Images of Harlem, then and now

Dawoud Bey’s photographs of keystone neighborhood are part of Cooper Gallery exhibit
New robotic exosuit could push the limits of human performance

Wearable technologies for athletes and consumers a growing possibility
A concentration’s first growth spurt

Harvard’s Theater, Dance & Media program turns 2, and has ambitions
Figuring out superconductors

Physicists create antiferromagnet that may help develop, monitor key materials
Me, steal? Impossible

Researchers uncover twist in moral imagination

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Science

Physics Professor Markus Greiner and his team have created an antiferromagnet, an exotic form of matter that can give important insights into how room temperature superconductors might be created.

Figuring out superconductors

June 1, 2017

From the moment when physicists discovered superconductors — materials that conduct electricity without resistance at extremely low temperatures — they wondered whether they might be able to develop materials that exhibit the same properties at warmer temperatures. Read more about Figuring out superconductors

New robotic exosuit could push the limits of human performance

Wearable technologies for athletes and consumers a growing possibility

Social Science

Jonathan Phillips, postdoctoral fellow in psychology, is the lead author of a new study that shows people view immoral actions as impossible.

Me, steal? Impossible

April 28, 2017

Imagine you’re getting hungry at work and you see a candy bar on a co-worker’s desk. Why not just eat it while she’s out of the room? Read more about Me, steal? Impossible

Harvard on Twitter

Harvard Author Mihir Desai explains how finance and the humanities are linked in deep and meaningful ways t.co/uSF1TjW4yY
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Harvard Jazz star @EspeSpalding and flutist Claire Chase appointed professors of practice in Harvard's Music Department t.co/csgCoEe7v1
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Harvard Former Navy SEAL and @harvardmed grad has been named to NASA's 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class t.co/Zf0bxjXW3J
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Arts and Humanities

A movement in “Echad Mi Yodea” sees the dancers change costumes onstage.

A concentration’s first growth spurt

May 24, 2017

As Harvard’s Theater, Dance & Media (TDM) concentration turns 2 this spring, it graduates its first concentrators, a milestone for a nascent department that its caretakers describe as adventurous and enthusiastic as it finds its footing. Read more about A concentration’s first growth spurt