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Galileo called mathematics the “language with which God wrote the universe.” He described a picture-language, and now that language has a new dimension. The Harvard trio of Arthur Jaffe, the Landon T. Clay Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Science...

Think of all the things your mom taught you — sit up straight, close your mouth when you chew, remember to say please and thank you … the list goes on. When it comes to learning how to behave, though, humans aren’t alone in looking to their mothers. A...

For researchers studying possible connections between health and the trillions of microbes that inhabit our digestive tract, what makes the work so exciting is also what makes it challenging. Despite years of effort, including sequencing the gut microbes...

A Nobel Prize-winning chemist who identified the cause of the atmospheric ozone hole has called for new studies into air pollution in the world’s megacities, arguing that differing local conditions mean the world cannot rely on cookie-cutter solutions...

In a trio of studies published earlier this month, researchers at the Energy Frontier Research Center’s (EFRC) Integrated Mesoscale Architectures for Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC) at Harvard have shown that the process of catalysis is more dynamic than...

The Harvard University strategic initiative HarvardX is running a massive open online course (MOOC) that features adaptive learning and assessment algorithms that tailor course material in response to student performance. “Adaptive learning functionality...