Maternal, paternal genes’ tug-of-war may last well into childhood
An analysis of rare genetic disorders in which children lack some genes from one parent suggests that maternal and paternal genes engage in a subtle tug-of-war well into childhood, and possibly as late...
View ArticleEvolution and ailments
The subtle but ongoing pressures of human evolution could explain the seeming rise of disorders such as autism, autoimmune diseases, and reproductive cancers, researchers said Friday (Jan. 8) in the...
View ArticleSeventeen faculty honored
Seventeen Harvard University faculty members are among the 229 leaders in the sciences, the humanities and the arts, business, public affairs, and the nonprofit sector who have been elected members of...
View ArticleThrowing a genetic switch
Genome-wide analysis of mice brains has found that maternally inherited genes are expressed preferentially in the developing brain, while the pattern shifts decisively in favor of paternal influence by...
View ArticleAmerican Academy inducts 17 faculty
A group of Harvard faculty members has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 230th class of fellows, which totaled 210 new fellows and 18 foreign honorary members. The 17 fellows...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sharing a passion for science
On Monday evening, Harvard Forest Senior Ecologist Elizabeth Crone held her audience at the Arnold Arboretum’s Weld Hill Research Building classroom in rapt attention. It could have been a college...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Brain candy,’ with beer
Science left the lab Monday night and found a warm welcome — along with some frothy pints — in the backroom at The Burren, an Irish pub in Somerville. David Haig, the George Putnam Professor of...
View ArticleMaternal, paternal genes’ tug-of-war may last well into childhood
An analysis of rare genetic disorders in which children lack some genes from one parent suggests that maternal and paternal genes engage in a subtle tug-of-war well into childhood, and possibly as...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Evolution and ailments
The subtle but ongoing pressures of human evolution could explain the seeming rise of disorders such as autism, autoimmune diseases, and reproductive cancers, researchers said Friday (Jan. 8) in the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Seventeen faculty honored
Seventeen Harvard University faculty members are among the 229 leaders in the sciences, the humanities and the arts, business, public affairs, and the nonprofit sector who have been elected members of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Throwing a genetic switch
Genome-wide analysis of mice brains has found that maternally inherited genes are expressed preferentially in the developing brain, while the pattern shifts decisively in favor of paternal influence...
View ArticleAmerican Academy inducts 17 faculty
A group of Harvard faculty members has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 230th class of fellows, which totaled 210 new fellows and 18 foreign honorary members. The 17...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sharing a passion for science
On Monday evening, Harvard Forest Senior Ecologist Elizabeth Crone held her audience at the Arnold Arboretum’s Weld Hill Research Building classroom in rapt attention. It could have been a college...
View ArticleClik here to view.
‘Brain candy,’ with beer
Science left the lab Monday night and found a warm welcome — along with some frothy pints — in the backroom at The Burren, an Irish pub in Somerville. David Haig, the George Putnam Professor of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Researchers eye flashy coats of peacock spiders in pursuit of new solar products
What makes their colors pop — almost glow — is the contrast with the tiny spider’s super-black velvet patches, according to a recent paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B by Dakota McCoy, a...
View Article
