Harvard researchers have developed a lightweight, portable nanofiber fabrication device that could one day be used to dress wounds on a battlefield or dress shoppers in customizable fabrics.... Read more
Battery stores energy in nontoxic, noncorrosive aqueous solutions Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new flow bat... Read more
How to design materials with reprogrammable shape and function Metamaterials — materials whose function is determined by structure, not composition — have been designed to bend light and sou... Read more
Radio is made from atomic-scale defects in diamond Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have made the world’s smallest radio receive... Read more
The planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and reducing emissions of greenhouse gases alone is not enough to remove the risk. Last year’s historic Paris climate agreement set the goal o... Read more
Harvard physicists pass spin information through a superconductor Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have made a discovery that co... Read more
Wyss Institute team unveils a low-cost, portable method to manufacture biomolecules for a wide range of vaccines, other therapies as well as diagnostics Even amidst all the celebrated advanc... Read more
Powered by a chemical reaction controlled by microfluidics, 3D-printed ‘octobot’ has no electronics A team of Harvard University researchers with expertise in 3D printing, mechanical enginee... Read more
Researchers identify western US counties with the highest risk of exposure to pollution from wildfires Wildfires threaten more than land and homes. The smoke they produce contains fine parti... Read more
Soft materials are great at damping energy — that’s why rubber tires are so good at absorbing the shock of bumps and potholes. But if researchers are going to build autonomous soft systems,... Read more
New molecules promise cheaper, more efficient OLED displays Harvard University researchers have designed more than 1,000 new blue-light emitting molecules for organic light-emitting diodes (... Read more
Soft actuator could be ‘holy grail’ for soft robotics Soft robots do a lot of things well but they’re not exactly known for their speed. The artificial muscles that move soft robots, called... Read more
Research opens a ‘new universe’ of organic molecules that can store energy in flow batteries Harvard researchers have identified a whole new class of high-performing organic molecules, inspi... Read more
Curved lenses, like those in cameras or telescopes, are stacked in order to reduce distortions and resolve a clear image. That’s why high-power microscopes are so big and telephoto len... Read more
ULTRA-COMPACT POLARIMETER COULD IMPROVE TELECOMMUNICATIONS, MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS AND DRUG TESTING What do astrophysics, telecommunications and pharmacology have in common? Each of these field... Read more
