Tag: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science

  • Nation & World

    First in flight: RoboBee powered by soft muscles

    Researchers have developed a resilient RoboBee powered by soft artificial muscles that can crash into walls, fall onto the floor, and collide with other RoboBees without being damaged.

    3 minutes
    Falling RoboBee
  • Nation & World

    Solving a statistical nightmare

    Researchers have discovered why the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific appeared to warm twice as much as the global average, while the Northwest Pacific cooled over several decades.

    6 minutes
    Image of ocean
  • Nation & World

    Poison in Arctic and human cost of ‘clean’ energy

    The amount of methylmercury, a potent neurotoxin, is especially high in Arctic marine life but until recently, scientists haven’t been able to explain why. Now, research from the Harvard suggests that high levels of methylmercury in Arctic life are a byproduct of global warming and the melting of sea-ice in Arctic and sub-Arctic regions.

    7 minutes