Faculty & Research
Chinese Trade Dragons
How Will China’s Rapid Growth in the Clean Technology Industry Reshape U.S.-China Policy?
by Olivia Farrar
Caroline Buckee: Can Mobile-phone Data Help Control the Spread of the Coronavirus?
Anonymized location data can help guide strategies for protecting public health in a pandemic.
Harvard Professors Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
More than a dozen Harvard faculty members are honored.
by Jonathan Shaw
See Their Faces
Confronting “some of the most challenging images in the history of photography”
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Dementias Linked to Air Pollution
Hospitalizations for neurological disease rise with increases in fine particle pollution.
by Jonathan Shaw
Daniel Schrag and David Keith: Can Solar Geoengineering Help Fight Climate Change?
Some changes cannot be stopped, but reflecting sunlight back into space could slow their pace.
The $16-Trillion Virus
Economic damage makes a compelling argument for robust federal policies to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2.
by Jonathan Shaw
Alumnus Robert B. Wilson and Paul Milgrom Share 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics
A scholar and his student share their field’s best-known honor.
by Jean Martin
Welfare’s Payback
Economic analysis of U.S. government spending shows that some social programs more than pay for themselves.
by Marina N. Bolotnikova
Lessons in Dementia’s Decline?
Dementia is decreasing in Europe and North America. Why not the rest of the world?
by Matteo Wong
Detecting Breast Cancer Everywhere
A portable, simple testing technology promises accurate breast-cancer diagnosis and treatment in low- and middle-income countries.
by Jordan Smith