Probiotic hydrogels heal gut wounds other bandages can’t reach
Harvard researchers have developed hydrogels that can be produced from bacterial cultures and applied to intestinal surfaces for faster wound healing.
Aug. 12, 2019 • ~8 min
Climate change pushing up levels of methylmercury in fish
A new study concludes that while the regulation of mercury emissions have successfully reduced methylmercury levels in fish, spiking temperatures are driving those levels back up and will play a major role in the methylmercury levels of marine life in the future.
Aug. 7, 2019 • ~8 min
Researchers eye flashy coats of peacock spiders in pursuit of new solar products
Dakota McCoy, in collaboration with David Haig, led a group of researchers at Harvard studying the black spider and its ultrablack coat with microlenses that could lead to innovations in solar panels and sunglasses glare.
July 10, 2019 • ~5 min
Robobee makes its first solo flight
Several decades in the making, the Harvard Microbiotics Lab’s Robobee made its first solo flight.
June 26, 2019 • ~6 min
Researchers propose ‘machine behavior’ field could blend AI, social sciences
Researchers propose a new field of study — “machine behavior” — to look at artificial intelligence through the lens of biology, economics, psychology, and other behavioral and social sciences.
June 7, 2019 • ~8 min
Harvard: Sound transmitted by laser is ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi breakthrough
In a breakthrough on the road toward ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi, Harvard researchers have demonstrated for the first time a laser that can emit microwaves wirelessly, modulate them, and receive external radio frequency signals.
April 25, 2019 • ~5 min
Study shows China can be carbon-negative in an economically competitive way
Researchers have analyzed technical and economic viability for China to move toward carbon-negative electric power generation and found that China can do so in an economically competitive way.
April 19, 2019 • ~7 min
Harvard scientists bioprint 3-D kidney tubules
The Wyss Institute and Roche Innovation Center Basel in Switzerland have teamed up to create 3-D bioprinted proximal tubules beside functioning blood vessel compartments, closely mimicking the kidney’s blood-filtration system that removes waste products while returning “good” molecules, such as glucose and amino acids, back into the bloodstream.
March 8, 2019 • ~7 min
Yeast is getting a boost from solar power
Harvard researchers have started to combine bacteria with semiconductor technology that, similar to solar panels on a roof, harvests energy from light and, when coupled to the microbes’ surface, boosts their biosynthetic potential.
Nov. 29, 2018 • ~7 min
Harvard’s Robin Wordsworth envisions better view of early Mars
Professor Robin Wordsworth explains why the just-announced landing site for the 2020 Mars rover mission has a lot to offer SEAS researchers.
Nov. 29, 2018 • ~3 min
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