There may be new hope for people who are losing their hearing, thanks to research being conducted by scientists from the University of Southern California and Harvard University. They've developed a solution intended to stay put in the inner ear, where it will help repair cells.
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Bacteria can be hardy little creatures, thanks mostly to their strong cell walls. Now researchers at Harvard have identified a structural weakness that seems to be built into a range of bacterial species, potentially paving the way for a new class of widely-effective antibacterial drugs.
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Harvard has reported a breakthrough artificial eye just 30 microns in depth which can exceed the capabilities of the human eye. The technology could make a real impact in all manner of optical fields, including those in cameras, telescopes, microscopes, glasses and even virtual reality.
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As tiny as they are, there's a relatively large amount of empty space inside an atom. Now, scientists from Austria and the US have filled in some of those gaps, creating a new state of matter in the form of "giant atoms" filled with other atoms.
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Though inspired by the snake, a new soft robot out of Harvard takes cues from another source: the Japanese paper craft kirigami. Unlike origami, kirigami uses cuts rather than folds. Here, the Harvard team have applied the artform to create a soft robot that grips the ground much like a snake.
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Photons, the elementary particles that make up light, are fast, weightless and don't interact with each other. But in new experiments, physicists have now created a new form of light, demonstrating that groups of photons can be made to interact with each other, slow down and gain mass.
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A team of biologists and engineers from Harvard University and the University of South Carolina have taken a fresh look at shark scales in the hopes of making drones, planes and wind turbines more efficient.
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Harvard engineers have demonstrated a new 3D printing technique called “rotational 3D printing,” which lets users arrange the fibers in the ink in different orientations at different parts of the printed object, boosting its strength, stiffness and resistance to damage.
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Harvard engineers have developed the world’s smallest Delta robot, dubbed the MilliDelta. As its name suggests, the new robot measures just a few millimeters, and could lend a hand in precise picking, packing, manufacturing and surgery on the micro scale.
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While investigating the side effects of antibiotics and how bacteria can develop resistance to them, researchers from MIT and Harvard have found that the drugs can actually work against the body, weakening the immune system’s ability to fight off the bugs.
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