Tag: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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Drawing inspiration from plants, animals to restore skin tissue
Harvard researchers have developed new wound dressings that dramatically accelerate healing and improve tissue regeneration.
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Enterprise Research Campus plan approved
The Boston Planning and Development Agency board has approved Harvard’s initial regulatory document for an Enterprise Research Campus, located near the new Allston home of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
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Butterfly wings inspire air-purification improvements
The Wyss Institute is developing a new type of coating for catalytic converters that, inspired by the nanoscale structure of a butterfly’s wing, can dramatically reduce the cost and improve the performance of air-purification technologies, making them more accessible.
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Harvard evolves and grows, but maintains core mission
Your Harvard series takes President Drew Faust to San Francisco.
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A power boost for mobile technologies
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences doctoral student Simon Chaput developed the crucial low-power electronics needed for haptic technology, known for its high energy demands.
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Personal cancer vaccines show promise
Researchers have found that an injectable scaffold that incorporates tumor-specific peptides can be personalized, stimulating a patient’s immune system to destroy his or her unique cancer tumors.
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Studying shark scales to design better drones, planes, turbines
Researchers use sharkskin as a model to create more lift in aerodynamic machines.
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SEAS convocation reflects growing interest in field
The largest class in the 10-year history of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences attended the Sophomore Convocation to learn more.
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Study tracks mercury sources in seafood
Harvard researchers have mapped geographic sources of methylmercury in seafood, with tuna and shrimp big factors.
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Science and Engineering Complex gets final beam
Harvard celebrates “topping-off” the Science and Engineering Complex in Allston.
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Mimicking birdsongs
After discovering that the complexity inherent in birdsongs results from a controllable instability in the organ used to create them, researchers at the Harvard Paulson School have developed a mimicking device.
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No harm, no foul
Researchers at SEAS, the Wyss Institute, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a nontoxic coating that deters marine life from attaching to surfaces in a breakthrough for maritime travel and commerce.
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Robotic suit promotes normal walking in stroke patients
Wyss Institute’s soft, wearable, robotic suit promotes normal walking in stroke patients.
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Charles M. Lieber named University Professor
Acclaimed chemist Charles M. Lieber has been named a University Professor and is the first to receive the Joshua and Beth Friedman University Professorship.
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Reconciling predictions of climate change
Harvard researchers are able to provide a best estimate regarding how much the Earth will warm as a result of doubled CO2 emissions.
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New robotic exosuit could push the limits of human performance
Harvard researchers have demonstrated that a tethered soft exosuit can bring those dreams of high performance closer to reality.
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7,066 degrees and certificates awarded at Harvard’s 366th Commencement
Today the University awarded a total of 7,066 degrees and certificates.
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Solving the mystery of the Arctic’s green ice
Researchers have found that due to warming temperatures, phytoplankton can now grow under Arctic sea ice, dramatically changing the ecology.
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Data science for a new era
In a Q&A session, the co-directors of the emerging Harvard Data Science Initiative discuss a new era in cooperation.
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Why weeping willows bend and poison ivy doesn’t
A mathematical framework can explain how a plant stem’s “sense of self” contributes to its growth upward or downward.
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No cookie-cutter fixes on air pollution
A Nobel Prize-winning chemist has called for additional research into the air pollution blanketing the world’s megacities, saying that solutions found in the developed world’s cities are not likely to apply in other places.
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Not your average paper airplane
Students threw paper airplanes in class for inspiration, not trouble, in a workshop led by a record-setting designer.
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Soft robot helps the heart beat
Researchers have developed a customizable soft robot that fits around a heart and helps it beat, potentially opening new treatment options for people suffering from heart failure.
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Mitigating the risk of geoengineering
To halt the rise of global temperatures, Harvard researchers are looking at solar geoengineering, which would inject light-reflecting sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere to cool the planet.
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Planting the seeds of STEM
Harvard students from the Digital Literacy Project (DLP) are providing computer science curricula to seven local middle schools this year. The DLP outreach model is unusual because lessons are presented during the school day.
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The first fully 3-D-printed heart-on-a-chip
A new approach to manufacturing organs-on-chips developed by Harvard researchers could cut the length and cost of clinical trials significantly.
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Science lesson brings sweet rewards
Harvard’s “Science and Cooking for Kids” program showed local children the snap behind the chocolate and the role chemistry plays in the process.