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.
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Clearing up the confusion over red meat recommendations
Red meat recommendations and meat from plants: Chan School Nutrition Department head Frank Hu talks about recent developments in diet.
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How a biofriendly fertilizer could offer a greener way to grow plants
Harvard scientists are teaming up with sustainability officers and landscaping experts to test a new fertilizer that won’t wash into water supplies.
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Arboretum gets solar boost with massive Harvard sustainability initiative
The Weld Hill Solar Project, currently underway, is the Arnold Arboretum’s third and largest solar project and Harvard’s most ambitious sustainability initiative to date, with nearly 1,300 solar panels powering a 45,000-square-foot science laboratory and teaching facility in Roslindale.
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Arboretum goes solar in massive Harvard sustainability initiative
The Weld Hill Solar Project, currently underway, is the Arnold Arboretum’s third and largest solar project and Harvard’s most ambitious sustainability initiative to date, with nearly 1,300 solar panels powering a 45,000-square-foot science laboratory and teaching facility in Roslindale.
Tags: science-technology sustainability william-friedman arnold-arboretum benjamin-cumbie carbon-free-boston christopher-cook climate-action-plan derek-brain earth-week environmental green-campus harvards-green-revolving-fund harvards-office-for-sustainability heather-hendrickson katie-lapp longfellow-area-neighborhood-association massachusetts-department-of-energy-resources matt-omalley ned-friedman rob-orthman solar-massachusetts-renewable-target solworks-energy weld-hill weld-hill-research-and-education-building weld-hill-solar-project
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.
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Experts gather at Harvard to discuss future food solutions
A panel of experts at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health discussed how the globe might feed an estimated human population of 10 billion by midcentury and suggested a diet high in plant foods, low in red meat, as well as a host of reforms to how food is produced and distributed today.
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Harvard recognized at Climate Leadership Conference for sustainability efforts
Harvard received an award at the Climate Leadership Conference in Baltimore, recognizing its commitment to the environment.
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Author Richard Powers sees nature in new light with new book
Novelist Richard Powers’ “The Overstory” features trees as key characters in an entwined tale of human life and our impact on the natural world. He will speak at the Arnold Arboretum and the Mahindra Humanities Center later this month.
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How do tiny termites make such massive mounds?
Researchers investigate how centimeter-sized termites, without architects, engineers or foremen, can build complex, long-standing, meter-sized structures all over the world.
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