Tag: Harvard Department of Physics

  • 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.

    8 minutes
    Cora Dvorkin.
  • 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.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Learning from toys

    Using magnetic toys as inspiration, researchers tease out structures that echo self-assembled clusters of atoms and molecules.

    4 minutes