What an 'oddball' star in the Cygnus cluster can teach us about how masers are made
MWC 349A is 30 times bigger than our own sun and one of the brightest radio sources in the sky.
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Soft robotic device stimulates muscles, sparks hope for ALS and MS patients
The programmable 'mechanically active adhesive' reduced muscle degradation in immobilized mice limbs.
Scientists 3D-print a functional piece of a heart
The technology could help repair damaged hearts.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Scientists 'knit' soft robotic wearables for easier design and fabrication
They could be used for applications like assistive gloves for the disabled.
Researchers create bacteria that could protect your gut from antibiotics
The partner treatment promises to prevent diarrhea and other complications.
3D-printed 'living ink' could lead to self-repairing buildings
The ink could even produce itself.
Harvard scientists create gene-editing tool that could rival CRISPR
It uses segments of bacterial DNA called retrons.
NVIDIA and Harvard researchers use AI to make genome analysis faster and cheaper
This could lead to identifying biomarkers for diseases like Alzheimer's or cancer.
Laser microrobot makes minimally invasive surgery more precise
Harvard Wyss Institute's laser attachment for surgery has the diameter of a drinking straw.
A new drug cocktail could help fight the toughest cancers
It mixes chemotherapy and immunotherapy for targeted treatment of aggressive cancers.
Harvard created a wool-like 3D-printable material that can shape shift
Researchers believe it could reduce waste in the fashion industry.
Harvard and Sony built a tiny surgery robot inspired by origami
The mini-RCM is about the size of a tennis ball and weighs the same as a penny.
Harvard's transforming robotic fabric could lead to therapeutic wearables
The soft robot can inflate and deflate itself without the need for an external machine.
Harvard shrank its insect-inspired microrobot to the size of a penny
HAMR-JR is one of the smallest and fastest microrobots to date.
Robot bees can crash into walls without taking damage
Soft muscles prevent the bots from taking a bruising.
An efficient new depth sensor was inspired by spider eyes
Jumping spiders have super efficient depth perception.
Lab cultured 'steaks' grown on an artificial gelatin scaffold
Ethical meat eating could soon go beyond burgers.
How a Harvard class project changed barbecue
Using computer-based models to make cooking more efficient.
Harvard student deported based on friends' social media posts
You apparently don't need to write the posts to get in trouble for them.
Papercraft-inspired math turns any sheet into any shape
Algorithms would just have to determine when to make the right cuts.
