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Artist's impression of Earth from another planet

Jul 2, 2025

Extraterrestrial Habitats: Bioplastics for Life Beyond Earth

Researchers demonstrate algae growth under Mars-like pressures

Environmental Science & Engineering, Planetary Science

red, yellow and green map of the US with smoke drifting

Jun 30, 2025

Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke

New app estimates health impacts of breathing smoke from wildfires

Environment, Environmental Science & Engineering, Health / Medicine

Jun 30, 2025

Slithering Snakes: The Science Behind the Motion of a Young Anaconda

Research offers insight into how snakes move, potentially leading to robotics applications

Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics

Harvard SEAS alum Kirsten Van Fossen, S.B. ‘12

Jun 25, 2025

Alumni profile: Kirsten Van Fossen, S.B. '12

Turning carbon dioxide into usable fuel

Academics, Alumni, Climate, Environmental Science & Engineering

Harvard SEAS students John Pojman and Jack Shea wearing a blue business suit and white lab suit with an air conditioner on the back

Jun 24, 2025

Senior project spotlight: Jack Shea and John Pojman

An air conditioner you can wear on your back

Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering

researcher holding up a clear screen

Jun 24, 2025

AC use to surge as world gets hotter. Harvard startup has a solution.

Harvard Office of Technology Development

Novel system works like a coffee filter to dry, cool air more efficiently

Materials, Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering

Harvard SEAS alum Teagan Stedman, S.B. '22, in a lab

Jun 18, 2025

Alumni profile: Teagan Stedman, S.B. '22

Synthesizing new cancer therapies at Columbia

Alumni, Bioengineering, Health / Medicine

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