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Boston Children’s Hospital, SEAS, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and NTT Research Announce THUMPIN’ Initiative to Develop Living, Bioengineered Heart Tissues for C…

Up to five-year and up to $29.6 million project aims to create living cardiac components, and ultimately a complete heart, ...
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Using AI in the Global Fight Against HIV

The Harvard team developed the AI-guided approach based on previous HIV-LIFT incentive campaigns. In retrospective ...
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 ...
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Deaths from fossil fuel emissions higher than previously thought

Our study adds to the mounting evidence that air pollution from ongoing dependence on fossil fuels is detrimental to global health. We can’t in good conscience continue to rely on fossil fuels, when ...
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Predicting weather subseasons with machine learning

Getting information about tomorrow’s weather can be as easy as tapping an application on your smartphone. Modeling weather patterns years down the line is the job of climate scientists. But what about ...
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Computer Science

Why Pursue a Computer Science Degree? Computer Science at the Harvard School of Engineering studies both the fundamentals of computation and computation’s interaction with the world. Computer ...
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Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Postdoctoral Fellow in Bioengineering Contact helena_freirehaddad@seas.harvard.edu ...
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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 ...
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In a hotter world, air conditioning isn’t a luxury, it’s a lifesaver

As extreme heatwaves ravage the United States, Europe and Africa, killing thousands, scientists warn that the worst is still to come. With countries continuing to pump greenhouse gasses into the ...
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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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Making DNA on a Semiconductor Chip

Key Takeaways Harvard researchers set a new benchmark for enzymatic DNA synthesis by writing 64 distinct sequences in parallel on a semiconductor chip. Their device is limited by deprotection ...
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The Physics of a Squeak

Key Takeaways Squeaks from soft-on-rigid interfaces, like shoes on a smooth floor, are driven by opening slip pulses that rapidly detach and reattach the interface at near-supersonic speeds. The ...