Harvard scientists develop new method to map RNA variants
The technology, described in a new paper in Cell, could reshape how scientists investigate tissue function and disease.
Graduate student
How your cells make a molecule you can buy as a supplement
Researchers in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology combined biophysics, structural biology, and simulation to solve a manufacturing question.
Where undergrads grow into scientists
Deep in the woods of Petersham, Mass., the Harvard Forest Summer Research Program in Ecology is cultivating a renewable resource — future generations of scientists.
Bigger benefits for kindergarten’s oldest boys uncovered
Being born a few days on either side of the school-enrollment cutoff date might seem like an arbitrary difference. But new research finds boys born just after the cutoff, who start kindergarten relatively old for their grade, enjoy far more advantages than previously known.
Harvard scientists detect atmosphere on distant ‘Earth-like’ planet
The first-of-its-kind discovery is expected to set off a search for signs of life.
At Harvard–Yenching Library, a return to the Tibetan Buddhist canon
After spending two years immersed in digitized versions of the Tibetan Buddhist canon for his Harvard Divinity School studies, Sherab Chomphel, M.T.S. ’25, was finally face to face with the centuries-old block prints themselves.
Making connections, in the brain and in science
Ph.D. student Minsu Kim gained confidence, experience in the lab of neurobiologist Wei-Chung Allen Lee.
Evolution of human hands progressed feet-first
A new study shows how natural selection for locomotion reshaped both extremities
Snapshots from Commencement ceremonies across campus
FAS graduates collected their diplomas at more than a dozen smaller gatherings
O’Brien’s word of wisdom: Humility
“Your real education starts now,” comedy legend tells grads, urging them to defy ”extreme narcissism” of the times
Behind the scenes: Quality control for 2,500 Harvard diplomas
Leading up to every handshake on the commencement stage is a monthslong, meticulous process of preparation.