
Findings
Insights, discoveries, and analysis from Harvard scholars and scientists.
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โSmolderingโ cardiovascular crisis
Downward trend in deaths appears stalled due to lack of urgency among doctors, patients, along with healthcare barriers
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Health
Wildfire smoke can harm heart and lungs even after the fire has ended
First study to fully assess its impact on all major types of cardiovascular, respiratory diseases
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Science & Tech
Social media fueled divisions. Teaming up may help heal.
Study finds pairing members of opposing parties on the same side to compete in specially designed quiz eases partisanship
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Health
Vitamin D supplements may slow biological aging
Trial shows protection against telomere shortening, which heightens disease risk
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Science & Tech
โWe have a way of steering a fly like you would a carโ
Geneticists find method to turn tiny bugs into living robots
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Health
Do ultra-processed foods increase Parkinsonโs risk?
New study finds people who consume higher servings are more likely to show early signs of the disease
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Health
Tracking precisely how learning, memories are formed
Groundbreaking new technique may offer insights for new therapies to treat disorders like dementia
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Earlier warning on pediatric cancer recurrence
AI tool does a better job predicting relapse risk than traditional methods in Harvard study
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How hot is too hot?
Teaming up with grassroots organizers in India, Harvard researchers are collecting data to help workers adapt to dangerous spikes in heat
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Turns out, bonobos โtalkโ a lot like humans
Researchers compile dictionary of vocalizations suggesting the animals use equivalent of word compounds, phrasings to communicate complex social situations
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Bile imbalance linked to liver cancer
Key molecular switch identified, sheds new light on treatment interventions
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FDA-approved smoking cessation pill helps break vaping habit
Clinical trial shows teens and young adults had three times more success quitting than their placebo counterparts
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Stopping the bleeding
Terence Blue has spent his life managing hemophilia. A new gene therapy offers relief from constant worry and daily needles โ โI am actually healing faster than I ever have.โ
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Immune-system strategy used to treat cancer may help with Alzheimerโs
Turning off checkpoint molecules freed microglia to attack plaques in brain, improved memory in mice
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Hunting a basic building block of universe
Researchers find way to confirm existence of axions, which make up dark matter
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Helping the U.S. fight addiction, cancer, other afflictions
A snapshot of research backed by partnership between government agencies and higher ed
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Is dining with others a sign of happiness?
Shared meals may be a more reliable indicator of well-being than income, Kennedy School researcher says
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Researchers ID genetic disorders that can be treated before birth
Timely detection could reduce morbidity, offer opportunities for early intervention
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Team hits milestone toward prion disease treatment. For them, itโs personal.
Patient-scientist, husband among researchers who developed promising gene-editing therapy for rare, fatal condition
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โChromosomal Jell-Oโ could be key to treating genetic diseases linked to X chromosome
After decades of research, potential therapies for Fragile X and Rett syndromes come into view
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Lower canopies show struggle for tropical forests
NASA technology guides scientists as they track health of โEarthโs lungsโ
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Researchers ID 17 risk factors shared by age-related brain disease
Study finds that modifying one factor can reduce risk of stroke, dementia, and late-life depression
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AC use to surge as world gets hotter. Harvard startup has a solution.
Novel system works like a coffee filter to dry, cool air more efficiently
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Mortality rates between Black, white Americans narrow โ except in case of infants
70-year study finds widening gap despite longer life expectancy for both racial groups
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More evidence for power of exercise in study of colon cancer survival
Post-treatment physical activity narrows gap between patients and general population
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Results from global collaboration raise questions about future of universe
CfA astronomers play crucial role in DESI analysis of dark energy, matter
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How rat watching can yield benefits for people
New AI method lets researchers get better handle on brain-behavior link, may offer insights into disorders like autism
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Sniffing out signs of trouble
Researchers develop at-home test to ID those at risk of Alzheimerโs years before symptoms appear
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What happens to your data if 23andMe collapses?
Health law policy expert says biotech firmโs uncertain future shows need for protections of personal, genetic information
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Machine healing
Artificial intelligence is up to the challenge of reducing human suffering, experts say. Are we?
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How World War I veterans shaped the Civil Rights Movement
Study traces surge in activism among Black men who faced discrimination while defending country
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Sick again? Maybe your building is to blame.
Take our research-based quiz to learn more about how indoor air quality can harm or protect your health
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You went to the doctor and came out feeling worse
Psychologist who studied โmedical gaslightingโ explains how caseload pressures contribute to the problem and when we should call it something else
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A dietary swap that could lengthen your life?
Study finds replacing butter with plant-based oils cuts premature death risk by 17 percent
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New hope for repairing eye damage once thought untreatable
Stem cell therapy safely restores corneaโs surface in clinical trial
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Exploring superconducting electrons in twisted graphene
Could up the game of lossless power transmission, levitating trains, quantum computing, even energy-efficient detectors for space exploration
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Food, water โ and a friendly face
Health professionals view social contact as basic human need. Now researchers have tracked neurological basis for it.