Harvard researchers make sense of ancient fossils using 3D

Harvard and Chinese scientists study Cambrian fossils using micro-CT and 3D models.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Sept. 14, 2020 ~11 min

Harvard team uses laser to cool polyatomic molecule

Harvard researchers become the first to cool a polyatomic molecule using light.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Sept. 11, 2020 ~8 min


Harvard rolls out contact tracing effort

A look at COVID-19 contact tracing efforts at Harvard.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Sept. 10, 2020 ~6 min

Undergrads creating antiviral treatment for COVID-19

A team of undergrads is using computational biology to create a therapeutic that enables the body to quickly develop COVID-19 antibodies and jump-start the immune system’s battle against the disease.

Adam Zewe • harvard
Sept. 9, 2020 ~5 min

CfA research on twin suns, ’Oumuamua, and Betelgeuse

CfA astronomers theorize that the solar system originally had two suns as they further research a sneezing star and ‘Oumuamua.

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Sept. 4, 2020 ~9 min

A textile that can change and remember its shape

SEAS researchers have developed a material made from recycled wool can be 3D-printed into any shape and pre-programmed with reversible shape memory.

Leah Burrows • harvard
Sept. 4, 2020 ~6 min

Bonobo prey preference as potential sign of culture

According to new study, bonobo hunting tendencies show proof of culture

Juan Siliezar • harvard
Sept. 1, 2020 ~7 min

COVID lockdown offers insight into human-wildlife interactions

Researchers led by Christian Rutz, 2019–2020 Grass Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, are examining human impact on wildlife using data collected during the pandemic quarantine.

Colleen Walsh • harvard
Aug. 31, 2020 ~9 min


Synthetic lining offers better drug delivery to small intestine

Researchers have developed a synthetic lining that could deliver drugs in a sustained way to the small intestine, offering hope for those suffering from lactose intolerance, diabetes, and obesity.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
Aug. 26, 2020 ~4 min

Engineers bring surgical robots down to microscale size

In a collaboration between Harvard and Sony, engineers have brought surgical robotics down to the microscale by creating a new, origami-inspired miniature manipulator to improve precision and control.

Lindsay Brownell • harvard
Aug. 25, 2020 ~6 min

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