Harvard professor discusses science in the military
History of Science Professor Naomi Oreskes examines the power of funding to shape science, for both better and worse, in her latest book, “Science on a Mission: How Military Funding Shaped What We Do and Don’t Know about the Ocean.”
July 22, 2021 • ~20 min
Faster high-quality imaging of living tissue
Dushan N. Wadduwage, a John Harvard Distinguished Science Fellow in imaging at the FAS Center of Advanced Imaging has detailed a new technique that would create high-quality, deep-tissue imaging of living subjects in a timely fashion.
July 7, 2021 • ~5 min
Study marks major step to creating a system to study quantum phase transitions
In 1934, physicist Eugene Wigner made a theoretical prediction that suggested how a metal that normally conducts electricity could turn into a nonconducting insulator when the density of electrons is reduced. Now a team of Harvard physicists has finally experimentally documented this transition.
June 30, 2021 • ~5 min
Wyss Institute develops face masks to detect COVID
A team of researchers from the Wyss Institute has found a way to embed synthetic biology reactions into fabrics, creating wearable biosensors that can be customized to detect pathogens and toxins and alert the wearer.
June 28, 2021 • ~10 min
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