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glass metalens magnifying lab notes

Jan 8, 2026

An Unexpected Breakthrough in Flat Optics

Discovery highlights benefits of silica metasurfaces

Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering, Metasurfaces, Optics / Photonics, Research

oil pumpjack

Jan 12, 2026

New Tool Lets Anyone Audit a Country’s Methane Claims

Harvard Salata Institute

Open-access software pairs satellite observations with atmospheric modeling

Climate, Environment, Environmental Science & Engineering, Research

Le Xie

Dec 17, 2025

Developing A Sustainable Power Grid in the Era of AI

A Q&A with Professor Le Xie

AI / Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, Meet Our Faculty

sperm whales swimming

Dec 11, 2025

Tapping Into Whale Talk

Open-source bio-logger captures underwater cetacean conversations

AI / Machine Learning, Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering, Research, Robotics, Technology

wildfire with smoke

Dec 10, 2025

Sky-High Smoke

Wildfire smoke lofted into atmosphere could affect Earth’s climate

Environment, Environmental Science & Engineering, Wildfire

Harvard SEAS GSD adlum Sara Falkson next to a screen depicting the benefits of sports

Dec 5, 2025

Alumni Profile: Sara Falkson, MDE '25

Improving girls’ body confidence with properly fitting apparel

Alumni, Design, Entrepreneurship

Ariel Procaccia

Nov 17, 2025

Can AI strengthen democracy and improve collective decision-making?

A Q&A with Professor Ariel Procaccia

Computer Science, Meet Our Faculty

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