Programmable kirigami metamaterials enable responsive surfaces and smart skins Bad news for ophiophobes: Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Scienc... Read more
Reducing CO2 concentrations and air pollution in the atmosphere f we’re going to limit global temperature increases to 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels, as laid out in the Paris Climate... Read more
Soft digital logic emulates the thought process of an electronic computer and the feel of a human hand A soft robot, attached to a balloon and submerged in a transparent column of water, div... Read more
Finding the right “dose” for solar geoengineering One of the key misconceptions about solar geoengineering — putting aerosols into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight and reduce g... Read more
Research opens doors in photonic quantum information processing, optical signal processing and microwave photonics Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Appl... Read more
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Pulling off a Band-Aid may soon get a lot less painful. Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Xi’an Jiaotong University in China... Read more
Biocompatible sensor could be used in diagnostics, therapeutics, human-computer interfaces, and virtual reality Children born prematurely often develop neuromotor and cognitive developmental... Read more
A program to reduce Earth’s heat capture by injecting aerosols into the atmosphere from high-altitude aircraft is possible, but unreasonably costly with current technology, and would b... Read more
Solar panels for yeast cell biofactories Genetically engineered microbes such as bacteria and yeasts have long been used as living factories to produce drugs and fine chemicals. More recentl... Read more
A new, modular soft robotic arm gives deep-sea researchers better dexterity for embracing delicate sea life The human arm can perform a wide range of extremely delicate and coordinated movem... Read more
In the future, smart textile-based soft robotic exosuits could be worn by soldiers, fire fighters and rescue workers to help them traverse difficult terrain and arrive fresh at their destina... Read more
Researchers use acoustic forces to print droplets that couldn’t be printed before Harvard University researchers have developed a new printing method that uses soundwaves to generate droplet... Read more
A new approach for fabricating soft materials at the millimeter scale paves the way to a new generation of flexible microrobots for medical and environmental tasks Roboticists are envisionin... Read more
Dubbed “Methuselah”, new molecule outlives previous chemistries Highlights: > Harvard researchers have demonstrated the longest-lasting high-performance organic flow battery to date. >... Read more
‘HAMR’ can walk on land, swim, and walk underwater In nature, cockroaches can survive underwater for up to 30 minutes. Now, a robotic cockroach can do even better. Harvard’s Ambulatory Micro... Read more
