Tag: Katia Bertoldi
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Nation & World
Five faculty members named Harvard College Professors
Five faculty members have been named Harvard College Professors for their contributions to undergraduate teaching.
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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.
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Nation & World
Buckling under pressure
Inspired by a spherical toy that expands and collapses, researchers at Harvard and MIT have created a new type of engineered capsule, called a “buckliball,” that exploits the phenomenon of buckling. The buckliball is the first morphable structure to incorporate buckling as a desirable engineering design element.