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A scanning electron microscope image of a bilayer metasurface

Apr 1, 2025

Doubling down on metasurfaces

Bilayer device can control many forms of polarized light

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

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 Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Research, Technology

Mar 24, 2025

A multimodal light manipulator

New interferometer could replace beam-splitting waveguides for fiber optics

Applied Physics, Electrical 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

Abhishek Banerjee (from left), Philip Kim, and Zeyu Hao

Mar 3, 2025

Exploring superconducting electrons in twisted graphene

The Harvard Gazette

Applied Physics, Quantum Engineering

Harvard SEAS alum Robert Weller on a rig overlooking the ocean

Feb 27, 2025

SEAS alum joins National Academy of Engineering

Weller recognized for work in oceanography

Applied Physics, Alumni, Awards, Environment

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 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 Engineering, Research

Jan 16, 2025

Startup launches with focus on untouched layer of the atmosphere

Harvard Office of Technology Development

Rarefied Technologies to propel small devices into near space, gather novel climate data

Applied Mathematics, Applied Physics, Climate, Industry, Technology

Ben Schafer, third from right, accepts his Ingenuity Award the 2024 Harvard Innovation Labs President's Innovation Challenge

Dec 13, 2024

Two SEAS alums named to Forbes 30 Under 30

SEAS Ph.D. alum developing developing ultralight solar-powered drones

Applied Physics, Alumni, Awards

Sheldon Weinbaum, S.M. '60, Ph.D. '63 and U.S. President Joe Biden next to an American flag

Oct 28, 2024

Alumni profile: Sheldon Weinbaum, S.M. '60, Ph.D. '63

A lifetime devoted to diversifying science and engineering

Academics, Applied Physics, Alumni, Bioengineering, Belonging

Abstract image depicting a luminous, mechanical structure with intricate, glowing coils and circuitry. The coils emit vibrant light in shades of blue, purple, and cyan, forming spiral patterns. The background is a dark, blurred network of interconnected lines and nodes.

Sep 16, 2024

A smoother way to study ‘twistronics’

The Harvard Gazette

Difficulty controlling 2D materials has slowed discovery in hot field of physics

Applied Physics

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