Tag: Harvard Department of Physics
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Nation & World
Digging into the history of the cosmos
The main goal of Cora Dvorkin’s lab is trying to understand the nature of one of the universe’s most important and puzzling features: dark matter.
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Nation & World
How the lily blooms
SEAS research has revealed that differential growth and ruffling at the edges of each petal — not in the midrib, as commonly suggested — provide the force behind the lily’s bloom. The work contradicts earlier theories regarding the growth within the flower bud.
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Nation & World
Learning from toys
Using magnetic toys as inspiration, researchers tease out structures that echo self-assembled clusters of atoms and molecules.