First of its kind, brain-inspired device looks toward highly efficient and fast parallel computing. It doesn’t take a Watson to realize that even the world’s best supercomputers... Read more
Designed to target skin cancer, the implantable vaccine opens a door to treating many cancers and inflammatory diseases A cross-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and clinicians ann... Read more
“The big vision is soft machines” Gel-based audio speaker demonstrates capabilities of ionic conductors, long thought limited in application. In a materials science laboratory at Harvard Uni... Read more
Nanostructured device controls the intensity, phase, and polarization of light for wide applications in optics Applied physicists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (S... Read more
Novel application of 3D printing could enable the development of miniaturized medical implants, compact electronics, tiny robots, and more 3D printing can now be used to print lithium-ion mi... Read more
The quarter-sized RoboBee looks like a fly, but it was designed to save us from colony collapse disorder. If the bees die, we have a robot backup. We take for granted the effortless flight o... Read more
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In culmination of a decade’s work, RoboBees achieve vertical takeoff, hovering, and steering Last summer, in a Harvard robotics laboratory, an insect took flight. Half the size of a paper cl... Read more
What use is a hand without nerves, that can’t tell what it’s holding? A hand that lifts a can of soda to your lips, but inadvertently tips or crushes it in the process? Researche... Read more
Tunable material system designed by Harvard team is easily adaptable for diverse applications in fuel transport, textiles, optical systems, and more Imagine a tent that blocks light on a dry... Read more
Harvard, UCLA experts propose new structure for regulation of geoengineering research Geoengineering, the use of human technologies to alter the Earth’s climate system—such as injectin... Read more
Harvard research suggests real-world generating capacity of wind farms at large scales has been overestimated “People have often thought there’s no upper bound for wind power—that it’s one o... Read more
A team of materials scientists at Harvard University and the University of Exeter, UK, have invented a new fiber that changes color when stretched. Inspired by nature, the researchers identi... Read more
Compressible bioscaffold pops back to its molded shape once inside the body Bioengineers at Harvard have developed a gel-based sponge that can be molded to any shape, loaded with drugs or st... Read more
Biocompatible material created at Harvard is much tougher than cartilage A team of experts in mechanics, materials science, and tissue engineering at Harvard have created an extremely stretc... Read more
Ultrathin wafer of silicon and gold focuses telecom wavelengths without distortion Applied physicists at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have created an ultrath... Read more
