Harvard Research

In a recent paper, a team of researchers modeled the future demand for air conditioning as days with extreme heat increase globally seas.harvard.edu/news/2022/07/h…

In a new @NaturePortfolio paper, HSCRB and @broadinstitute’s Paola Arlotta finds that 3 different autism risk genes affect similar aspects of brain development and the same types of neurons. The results are an exciting first step toward finding treatments. hscrb.harvard.edu/news/autism-ri…

Churned out by the immune system when it encounters a pathogen, or made in response to vaccines that mimic one, these tiny proteins attach themselves to the virus and prevent it from invading healthy cells hms.harvard.edu/news/unsung-he…

Alum Eva Cai designed a new approach for treating middle ear infections: EarFlow is a drug delivery system that, when placed on the eardrum without surgery or anesthesia, administers steroids and antibiotics seas.harvard.edu/news/2021/12/a…

Researchers are making progress toward understanding the connection between inflammation and age-related neurodegeneration hvrd.me/qaN630s2V4J

The largest study of cardiovascular disease among people living with HIV provides useful insights that may inform treatment or prevention strategies for this patient population hms.harvard.edu/magazine/aging…

Spin waves, a change in electron spin that propagates through a material, could fundamentally change how devices store and carry information seas.harvard.edu/news/2021/12/s…

New findings underscore the role of neuroinflammation in conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Lewy body dementia, and frontotemporal dementia hvrd.me/qaN630s2V4J

Wyss researchers have collaborated with colleagues at the @HarvardGSD to develop foldable polymer-based radiant cooling devices to lower energy consumption for cooling in both residential and commercial buildings. #EnergyEfficiency #CoolingSolution wyss.harvard.edu/technology/ori…

The researchers documented the presence of quantum spin liquids, a never-before-seen state of matter hrvd.me/QuantumQuest76…

Researchers were able to target two pathways that effectively prevented and reversed hearing loss in mouse models with Norrie disease hvrd.me/falZ30rY6Cv

A new Harvard-led study traces the origins of tusks to an ancient mammal-like species that lived before the time of the dinosaurs hrvd.me/MammalTusks49t

New research provides specifics on how much physical activity boosts cardiorespiratory fitness hrvd.me/EveryStepCount…

A recent study examined the effect of sodium intake on blood pressure, concluding that the relation is strong and causal hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/…

Harvard experts are doing important research today that will impact what we learn about space tomorrow hrvd.me/SpaceInFocus21t

Overconsuming carbohydrates can contribute to metabolic dysfunction by blocking the synthesis of important antioxidants. news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

A new study from HMS and @MassGeneralNews found that the sex of the fetus influenced both the mother’s ability to generate antibodies to COVID-19 and to transfer them to her baby news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

Researchers at the @WyssInstitute have discovered a new class of immunostimulatory RNAs that can effectively inhibit infection of human cells by a wide range of viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and common cold viruses wyss.harvard.edu/technology/bro…

Wyss Institute researchers led by Founding Director @DonIngber recapitulated in vitro how influenza virus develops drug resistance in a human Airway Chip. wyss.harvard.edu/news/predictin…

A new study from @harvardmed suggests that cancers in different tissue types develop unique mechanisms to avoid discovery and destruction by the immune system hms.harvard.edu/news/immune-es…