Harvard research challenges conventional thinking on cell membranes

Harvard’s Adam Cohen is the lead author of a new study that challenges conventional theories about the fluid nature of cell membranes and how they react to tension.

Peter Reuell • harvard
Nov. 8, 2018 ~6 min

New system opens the door to transforming CO2 into industrial fuels

Emissions from power plants and heavy industry, rather than spewing into the atmosphere, could be captured and chemically transformed from greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide into industrial fuels or chemicals thanks to a system developed by Harvard researchers.

Peter Reuell • harvard
Nov. 8, 2018 ~8 min


Harvard research challenges conventional thinking on cell membranes

Harvard’s Adam Cohen is the lead author of a new study that challenges conventional theories about the fluid nature of cell membranes and how they react to tension.

Peter Reuell • harvard
Nov. 8, 2018 ~6 min

New system opens the door to transforming CO2 into industrial fuels

Emissions from power plants and heavy industry, rather than spewing into the atmosphere, could be captured and chemically transformed from greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide into industrial fuels or chemicals thanks to a system developed by Harvard researchers.

Peter Reuell • harvard
Nov. 8, 2018 ~8 min

Building bridges can foster cooperation between uncooperative groups

While some social networks have been shown to intrinsically lead to cooperation, others been shown to not only lead to a breakdown in cooperation, but produce outright spite.

Peter Reuell • harvard
Nov. 7, 2018 ~4 min

Building bridges can foster cooperation between uncooperative groups

While some social networks have been shown to intrinsically lead to cooperation, others been shown to not only lead to a breakdown in cooperation, but produce outright spite.

Peter Reuell • harvard
Nov. 7, 2018 ~4 min

Highlighting new research opportunities in civil and environmental engineering

At its annual alumni reception, CEE faculty shared innovative research projects ranging from machine learning to regional impacts of climate change.

Taylor De Leon | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
Nov. 7, 2018 ~10 min

To build new college, MIT seeks campus and alumni input

Opportunities and new challenges were at the forefront of discussions about the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 2, 2018 ~10 min


Squeezing cells to cure diseases

Startup SQZ Biotech aims to open a new path in immunotherapy with its cell-compressing technique.

Zach Winn | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 31, 2018 ~8 min

Harvard team helps make most precise measure ever of electron’s charge

Working in a basement lab at Harvard, a group of researchers led by John Doyle, the Henry B. Silsbee Professor of Physics, have been part of a team making the most precise measurement of the shape of the field around an electron. The results suggest that some theories for what lies beyond the standard model of physics need to return to the drawing board.

Peter Reuell • harvard
Oct. 29, 2018 ~7 min

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