Month: August 2015

  • Nation & World

    How racial issues can be fairly framed

    A panel discussion titled “Race and the Media” brought experts from the communications field to examine the influence news sources have when framing racial issues.

    4 minutes
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    In Peru, progress against TB

    A branch of Partners In Health in Peru has reduced the number of deaths from multidrug-resistant TB through a system of careful protocols.

    5 minutes
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    No loss of character in new-look Dunster

    Dunster House opened its doors Saturday as students moved in for the first time since its renewal. It took 400 workers more than a year to complete Dunster’s 183,060 square feet of updates and additions.

    7 minutes
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    A fuller picture of cancer

    A research team led by Martin Nowak has developed a model that captures both the shape and speed of tumor growth.

    3 minutes
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    The maturing of MOOCs

    In a question-and-answer session, the researchers behind the edX platform reflect on the risks, rewards, and changes in online learning.

    5 minutes
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    Interstellar seeds could create oases of life

    Within the next generation, it should become possible to detect signs of life on planets orbiting distant stars, say researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

    2 minutes
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    Understanding the IT band

    Research led by Carolyn Eng delivers insights into how the IT band stores and releases elastic energy to make walking and running more efficient.

    5 minutes
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    Big dogs on campus

    They can’t take out the trash or do the dishes, but a recent Harvard Medical School report suggests that dogs — including those living with their owners in Harvard’s Houses — can have a very healthy influence on their fellow residents.

    1 minute
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    First, you move in

    Harvard’s freshmen arrived on campus Tuesday, and started settling in to college life, and new routines.

    4 minutes
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    Study identifies new cheating method in MOOCs

    Researchers from MIT and Harvard have identified a new cheating method in MOOCs, and they suggest how to protect course certification.

    6 minutes
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    Doesn’t look a day over 40

    Harvard, Cambridge mayor host 40th annual senior picnic.

    2 minutes
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    A summer of learning

    At the Cambridge-Harvard Summer Academy, students stretch their minds through science.

    5 minutes
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    Information, writ widely

    The Dataverse 4 catalog expands access to research, across many Web platforms, even globally.

    4 minutes
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    Summertime, tour time

    A look at the tour guides of Harvard Square.

    6 minutes
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    Airing it out

    Harvard Law School’s Peter Carfagna breaks down the seemingly endless, ongoing legal battle over deflated NFL footballs.

    11 minutes
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    Wyss improves sepsis device

    Scientists at the Wyss Institute have improved a device developed last year to treat sepsis that works by mimicking the human spleen. The new device is better positioned for near-term use in clinics.

    5 minutes
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    A bridge for promising research

    Twelve advanced research projects aimed at developing new therapies and diagnostics receive support from Harvard’s Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator.

    6 minutes
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    So long, snout

    New research shows that bird beaks are the result of skeletal changes controlled by two genetic pathways, shedding light on the origins of one of nature’s most efficient tools.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Asthma cells scramble like ‘there’s a fire drill’

    Until now, scientists thought that epithelial cells — which line not only the lung’s airways but major cavities of the body and most organs — just sat there motionless. A Harvard study shows that in asthma the opposite is true.

    4 minutes
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    A passion for motocross

    When not overseeing shipping and receiving at the Faculty Club, Dan White loves to compete in motocross.

    2 minutes
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    Growing up, giving back

    In summer, the Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program, sponsored by the Phillips Brooks House, provides campers with a focus.

    4 minutes
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    HBS’s Carl Sloane dies at 78

    Carl S. Sloane, Harvard Business School’s Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration Emeritus, died on July 28 after a brief illness. He was 78 years old.

    3 minutes
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    A hard look at war’s reparations

    A Harvard study of Colombia’s civil war reparations program says it is the largest of its kind and well-received by the population, but may be too big for its own good.

    3 minutes
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    SEAS adds to faculty

    The Harvard Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is adding five faculty members this fall, as the rapidly growing School expands its computer science strengths.

    2 minutes
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    Who needs answers?

    The 2015 Arts and Passion-Driven Learning Institute traced connections among inspiration, imagination, and creative work.

    3 minutes
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    It was California or bust

    A group of Harvard and MIT students has pedaled its way to the Pacific Ocean from Washington, D.C., with stops along the way to lead science “learning festivals” to promote STEM learning among children.

    5 minutes
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    Murray nominated to senior role at Department of Energy

    Cherry A. Murray, former dean of Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, was nominated by President Obama to be director of the Office of Science in the U.S. Department of Energy, a key administration post.

    2 minutes
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    Science to chew on

    Local children learn the scientific principles behind cooking food.

    5 minutes
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    How new biosensors turn E. coli into something valuable

    New biosensors developed by Wyss Institute core faculty member George Church enable complex genetic reprogramming of common bacteria like E. coli and could be leveraged for sustainable biomanufacturing, using the metabolic processes of bacterial cells to generate valuable chemicals and fuels.

    4 minutes
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    Potential treatment for muscular dystrophy

    Harvard researchers report that by identifying and mimicking important developmental cues, they have been able to drive cells to grow into muscle fibers capable of contracting in a dish and multiplying in large numbers. This new method of producing muscle cells could offer a better model for studying muscle diseases, such as muscular dystrophy, and…

    3 minutes