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Americans With Chronic Diseases Harmed By the Economic Downturn, Poll Finds
Many Americans living with diabetes, heart disease, or cancer believe their health has been or will be harmed by the ...
Lab Rat of the Week: Ruby A. Lai '12
Watch this week's feature on Ruby A. Lai '12 who studies nano carbon tubes at the Harvard Marcus Lab.
Obesity Spreads Like The Flu, Study Finds
Obesity spreads much like infectious diseases, particularly with respect to individuals’ social networks, Harvard researchers say.
Ruby A. Lai '12: The Bends, Nano-Style
To properly store her delicate samples of carbon nanotubes, Ruby A. Lai ’12 spent her hot summer in Cambridge fixing a helium fridge that could cool the temperature down to a few hundredths of a degree above absolute zero.
Study Unveils Mice That ‘Smell’ Light
Researchers from Harvard and the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have engineered a mouse that can “smell” light, which offers a novel approach to studying the science of olfaction.
Harvard Stem Cell Study Retracted
A high-profile Harvard stem cell study published earlier this year was recently retracted from the journal Nature.
Harvard Undergraduates To Build Water Turbine
A team of undergraduates will build water-turbines that use flowing ocean water to generate electricity.
Studying Royal Migration
Monarch butterflies have been the center of attention for Jeremy L. Hsu ’11 for the past year and a half.
HBS Professor To Lead South Asia Initiative
Harvard Business School Professor Tarun Khanna recently assumed the position of director of the University’s South Asia Initiative.
Undergrad Appears on German TV Show
For Paul Glootz ’13, a pleasant weekend trip home to the city of Magdeburg, Germany, culminated in an appearance on a live German national television show on Monday night.