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- Harvard researchers create insect-sized robot that can both fly and swim http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2015/10/dive-of-robobee 13 comments
- Perfect colors, captured with one ultra-thin lens http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2015/02/perfect-colors-captured-with-one-ultra-thin-lens 39 comments
- Harvard scientists built a fish out of human stem cells https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2022/02/biohybrid-fish-made-human-cardiac-cells-swims-heart-beats?fbclid=IwAR0XrZ0Ew1n4w_J1Il3mcDdK6w2VhIAIro8HQRFXQ0jndFsmrwtSiR5yDA0 548 comments science
- Model shows solar geoengineering may be effective in alleviating impacts of global warming on crops https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2021/05/model-shows-solar-geoengineering-may-be-surprisingly-effective-alleviating-impacts 9 comments science
- Molding near-field light into shapes | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2020/07/getting-grip-near-field-light 4 comments science
- China’s war on particulate air pollution is causing more severe ozone pollution. According to the new research, there was so much particulate matter in the smog around Chinese cities that it helped to quell ozone production by acting as a sponge that collected chemical radicals. https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2018/12/china-s-war-on-particulate-air-pollution-is-causing-more-severe-ozone-pollution 7 comments science
- Researchers have captured the first video of the formation of individual viruses, offering a real-time view into the kinetics of viral assembly. The measurements, taken with an interferometric microscope, show that a small nucleus of proteins must form on the viral RNA before the capsid assembles. https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2019/10/first-video-of-viruses-assembling 5 comments science
- China’s war on particulate air pollution is causing more severe ozone pollution. According to the new research, there was so much particulate matter in the smog around Chinese cities that it helped to quell ozone production by acting as a sponge that collected chemical radicals. https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2018/12/china-s-war-on-particulate-air-pollution-is-causing-more-severe-ozone-pollution 4 comments science
- Harvard scientists combine genetically engineered microbes with semiconductor technology similar to solar panels that harvests energy from light that, when coupled to the microbes’ surface, boost their biosynthetic potential, the first “biological-inorganic hybrid systems” (biohybrids). https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2018/11/solar-panels-for-yeast-cell-biofactories 3 comments science
- “Breakthrough” algorithm exponentially faster than any previous one | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences https://www.seas.harvard.edu/content/breakthrough-algorithm-exponentially-faster-than-any-previous-one 34 comments compsci
- Delivering insulin in a pill - Technique could replace daily injections for diabetics: Harvard researchers have developed an oral delivery method, with insulin in an ionic liquid inside a capsule, that could transform the way in which diabetics keep their blood sugar levels in check. https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2018/06/delivering-insulin-in-pill 42 comments science
- Novel 3D printing method embeds sensing capabilities within robotic actuators https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2018/02/novel-3d-printing-method-embeds-sensing-capabilities-within-robotic-actuators 3 comments science
- Researchers combine metalens with an artificial muscle - Artificial eye automatically stretches to simultaneously focus and correct astigmatism and image shift, as reported by Harvard scientists in journal Science Advances. https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2018/02/researchers-combine-metalens-with-artificial-muscle 8 comments science
- First single lens that can focus all colors of the rainbow in the same spot and in high resolution, previously only ever been achieved with multiple lenses, opens new possibilities in virtual and augmented reality, as reported by Harvard researchers in Nature Nanotechnology. https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2018/01/single-metalens-focuses-all-colors-of-rainbow-in-one-point 101 comments science
- A strange new world of light new states of light generated by metasurfaces https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2017/11/strange-new-world-of-light 4 comments science
- Harvard researchers observe light with infinitely long wavelengths for the first time https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2017/10/zero-index-waveguide 66 comments science
- Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital researchers have developed a customizable soft robot that fits around a heart and helps it beat, potentially opening new treatment options for people suffering from heart failure. http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2017/01/soft-robot-helps-heart-beat 57 comments science
