Researchers control the assembly of nanobristles into helical clusters
From the structure of DNA to nautical rope to distant spiral galaxies, helical forms are as useful as they are abundant in nature and manufacturing alike. Researchers at Harvard’s School of...
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Nature’s fine designs
Starting with bacteria and blue-green algae, nature has been busy making things for at least 3.5 billion years. The success and longevity of its processes make biology worth studying as a source of...
View ArticleRadcliffe names 48 new fellows
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University has announced the 48 women and men selected to be Radcliffe Institute fellows in 2010–11. These creative artists, humanists,...
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SEAS student awarded fellowship
The Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship program, a $22.7 million program to support outstanding students pursuing graduate training in the sciences, received an infusion of...
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Slimy secrets
By rethinking what happens on the surface of things, engineers at Harvard University have discovered that Bacillus subtilis biofilm colonies exhibit an unmatched ability to repel a wide range of...
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What’s in a liquid
Materials scientists and applied physicists collaborating at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have invented a new device that can instantly identify an unknown liquid. The...
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Plant offers slick strategy
After a rain, the cupped leaf of a pitcher plant becomes a virtually frictionless surface. Sweet-smelling and elegant, the carnivore attracts ants, spiders, and even little frogs. One by one, they...
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Wyss Institute project targets sepsis
The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard has been awarded a $12.3 million, four-year grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a treatment...
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Now, ice won’t stick
A team of researchers from Harvard University has invented a way to keep metal surface free of ice and frost. The treated surfaces quickly shed even tiny, incipient condensation droplets or frost,...
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Giving slime the slip
Biofilms may no longer have any solid ground upon which to stand. A team of Harvard scientists has developed a slick way to prevent the troublesome bacterial communities from ever forming on a...
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Two Harvard teams win energy grants
Two Harvard-led teams are among the 66 selected by the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) that will receive a total of $130 million in funding through its OPEN...
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New coating creates ‘superglass’
A new transparent, bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning and incredibly slippery, a team from Harvard University reported online July 31 in Nature Communications. The new...
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The watchword is innovation
This is the third of four reports echoing key themes of The Harvard Campaign, examining what the University is accomplishing in those areas. Innovation? That was not always one of Harvard’s goals....
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences elects 204 new members
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences today announced the election of 204 new members, including 16 from Harvard University. The new members include some of the world’s most accomplished scholars,...
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American Academy announces 234th class
Harvard’s Joanna Aizenberg, Graham T. Allison Jr., Helen Hardacre, Amy Hempel, Vicki C. Jackson, Jill Lepore, Ann Marie Lipinski, Alvin Francis Poussaint, Bernardo Luis Sabatini, and Sarah Elizabeth...
View ArticleNew filtration system improves industrial wastewater purification, saves energy
Filtering and treating water, both for human consumption and to clean industrial and municipal wastewater, accounts for about 13 percent of all electricity consumed in the U.S. and releases about 290...
View Article10 Harvard faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Ten Harvard University scientists have been elected by their peers to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of “their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”...
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Researchers eye flashy coats of peacock spiders in pursuit of new solar products
What makes their colors pop — almost glow — is the contrast with the tiny spider’s super-black velvet patches, according to a recent paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B by Dakota McCoy, a...
View ArticleClimate Change Solutions Fund bets on next generation
An octet of grants awarded just weeks before the COVID-19 crisis closed Harvard’s gates are beginning to show the fruits of the research for which they paid. The projects, which leverage the unique...
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