Tag: James Weaver

  • Nation & World

    3-D material changes shape as it prepares for next task

    Harvard researchers have designed a new type of foldable material that is versatile, tunable, and self-actuated. It can change size, volume, and shape; it can fold flat to withstand the weight of an elephant without breaking, and pop right back up to prepare for the next task.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Cracking the egg

    Mary Caswell Stoddard of Harvard’s Society of Fellows is bringing an interdisciplinary approach to her study of bird eggs.

    5 minutes