its so-called foundation species.
Flynn, 38, was recognized for uncovering a new class of RNA molecules on cell surfaces. He was among 18 finalists, announced Wednesday, selected from a pool of 372 nominees.
Two Harvard scientists describe a way to engineer the evolutionary landscape that viruses experience, pushing them away from dangerous variants and into evolutionary dead ends.
As the sun sinks below the horizon, two scientists perch quietly beside a darkening field and wait for flashes of light. They have traveled far outside the city in search of research sites, because they study a group of creatures that have been driven to the margins of human settlements: fireflies.