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Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) is where engineering, foundational science and the liberal arts converge.

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@hseas
Harvard SEAS
6 years
This edible candle, made from Alfredo sauce by a team of students in Science and Cooking, is designed to melt slowly onto a serving of fettuccine, adding flavor and providing ambiance at the same time. #NationalPastaDay
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Congratulations to computer scientist Finale Doshi-Velez, who has been approved for role of full professor with tenure!
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Happy first day of classes for undergraduates!
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Harvard SEAS
8 years
May your Pi Day be sweet and fruitful!
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Harvard SEAS
3 years
This artificial fish is powered by human heart cells.
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Harvard SEAS
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David C. Parkes will become the next dean of SEAS, effective October 15, 2023. Currently the George F. Colony Professor of Computer Science, Parkes leads research at the interface between economics and computer science. He joined SEAS in 2001.
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Harvard SEAS
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Harvard's new Science and Engineering Complex has been certified as one of the healthiest, most sustainable, and energy-efficient laboratories in the world
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Harvard SEAS
6 years
For his senior thesis project, mechanical engineering concentrator Jorrion Wilson developed a device that can produce drinkable water from the air using renewable energy sources: #Harvard18
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Harvard SEAS
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Bulgarian-born computer science student Maria Zlatkova found her niche as a teacher for @cs50 , one of Harvard's most popular courses: #Harvard18
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Harvard SEAS
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Researchers scanned the interior structures of termite nests and quantified the spacing and arrangement of floors and ramps to better understand how the insects build these complex structures without a plan or a planner:
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Harvard SEAS
4 years
Many cancer researchers focus on tumor response, but Marjan Rafat, PhD ’12, is working to understand how the effect from the surrounding normal cells could actually alter tumor behavior: @RafatLab @HarvardAlumni
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Harvard SEAS
5 years
This research combines art with mathematics and engineering
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Harvard SEAS
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Computer scientist @nadamin , who studies new ways to make programming faster, easier and safer, will join the #hseas faculty this fall:
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Harvard SEAS
5 years
The Harvard Engineering running team had a great time participating in the Bionic 5k on Sunday. Congratulations to all the runners!
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Harvard SEAS
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Prisoners are able to use smartphones to access SEAS professor David Malan's free inroduction to computer science online course. Prisoners will sometimes email @davidjmalan with questions or even thank-you notes.
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Harvard SEAS
5 years
Turbulence is one of the least understood phenomena in classical physics and now, researchers may have identified a fundamental mechanism by which it develops
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Harvard SEAS
4 years
Everyone is excitedly awaiting their chance to check out the new Science and Engineering Complex.
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Harvard SEAS
2 years
Co-led by @jenniferalewis1 , researchers from SEAS and @wyssinstitute have developed a rotational multimaterial 3D printing method for creating helical filaments, artificial muscles and springy lattices for use in soft robotics and structural applications.
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Harvard SEAS
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Bioengineering student Rohil Dhaliwal this summer interned at @NASAJPL . He reconfigured equipment that simulates microgravity on plants in a lab that is developing procedures to prevent cross-contamination during space exploration.
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Harvard SEAS
5 years
Undergrad @KavyaKopparapu developed GlioVision, which uses deep learning to determine the molecular and genetic signature of a brain tumor with 100% accuracy: #WorldCancerDay
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Harvard SEAS
6 years
Cancer vaccine technology developed at #hseas and @wyssinstitute to be commercialized by @NovartisScience :
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Harvard SEAS
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Demba Ba, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering, to the role of full professor with tenure at SEAS. Ba directs the Computation, Representation, and Inference in Signal Processing Group at SEAS.
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Harvard SEAS
2 years
SEAS welcomes 10 new faculty. Their areas of expertise include robotics, bioengineering, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and quantum engineering.
