Tag: Rowland Institute at Harvard

  • Science & Tech

    Making 3D printing truly 3D

    Harvard researchers present a new method of volumetric 3D printing.

    3–4 minutes
    Still from 3D printing.
  • Science & Tech

    Seeing things in a different light

    Harvard researchers are using a chemical process known as triplet fusion upconversion to transform near-infrared photons into high-energy photons. The high-energy photons could be used in a huge range of applications, including a new type of precisely targeted chemotherapy, in which low-energy infrared lasers that penetrate deep into the body could be used to transform…

    4–6 minutes
  • Health

    Researchers solve ‘bloodcurdling’ mystery

    By applying cutting-edge techniques in single-molecule manipulation, researchers at Harvard University have uncovered a fundamental feedback mechanism that the body uses to regulate the clotting of blood. The finding, which could lead to a new physical, quantitative, and predictive model of how the body works to respond to injury, has implications for the treatment of…

    2–3 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Spiral swimmers may prove micro workhorses

    Harvard researchers have created a new type of microscopic swimmer: a magnetized spiral that corkscrews through liquids and is able to deliver chemicals and push loads larger than itself. Though other researchers have created similar devices in the past, Peer Fischer, a junior fellow at the Rowland Institute at Harvard, said the new nano-robot is…

    2–4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Eating plants that grow on plants

    Parasitic plants are not just a biological curiosity. Every year, parasitic plants damage farmers’ fields, particularly in Africa. Kristin Lewis, a junior fellow at the Rowland Institute at Harvard, is learning more about plants and their parasites. For instance, in Africa, seeds of parasitic plants blow in from surrounding environments or are deposited in bird…

    2–3 minutes