17 Current news of Harvard University
rss03-29-2012
By simulating the structure, microenvironment, and mechanical behavior of human intestine, a new microdevice could provide insights into disorders and help evaluate potential treatmentsResearchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have created a ...
10-25-2011
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the winners of the 2011 eMerging Insights grant program: Dr. Michael J. MacCoss of the University of Washington and Dr. Peter J. Park of Harvard University. Each will be awarded $75,000 toward their ongoing research on open source data-integration tools.The ...
Professor Tobias Ritter of Harvard University receives BASF Catalysis Award 2011
07-26-2011
For his outstanding research contributions to catalytic processes in organic synthesis, Professor Dr. Tobias Ritter of Harvard University in Cambridge (USA) is receiving the BASF Catalysis Award 2011. The prize, worth €10,000, was presented by Dr. Friedrich Seitz, Head of BASF’s Technology ...
03-15-2011
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Ltd announced an exclusive agreement with Harvard University's Office of Technology Development for the development of graphene for DNA sequencing. Graphene is a robust, single atom thick ‘honeycomb’ lattice of carbon with high electrical conductivity. These ...
New system could shed light on how cells control their growth
04-13-2010
Using a sensor that weighs cells with unprecedented precision, MIT and Harvard researchers have measured the rate at which single cells accumulate mass — a feat that could shed light on how cells control their growth and why those controls fail in cancer cells. The research team, led by ...
02-09-2010
Cellular imaging offers a wealth of data about how cells respond to stimuli, but harnessing this technique to study biological systems is a daunting challenge. In a study published in Genome Research, researchers have developed a novel method of interpreting data from single-cell images to ...
Groundbreaking approach could impact fields from cryptography to materials science
01-13-2010
In an important first for a promising new technology, scientists have used a quantum computer to calculate the precise energy of molecular hydrogen. This groundbreaking approach to molecular simulations could have profound implications not just for quantum chemistry, but also for a range of ...
Adaptable technology opens the door to a wide range of applications in chemical detection, climate monitoring and communications
12-02-2009
An international team of applied scientists from Harvard, Hamamatsu Photonics, and ETH Zürich have demonstrated compact, multibeam, and multi-wavelength lasers emitting in the invisible part of the light spectrum (infrared). By contrast, typical lasers emit a single light beam of a ...
Research creates a readout system for quantum simulation and computation
11-10-2009
Physicists at Harvard University have created a quantum gas microscope that can be used to observe single atoms at temperatures so low the particles follow the rules of quantum mechanics, behaving in bizarre ways. The work, published in the journal Nature, represents the first time ...
New 'stereocenters' introduce triangular joints into otherwise linear nanomaterials
10-27-2009
Taking nanomaterials to a new level of structural complexity, scientists have determined how to introduce kinks into arrow-straight nanowires, transforming them into zigzagging two- and three-dimensional structures with correspondingly advanced functions. The work is described in the journal ...
