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Mar 26, 2025

From Capasso lab to your living room

Harvard Gazette

Startup produces millions of mini-lenses for consumer electronics

Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Research, Technology

Mar 24, 2025

A multimodal light manipulator

New interferometer could replace beam-splitting waveguides for fiber optics

Applied Physics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Optics / Photonics, Research

several balls rolling down an inclined plane

Mar 20, 2025

Getting the ball rolling

Researchers probe physics of irregular objects on inclined planes

Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Research

metalens focuses light rays onto an image sensor

Feb 28, 2025

Think innovation, think Harvard engineering and applied sciences

At SEAS, finding practical solutions to real-world problems is at the heart of every degree program and research lab

Research

Feb 27, 2025

Spinning into quantum research

Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

Ph.D. student Aaron Day shares some key everyday items he uses in researching semiconductors for quantum applications

Applied Physics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Graduate Student Profile, Materials, Quantum Engineering, Research, Technology

Feb 13, 2025

Mapping connections in a neuronal network

Silicon chip detects, catalogs 70,000 synaptic connections from 2,000 neurons

Applied Physics, Bioengineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Research

close-up of 3D printer nozzle writing square spirals

Feb 3, 2025

Encoding many properties in one material via 3D printing

Nozzle shape, print parameters tune liquid crystal elastomer morphing

Materials, Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering, Research

Artist's rendering of Mars 4 billion years ago with oceans on its surface.

Jan 27, 2025

Explaining persistent hydrogen in Mars’ atmosphere

New insight into Red Planet’s hot again, cold again history

Environmental Science & Engineering, Planetary Science, Research

Jan 22, 2025

Out of the lab and into patients’ hands

Harvard Move Lab makes wearable robotic device for stroke survivors

Bioengineering, Health / Medicine, Industry, Research, Robotics, Technology, Wearable Devices

Jan 15, 2025

Nature offers novel approach to oral wound care

Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Slug’s sticky mucus inspiration behind adhesive hydrogel that can seal wounds in wet environment

Bioengineering, Health / Medicine, Research

An artistic rendering of a neural network.

Jan 6, 2025

Evaluating how brains generalize

Data from macaque monkeys reveals flaws in deep neural networks

AI / Machine Learning, Applied Computation, Computational Science & Engineering, Research

Two shapes. The top row features green, blue, and red gradient patterns, while the bottom row displays pink and red image

Dec 17, 2024

Shape-changing soft material for soft robotics, smart textiles and more

Researchers encode multiple shapes into simple material

Materials, Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering, Research, Robotics, Technology, Wearable Devices

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