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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, Research, Wildfire

knees of a patient being checked by a doctor

Nov 3, 2025

Biomaterial Vaccines to Make Implanted Orthopedic Devices Safer

Using pathogen-specific antigens could significantly lower patients’ risk of infection

Bioengineering, Health / Medicine, Research, Technology

May 22, 2025

Rubber that resists cracking

Improved process makes material 10 times stronger

Environment, Environmental Science & Engineering, Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering, Research

Jun 11, 2025

Cyborg tadpoles with soft, flexible neural implants

Thin electrode arrays integrate seamlessly into developing embryos’ brains

Bioengineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials, Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering, Research

Apr 28, 2025

Samir Mitragotri, Salil Vadhan elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

SEAS faculty among inductees across academia, arts, industry

Applied Computation, Computational Science & Engineering, Bioengineering, Computer Science, Health / Medicine

optical rotatum next to a nautilus shell

Apr 11, 2025

Light that spirals like a nautilus shell

‘Optical rotatum’ describes new structure of light

Applied Physics, Optics / Photonics, Research, Technology

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

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

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

portrait of Na Li, professor in electrical engineering at Harvard

Jan 14, 2025

Professor Na Li recognized for work in control, learning, optimization

Ruberti Young Researcher Prize awarded by IEEE

Applied Mathematics, Electrical Engineering

Mar 13, 2025

Traveling waves integrate spatial information through time

Kempner Institute

How do neurons in the visual cortex perform coordinated computation and share information over long distances?

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

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

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