In race against extinction, new agreement supports Harvard’s work to analyze and digitize its medicinal plant collections

First demonstration of non-Abelian anyons in a quantum processor

Study puts fermentation, not fire, as pivot point behind our ancestors’ increasing cranial capacity

Astronomers detail oscillation of our giant neighbor

Four groundbreaking projects investigate brain development, capture raw data with AI, innovate quantum computers, and develop new models to map supernovas

Field work on the Rio Negro could help communities exposed to methylmercury protect their food web

New findings illuminate complex neuroscience behind even the simplest words, with implications for treatment of speech, language disorders

AI’s rapid rise prompts Harvard/MIT Symposium exploring excitement, potential challenges to STEM education, research

Trilobites’ soft undersides show mechanics of early ‘enrollment’ defense

Physics of V-shaped flight formations offer insights into how to improve efficiency of groups of drones, underwater vehicles