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Harvard SEAS
5 years
Prof. Alexander Rush awarded @NSF CAREER grant for his research on natural language generation: @harvardnlp
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Harvard SEAS
5 years
This nanometer-scale flower was made using a new #3Dprinting technique that opens the door for small-scale objects for optical devices, medical devices, microrobots, and nanoarchitected materials
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Harvard SEAS
8 years
Robotic finger bends like an index and twists like a thumb
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Researchers have created the most complex shape-shifting structures to date. To demonstrate their technique, they printed a flat lattice that morphs into the face of pioneering mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss: @PNASNews @wyssinstitute
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Harvard SEAS
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L Mahadevan, Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics at SEAS, and Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and of Physics (FAS), has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences ( @americanacad ).
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Harvard SEAS
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Applied math concentrator Manny Medrano, A.B. ’19, is using his quantitative training to decode an unreadable language used by the Inca Empire: @MarshallScholar @HarvardAnthro
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Harvard SEAS
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Bioengineering Ph.D. Kwasi Adu-Berchie will join the @WyssInstitute next year. His advice for new candidates: “Bio experiments can be difficult and have their ups and downs. Be kind to yourself, don’t kick yourself when they don’t work, and be excited when they do.” #Harvard22
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Harvard SEAS
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Computer science grad student @flekschas is 'Google Mapping' the human genome: @HarvardVCG @HarvardGSAS
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Harvard SEAS
7 years
Conventional lenses need to stack multiple components to focus all of colors of the spectrum. Now, #hseas researchers can do it with one, flat lens: @NatureNano @NSF @HarvardTechXfer
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Inspired by the wings of a butterfly, researchers are developing new, tunable catalytic systems for clean air technologies: @wyssinstitute @NSF @doescience
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Harvard SEAS
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In partnership with @HarvardOnline and @Google @TensorFlow , #hseas has launched a #TinyML professional certificate program, available on @edXOnline this fall:
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Harvard SEAS
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Alumni Rachel Zax, AB '12, and Harry Lewis, AB '68, PhD '74, have coauthored a textbook that covers important, but sometimes overlooked, math concepts for computer science students: @HarvardAlumni
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Harvard SEAS
8 years
Researchers developed a brain-on-a-chip that models connectivity between 3 regions of the brain @wyssinstitute
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SEAS researchers developed a first-of-its-kind, programmable "metafluid". It uses tiny spheres that buckle under pressure to radically change the fluid's characteristics, including its viscosity, opacity and springiness
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Harvard SEAS
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Collaboration between @NovartisScience , @wyssinstitute and #hseas could lead to new biomaterial-based, cancer vaccine technology that promotes anti-cancer immunity:
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You have to see it to believe it, except you can’t – a new method of 3D printing from #hseas and the @wyssinstitute can switch materials 50 times per second, faster than the human eye can detect:
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An immersive summer program taught students the fundamentals of anti-cancer drug development, research, and treatment:
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Harvard SEAS
6 years
Grad student Buse Aktas, who initially sought to become an artist and spent 2 years as an apprentice broom maker in her native Turkey, is now researching robotics at #hseas : @HarvardGSAS
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Harvard SEAS
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Working in an Ecuadorian prosthetic clinic inspired recent graduate Julia Ernst to develop a lightweight, wearable sensor that could help prosthetists improve patient comfort: #bioengineering #Harvard18
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Harvard SEAS
6 years
Welcome to #hseas , incoming grad students! @HarvardGSAS
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7 years
With new #datascience initiative, Harvard looks to connect research efforts, foster innovations:
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Harvard SEAS
2 years
Students show off final projects at CS50 Fair, the end-of-semester event for "CS50: Introduction to Computer Science." Taught by @davidjmalan , CS50 is accessible for both future CS concentrators and students in other areas of STEM or the humanities.
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Harvard SEAS
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SEAS students present prototypes for range of medical challenges in Medical Device Design class, including an automatic device to assist with sitting and standing, an optical tunnel impact sensor for Taekwondo, and a low-cost heart rate and step monitor.
