Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Jennifer Lewis elected to National Academy of Medicine

Lewis joins 100 new members of the Academy this year, including 13 at Harvard. Election to the National Academy of Medicine ...
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Protein-probing nanobodies could unlock disease treatments

Supported by a National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award, Khalil and team will lead the development of a new biotechnology ...
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Microscopic Mirrors for Future Quantum Networks

Key Takeaways SEAS and physics researchers report a new way to make ultra-smooth, microscopic mirrors that form high-performance optical resonators, or cavities. The technique harnesses silicon’s ...
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“Quacking” into computer programming

In December, the students presented their final projects — made with the Duck’s help — at the annual CS50 Fair in the basement of the Northwest Science Building. Topics ranged from games and social ...
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Generating Micro-Combs of Light

Key Takeaways Harvard researchers have demonstrated a special type of optical frequency comb, called a normal-dispersion Kerr microcomb, on a thin-film lithium niobate chip, allowing for frequency ...
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Solid state battery design charges in minutes, lasts for thousands of cycles

Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new lithium metal battery that can be charged and discharged at least 6,000 times — more ...
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A New Explanation for 'Snowball Earth'

A new study by Earth scientists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) offers an explanation for one of Earth’s great climate puzzles: how the Sturtian ...
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A router for photons

Transducer could enable superconducting quantum networks The same devices used for control could be used for qubit state readout, or for forming direct links to convert finicky quantum information ...
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Out of the lab and into patients’ hands

In the Harvard Move Lab, mannequins don jackets decorated with electronics and hanging wires. Design drawings are scattered on workbenches, and sewing machines sit among fabric-filled cubbies labeled ...
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Using shark scales to design better drones, planes, and wind turbines

To build more aerodynamic machines, researchers are drawing inspiration from an unlikely source: the ocean. A team of evolutionary biologists and engineers at Harvard University, in collaboration with ...
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Robotic swarm swims like a school of fish

These fish-inspired robots can synchronize their movements without any outside control. Based on the simple production and detection of LED light, the robotic collective exhibits complex ...
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Preventing poaching

The software produces a map that breaks a park down into squares—the default is 1 kilometer by 1 kilometer—and predicts the likelihood there will be poaching activity in each square. “The challenge is ...