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Lab-grown brain ‘organoids’ set longevity record

Harvard stem cell scientists reported a new record for sustaining human brain “organoids.” The cell cultures were kept for more than five years. Lab-grown organoids replicated the developmental stages ...
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Haim Sompolinsky wins top physics prize

Haim Sompolinsky, a Harvard theoretical physicist and neuroscientist, has won the Dirac Medal and Prize, one of the highest honors in physics. Also announced over the weekend as recipients of the 2026 ...
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For a closer look at the sun, scientists ready 5,000-pound device for balloon launch

The outer ring of the sun, known as the solar corona, is responsible for the “space weather” that sometimes disrupts global communications and electrical networks. The corona is very difficult to ...
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Theater director Bill Rauch ’84 awarded Harvard Arts Medal

President Alan Garber presented Bill Rauch with the 2026 Harvard Arts Medal in a ceremony Sunday at Farkas Hall. Carlos Sanchez/Harvard FAS Staff Photographer When Bill Rauch ’84 directed Chekhov’s ...
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Harvard scientists develop new method to map RNA variants

Harvard researchers have unveiled a new way to map the molecular activity in complex tissues that can reveal which specific RNA variants genes produce in every cell and every region of the tissue. The ...
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How your cells make a molecule you can buy as a supplement

When something goes wrong deep inside a cell’s power plant, the consequences can ripple across an entire organism. Mitochondria rely on a small molecule called coenzyme Q (CoQ) to generate energy and ...
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Where undergrads grow into scientists

Kyla Ritchie, a rising senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, spent the summer studying fungi and plant roots at Harvard Forest. Carlos Sanchez/Harvard FAS Staff Photographer Deep ...
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Sean Ono Lennon talks human empathy, AI with Harvard fellows

AI chatbots appear to be perfectly friendly and empathetic. Where does that leave the value of bona fide human companionship, with all its limitations and flaws? Two Harvard-affiliated researchers ...
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Harvard scientists detect atmosphere on distant ‘Earth-like’ planet

Harvard scientists have discovered an atmosphere on an Earth-like planet in the temperate “habitable zone” of a distant star system — an intriguing hint of another world that might be hospitable to ...
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Lives saved by sociologist’s fix for skin tone bias

Skin color affects many medical diagnostic technologies. But the majority were designed to take readings from light (or “white”) skin. Professor of Sociology Ellis Monk’s Monk Skin Tone (MST) scale ...