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Harvard SEAS
9 years
#BeAnEngineer - use your skills to make a #global impact, like alumna Bethany Kanten:
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Harvard SEAS
3 years
Harvard and @EmoryUniversity researchers developed a biohybrid fish from human cardiac muscle cells that swims on its own by recreating the muscle contractions of a pumping heart @ScienceMagazine
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SEAS and @wyssinstitute professor Radhika Nagpal built the first thousand-robot flash mob #ILookLikeAnEngineer http://t.co/ZWIJHJmeQB
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Harvard SEAS
6 years
Meet senior Janet Chen, a computer science concentrator who is exploring creativity and resource scarcity in the context of startups:
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Harvard SEAS
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Grad student Daniel Cusworth researched how agricultural fires near Delhi impact #airpollution . Now, he’s bringing his research out of the lab to help some of the city’s poorest residents:
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Harvard SEAS
8 years
This new, non-toxic flow battery could run for more than a decade with minimum upkeep
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Harvard SEAS
6 years
High school students from around the world designed, built, and tested their own water filters during a hands-on summer program:
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Harvard SEAS
7 years
Researchers have combined metalens technology with artificial muscles to create a flat, electronically controlled artificial eye: @ScienceAdvances @NSF @AFOSR
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Harvard SEAS
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A startup co-founded by two recent grads is developing augmented reality tools to guide surgeons and aid aircraft mechanics: @HarvardAlumni @innovationlab
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Genetics researcher Jeremy Huang, Ph.D. ’21, works where science, religion and philosophy collide: @HarvardGSAS @HarvardMed
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Harvard SEAS
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Computer scientists Finale Doshi-Velez and Yaron Singer have been honored as two of "the most promising scientific researchers working today" by @SloanFoundation : #SloanFellow
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Harvard SEAS
6 years
Students showcased their knowledge of instrumental physics concepts during the annual AP 50 'Symphosium:'
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Harvard SEAS
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Earth likely experienced periods of extreme heat in the distant past and will experience them again hundreds of millions of years from now. New research published in @Nature sheds light on what the climate was like during these so-called hothouse episodes
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Harvard SEAS
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The @NASAPersevere Rover is scheduled to touch down soon in the Jezero Crater on Mars. What makes this an interesting landing site? Prof. Robin Wordsworth explains:
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Harvard SEAS
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Kate Sweeney, M.S./M.B.A. '23 has always wanted to use space technology to improve life back on Earth. She'll soon head to @SpaceX , where she’ll work in the direct-to-cell connectivity department, which can help with remote search-and-rescue. @HarvardHBS
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Harvard SEAS
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After initially planning to become a doctor, Stephanie Manivanh realized her passion lay in the hands-on nature of mechanical engineering:
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Harvard SEAS
6 years
More than 700 students put their ingenuity and stamina to the test during the 36-hour @hack_harvard hack-a-thon:
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Before coming to Harvard, freshman @shaandsingh studied how computer vision and machine learning could be used to diagnose #autism spectrum disorder: #WorldAutismAwarenessDay
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Harvard SEAS
8 years
Graduating from #Harvard ? Piece of cake, right? Congratulations, Class of 2016! #Harvard16 #LifeatSEAS
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Happy #PresidentsDay ! Did you know that Herbert Hoover, the 31st U.S. president, worked as an #engineer ?
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6 years
Building a water catchment system at an elementary school in Tanzania taught students in the #Hseas @EWBUSA chapter important engineering concepts and life lessons:
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Harvard SEAS
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Harvard researchers part of @NSF AI Institute for Societal Decision Making. $20M collaboration brings together AI researchers, social scientists to develop tools for societal challenges such as disaster management and public health.
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A Harvard-launched startup is developing new formulations to enable oral delivery of therapeutics traditionally delivered intravenously: @HarvardTechXfer @wyssinstitute @SMitragotri
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Harvard SEAS
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Check out the latest @science_irl episode, highlighting Radhika Nagpal's work to develop swarms of #robots that could one day explore Mars: @wyssinstitute
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Alumna @KharmaMDPhD studies gait mechanics in an effort to help reduce pain and improve function for knee and hip osteoarthritis patients:
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For alumna Demi Ajayi, SB '07, the opportunity to work in faculty research labs as a #hseas undergrad helped her develop valuable skills for her career: @HarvardAlumni
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Only 20 percent of pediatric cancer patients in lower- and middle-income countries will survive. Engineering students partnered with @DanaFarber on a class project that could help save thousands of children’s lives:
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Sunflowers turn to follow the sun throughout the day. What if solar panels could do the same? @wyssinstitute @PNASNews
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Students designed and built a fuel efficient race car for the @SAEIntl Supermileage Competition that achieved an average of 449 miles per gallon: @GreenHarvard
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A handcrafted broom and a soft robot may seem to have nothing in common, but grad student Buse Aktas sees striking similarities between the worlds of craftsmanship and engineering: @HarvardGSAS
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High schoolers go all-in at Harvard’s Active Learning Labs, which offers outreach programs in bioengineering and environmental science. Twenty-three teenagers study topics such as cancer cells, gene editing and water quality in two weeklong programs.
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Valerie Thomas was born #OTD in 1943. Thomas invented the illusion transmitter and developed image processing systems that were used in the NASA/USGS Landsat program.
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Engineering PhD candidate @IntifadaBatata searches for rhyme and reason in poetry and science: #WorldPoetryDay @HarvardGSAS
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Hydrogen produced from wind power can be cost-competitive in China, according to a new study: @harvard_cn
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Researchers have bioengineered a 3D model of a human left heart ventricle that could be used to study diseases, test drugs, and develop patient-specific treatments: @natBME @wyssinstitute @harvardstemcell
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Finale Doshi-Velez has been honored by the @HarvardGSC for making her students’ graduate school experience academically and personally rewarding and fulfilling: @HarvardGSAS
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A conundrum has long stumped polymer scientists: Elastic polymers can be stiff, or they can be tough, but they can’t be both. Now, @hseas researchers have solved that conflict, paving the way towards more sustainable polymer materials
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Harvard SEAS
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. @Harvard Physics Dept. verdict: Yes, gravity still works #HarvardInAutumn http://t.co/uQzKZ10q3d
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Applied math alum Saffron Huang founds @collect_intel to promote tech and especially artificial intelligence policy, whether at specific companies or a local government, that balances progress, participation and safety to help society flourish.
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What could architects and engineers learn from termites?
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Harvard roboticists were hard-at-work this past year, creating centimeter-scale robots inspired by cockroaches, a hybrid Robobee that can fly and swim, and origami-inspired soft robots that can lift 1,000x their own weight:
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Could cereal that never gets soggy someday be part of your balanced breakfast? Harvard students used liquid nitrogen to engineer Cocoa Puffs that can repel liquid. #NationalCerealDay
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From severe storms and catastrophic flooding to record-breaking droughts and deadly wildfires, Americans are living with the consequences of a changing climate every day: #climatechange
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The @MilindTambe_AI Lab uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to aid conservation and anti-poaching efforts around the world. Award-winning Ph.D. student @lilyxu0 leads the way on this research at @hseas .
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Valentina Villagra, a student in the inaugural #HarvardMSMBA cohort, shares the 10 things she's learned during her first month in the program: @HarvardHBS
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Harvard SEAS
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Chef @Mariobatali shared culinary wisdom with a Harvard "Science & Cooking" class. More photos on #Snapchat :
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As an illustrator for @SITNBoston , grad student Jovana Andrejevic enjoys using art to make scientific topics more approachable: @HarvardGSAS
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Harvard's new Science and Engineering Complex features novel environmentally friendly features: #EarthDay
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Take a sneak peek inside Harvard's new Science and Engineering complex, which is scheduled to open for students in the fall.
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Harvard SEAS
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If you’ve ever played the claw game at an arcade, you know how hard it is to grab and hold onto objects using robotics grippers. This new, soft robotic gripper uses tentacle-like filaments to gently but securely wrap around objects
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Harvard SEAS
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Curiosity inspired freshman George Mo to use engineering to replicate the mysterious phenomenon of levitation: #PhotoFriday #LifeatSEAS
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