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Former Sunderland labmates team up at George Washington

Jahred Liddie is a postdoctoral researcher at George Washington University in Hu’s lab. He worked in the Sunderland lab as an undergraduate, Masters, and PhD student. What brought you to the ...
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Tapping Into Whale Talk

Key Takeaways Harvard engineers, as part of Project CETI, have built an open-source bio-logger that adheres to sperm whales and records high-fidelity, multi-channel audio plus rich behavioral and ...
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The Next Frontier In Clean Flight? Jet Fuel From City Waste

Key Takeaways A new study finds that sustainable aviation fuel made from municipal solid waste could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80-90% compared with traditional jet fuel. Municipal solid waste ...
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A Wearable Robot That Learns

Key Takeaways Harvard researchers have created a soft, wearable robotic device that provides personalized movement assistance for individuals with upper-limb impairment, such as stroke and ALS ...
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A New Window into Earth’s Upper Atmosphere

Key Takeaways Harvard SEAS researchers have tested and validated lightweight nanofabricated structures that can passively float in the mesophere, which is about 45 miles above Earth’s surface. The ...
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Extraterrestrial Habitats: Bioplastics for Life Beyond Earth

Harvard SEAS researchers have demonstrated that they can grow green algae inside shelters made out of bioplastics in Mars-like conditions. The experiments are a first step toward designing sustainable ...
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Rubber that resists cracking

When a crack forms in the new material, the long spaghetti strands spread out the stress by sliding past each other, allowing more rubber to crystallize as it stretches, and overall making the ...
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RoboBee comes in for a landing

Harry Lewis and Marlyn McGrath Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences ...
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A springtail-like jumping robot

To go airborne, the robot uses what’s called latch-mediated spring actuation, in which potential energy is stored in an elastic element – the furcula – that can be deployed in milliseconds like a ...
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Mapping connections in a neuronal network

John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences ...
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Concerning levels of PFAS in fish miles away from large contamination source

Fish can accumulate high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), even far from sources of contamination, according to a new study by researchers at The Harvard John A. Paulson School of ...
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EPA underestimates methane emissions from landfills, urban areas

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is underestimating methane emissions from landfills, urban areas and U.S. states, according to a new study led by researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson ...