Tag: Roy Gordon

  • Nation & World

    A captain for our planet

    Throughout her academic career — from Princeton University to University of Cambridge, and finally Harvard — Christina Chang, Ph.D. ’20, has worked toward a more sustainable world one invention at a time.

    6 minutes
    Christina Chang in a canoe.
  • Nation & World

    A battery inspired by vitamins

    Harvard researchers have developed a new class of battery electrolyte material based on vitamin B2 that could enable large-scale, inexpensive electricity storage for renewable power sources.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Defending breakthrough research

    Harvard initiates patent infringement suits to protect inventors’ rights in computer-chip technology.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Green storage for green energy grows cleaner

    Harvard scientists and engineers have demonstrated an improved flow battery that can store electricity from intermittent energy sources. The battery contains nontoxic compounds, inexpensive materials, and can be cost-effective for both residential and commercial use.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Energy research wins grant

    Harvard chemist Cynthia Friend has been awarded a major center grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Basic Energy Sciences’ Energy Frontier Research Centers program, which is designed “to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build the 21st-century energy economy.”

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Bursts of thought

    Twelve professors delivered short lectures on research or teaching in an event sponsored by the Harvard Graduate Student Government.

    3 minutes