- Smallest Radio Receiver Made of Two Atoms - Diamond NV Centers http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2016/12/world-s-smallest-radio-receiver-has-building-blocks-size-of-two-atoms 4 comments science
- Researchers have made the world’s smallest radio receiver – built out of an assembly of atomic-scale defects in pink diamonds. It would be able to operate in space, in harsh environments, and even the human body. https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2016/12/world-s-smallest-radio-receiver-has-building-blocks-size-of-two-atoms 32 comments science
- Methane emissions in Arctic cold season higher than expected http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2015/12/methane-emissions-in-arctic-cold-season-higher-than-expected 7 comments science
- To infinity and beyond: Researchers have designed the first on-chip metamaterial with a refractive index of zero, meaning that the phase of light can travel infinitely fast https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2015/10/to-infinity-and-beyond 13 comments science
- Printing wood: New carbon-fiber epoxy honeycombs mimic the material performance of balsa wood http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2014/06/carbon-fiber-epoxy-honeycombs-mimic-material-performance-of-balsa-wood 6 comments science
- Researchers use laser to regrowth teeth http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2014/05/researchers-use-light-to-coax-stem-cells-to-repair-teeth 18 comments worldnews
- While setting out to fabricate new springs, researchers stumbled upon a shape rarely seen in nature: the hemihelix http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2014/04/scientists-discover-new-shape-using-rubber-bands 48 comments science
- Harvard machine-learning algorithms could make chemical reactions intelligent http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2013/12/programming-smart-molecules 4 comments artificial
- Synaptic transistor learns while it computes: Could mark the beginning of a new kind of AI embedded not in algorithms but in the very architecture of a computer http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2013/11/synaptic-transistor-learns-while-it-computes 19 comments science
- Cancer vaccine begins Phase I clinical trials http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2013/09/cancer-vaccine-begins-phase-i-clinical-trials 43 comments science
- Self-cooling windows with built-in microfluidic channels let in sunlight without the heat https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2013/08/self-cooling-windows-let-in-sunlight-without-heat 5 comments science
- Researchers create first 3D printed battery that is the size of a grain of sand and comparable to current commercial batteries. http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2013/06/printing-tiny-batteries 612 comments science
- Materials scientists have 3D printed fully functional lithium-ion batteries the size of a grain of sand https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2013/06/printing-tiny-batteries 4 comments science
- Harvard scientists have created fields of elaborate microscopic flowers in a beaker of chemical fluid (photos) https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/beautiful-flowers-self-assemble-in-a-beaker 3 comments science
- Robotic insects make first controlled flight https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/robotic-insects-make-first-controlled-flight 7 comments science
- New material: Engineers imagine a tent that blocks light on a sunny day, and becomes transparent and water-repellent on a dim, rainy day https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/harvard-scientists-design-new-adaptive-material-inspired-by-tears 6 comments science
- Rethinking wind power http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/rethinking-wind-power 3 comments science
- Counting votes, in the precinct and on the Web | How computational scientists are rethinking U.S. elections—and making e-commerce smarter http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/counting-votes 4 comments compsci
- Assembly not required. Scientists have created new kinds of particles, 1/100th the diameter of a human hair, that spontaneously assemble themselves into structures resembling molecules made from atoms. https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/assembly-not-required 20 comments science
- Applied physics as art. Researchers spray-paint ultrathin coatings that change color with only a few atoms' difference in thickness http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/applied-physics-as-art 3 comments science
- Flat lens offers a perfect image. Applied physicists have created an ultrathin, flat lens that focuses light without imparting the distortions of conventional lenses. https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/flat-lens-offers-perfect-image 14 comments science
- New coating evicts biofilms for good. Slippery technology shown to prevent more than 99% of harmful bacterial slime from forming on surfaces http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/biofilms-may-no-longer-have-a-place-to-stand 6 comments science
- "Warming hole" delayed climate change over eastern United States http://www.seas.harvard.edu/news-events/press-releases/warming-hole-delayed-climate-change-over-eastern-united-states 12 comments science