Energy & Green Tech
Under the Paris Climate Agreement, China committed to rely on renewable resources for 20 percent of its energy needs by 2030. Currently, the country is on track to double that commitment, aiming to hit 40 percent by the next ...
Feb 21, 2020
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Engineering
If you've ever opened an umbrella or set up a folding chair, you've used a deployable structure—an object that can transition from a compact state to an expanded one. You've probably noticed that such structures usually ...
Feb 10, 2020
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Engineering
The future of computation is bright—literally.
Feb 5, 2020
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Robotics
The sight of a RoboBee careening towards a wall or crashing into a glass box may have once triggered panic in the researchers in the Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and ...
Nov 4, 2019
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Engineering
How our brain cells, or neurons, use electrical signals to communicate and coordinate for higher brain function is one of the biggest questions in all of science.
Sep 23, 2019
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Robotics
The majority of soft robots today rely on external power and control, keeping them tethered to off-board systems or rigged with hard components. Now, researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and ...
Aug 21, 2019
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Robotics
The RoboBee—the insect-inspired microrobot developed by researchers at Harvard University—has become the lightest vehicle ever to achieve sustained flight without the assistance of a power cord. After decades of work, ...
Jun 26, 2019
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Energy & Green Tech
After years of making progress on an organic aqueous flow battery, Harvard University researchers ran into a problem: the organic anthraquinone molecules that powered their ground-breaking battery were slowly decomposing ...
May 29, 2019
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Engineering
Mechanical systems, such as engines and motors, rely on two principal types of motions of stiff components: linear motion, which involves an object moving from one point to another in a straight line; and rotational motion, ...
Feb 4, 2019
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Engineering
Children born prematurely often develop neuromotor and cognitive developmental disabilities. The best way to reduce the impacts of those disabilities is to catch them early through a series of cognitive and motor tests. But ...
Dec 21, 2018
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