Science & Tech Solving evolutionary mystery of how humans came to walk upright Gayani Senevirathne (left) holds the shorter, wider human pelvis, which evolved from the longer upper hipbones of primates, which Terence Capellini is displaying. Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Kermit Pattison Harvard Staff Writer August 27, 2025 6 min read New study identifies genetic, developmental shifts that resculpted pelvis, setting ancestors apart from other primates The pelvis is often called the k...| Harvard Gazette
Science & Tech Seeding solutions for bipolar disorder Human brain organoid showing the integration of excitatory (magenta) and inhibitory neurons (green) of the cerebral cortex.Credit: Arlotta Lab Kermit Pattison Harvard Staff Writer August 25, 2025 9 min read Brain Science grants promote new approaches to treat the condition and discover underlying causes Paola Arlotta holds up a vial of clear fluid swirling with tiny orbs. When she shakes her wrist, the shapes flutter like the contents of a...| Harvard Gazette
New database tells victims’ stories of forced medical research. What role do specimens and findings from that era play in modern medicine and research?| India’s National Fortnightly Magazine
Case Western Reserve University alumna Melissa Krebs, Ph.D., founded GelSana Therapeutics & is developing hydrogel 'bandage' to protect open wounds.| The Daily
Case Western Reserve University researchers reveal cell development role for two ‘epigenetic’ markers, opening door for new treatment for leukemia Shedding light on what determines how cells become what they are meant to be—nerves, bone, muscles, etc.—can also help researchers understand how diseases develop when these biological programs break down. Now, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have discovered a key synergistic role for two epigenetic markers—molecules that h...| The Daily
Christine Duval, Associate Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, researches and builds tools to extract isotopes used in cancer treatments.| The Daily
Tomer D. Ullman.Niles Singer/Harvard Staff Photographer Science & Tech Researchers uncover surprising limit on human imagination Humans can track a handful of objects visually, but their imaginations can only handle one Christy DeSmith Harvard Staff Writer August 13, 2025 4 min read Human beings can juggle up to 10 balls at once. But how many can they move through the air with their imaginations? The answer, published last month in Nature Communications, astonished even the researchers pursui...| Harvard Gazette
Science & Tech Possible clue into movement disorders like Parkinson’s, others Kiah Hardcastle.Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer Kermit Pattison Harvard Staff Writer August 11, 2025 4 min read Rodent study suggests different signaling ‘languages’ in parts of brain for learned skills, natural behaviors Among the many wonders of the brain is its ability to master movements through practice — a dance step, piano sonata, or tying our shoes. For decades, neuroscientists have k...| Harvard Gazette
Science & Tech ‘Turning information into something physical’ Photo illustration by Liz Zonarich/Harvard Staff Anna Lamb Harvard Staff Writer August 11, 2025 4 min read Houghton exhibit looks at how punched cards — invented 300 years ago to streamline weaving — led to modern computing The punched card, a paper instrument invented 300 years ago to automate looms, helped create a technology that most of us today can’t live without: computers. A new Houghton Library exhibition — “Th...| Harvard Gazette
Nadine Gaab.Harvard file photo Science & Tech How do math, reading skills overlap? Researchers were closing in on answers. Grant terminated at critical point of ambitious study following students for five years Liz Mineo Harvard Staff Writer July 23, 2025 6 min read For cognitive neuroscientist Nadine Gaab, the termination of a five-year grant one year before it was scheduled to end couldn’t have come at a worse moment. As part of a study aimed at understanding the co-development of math an...| Harvard Gazette
Science & Tech AI leaps from math dunce to whiz Sy Boles Harvard Staff Writer July 23, 2025 7 min read Experts describe how rapid advances are transforming field and classroom and expanding idea of what’s possible — ‘sky’s the limit’ When Michael Brenner taught the graduate-level class “Applied Mathematics 201” in fall 2023, the course’s nonlinear partial differential equations were too tough for artificial intelligence. AI managed to solve just 30 to 50 percent of the problem...| Harvard Gazette
Yutthana Gaetgeaw/Getty Images Science & Tech Taking a second look at executive function New study suggests what has long been considered innate aspect of human cognition may be more a matter of schooling Clea Simon Harvard Correspondent July 23, 2025 4 min read Executive function — top-down processes by which the human mind controls behavior, regulating thoughts and actions — have long been studied using a standard set of tools, with these assessments being included in national and inter...| Harvard Gazette
The Peromyscus maniculatus lives in densely vegetated prairies. Dawn Marsh/Creative Commons Science & Tech You’re a deer mouse, and bird is diving at you. What to do? Depends. Neural study shows how evolution prepared two species to adopt different survival strategies to take advantage of native habitats Kermit Pattison Harvard Staff Writer July 23, 2025 6 min read For a mouse, survival in the wild often boils down to one urgent question: flee or freeze? The best strategy depends on which m...| Harvard Gazette
Juan Pérez-Mercader, a senior research fellow in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences.Photos by Grace DuVal Science & Tech A step toward solving central mystery of life on Earth Experiment with synthetic self-assembling materials suggests how it all might have begun Kermit Pattison Harvard Staff Writer July 22, 2025 6 min read It is the ultimate mystery of biology: How did life begin? A team of Harvard scientists has brought us closer to an answer by creating artificial cell-like...| Harvard Gazette
Could up the game of lossless power transmission, levitating trains, quantum computing, even energy-efficient detectors for space exploration.| Harvard Gazette
A quantum mechanical trick called “spin squeezing” is widely recognized to hold promise for supercharging the capabilities of quantum sensors.| Harvard Gazette
The lightest of metals may be causing the largest of impacts. Lithium, which powers [https://www.livescience.com/28579-lithium.html] our phones, laptops, and electric cars, is essential to our battery-driven world. The demand for lithium has rapidly increased, as the global market’s annual consumption has risen by 8.| Harvard International Review
