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Food-packaging system reduces health risks and saves food

WebThis antimicrobial, biodegradable food packing system is not the Disease Biophysics Group’s first foray into making our food supply system more sustainable. …

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Breathing humid and salt-enriched air reduces respiratory droplet

WebIn one, a randomized four-arm study of 21 healthy human subjects, the researchers found that the breathing of humid air and the delivery of salt droplets sized …

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Massage doesn’t just make muscles feel better, it makes them heal

WebSeo and her coauthors started exploring the effects of mechanotherapy on injured tissues in mice several years ago, and found that it doubled the rate of muscle …

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What is the right strategy to limit the spread of COVID-19

WebResearchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School and Engineering and Applied Sciences, in collaboration with Harvard Medical School and MIT, have …

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Guidelines for reinforcement learning in healthcare

WebReinforcement learning (RL) is a subfield of AI that provides tools to optimize sequences of decisions for long-term outcomes. For example, faced with a patient with sepsis, the …

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Technology and health on a global scale

WebFinding technological solutions to medical and healthcare challenges is the goal of the Tech and Global Health Initiative (TGHI). A new subgroup within the Harvard …

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Human health risks from hydroelectric projects

WebThe research forecasts potential human health impacts of hydroelectric projects and identifies areas where mitigation efforts, such as removing the top layer of …

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Excitation spectra of surface-enhanced Raman scattering on …

Web168 OPTICS LETTERS / Vol. 7, No. 4 / April 1982 Excitation spectra of surface-enhanced Raman scattering on silver-island films D. A. Weitz, S. Garoff, and T. J. Gramila Exxon …

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The present and future of AI

WebThe 2021 report is the second in a series that will be released every five years until 2116. Titled “Gathering Strength, Gathering Storms,” the report explores the …

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Patterned Growth of Large Oriented Organic Semiconductor …

Web12164. 9 J. AM. CHEM. SOC. 2005, 127, 12164-12165. Scheme 1. Schematic Illustration of the Experimental Procedure for the SAM-Induced Growth of Organic Semiconductor …

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Electrodes that flow to fit the body

WebThe hydrogel electrode can "flow" to fit the body's many uneven surfaces and crevices without damaging delicate tissues. It is shown here on a fake "brain" made of …

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Research shows how people changed their behavior in response …

WebWhen the United States issued national stay-at-home guidelines in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, mobility across the country dropped …

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A blood pressure monitor in your pocket

WebSix years later, Jones’s company is helping to improve the health of low-income communities around the globe. Biospectal’s software converts a smartphone …

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Technological solutions to healthcare challenges

WebExtensive research is necessary to find technological solutions to health challenges. But that’s only the first step on a long road to commercialization and …

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Science and Engineering Complex named one of the world’s …

WebHarvard University’s Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) has been certified by two international building certification programs as one of the healthiest, most …

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Bringing the clinic home

WebEvera Technologies, a startup Quryshi founded in November, seeks to boost compliance by making lab testing more convenient. The company enables patients to …

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Coming out to a chatbot

WebOn one hand, many participants reported that the chatbots offered a sense of solidarity and a safe space to explore and express their identities. Some used the …

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Bioengineering Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering …

WebBioengineering at the Harvard School of Engineering is inherently interdisciplinary and combines faculty and research centers from across our campuses and Harvard teaching …

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Locking up fats in CAGEs to treat obesity

WebObesity, which affects more than one-third of American adults, is more than just an uncomfortable excess of weight - it is a driver of several, often fatal diseases like …

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Soft robotic, wearable device improves walking for individual with

WebResearchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Boston University Sargent College of Health & …

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Cyborg brain organoids offer insight into early brain development

WebIn 2019, Liu and his team developed a cyborg platform for cardiac organoids, offering a rare glimpse into the early stages of heart development.In that research, the …

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Three SEAS ventures take top prizes at President’s Innovation …

WebStart-ups co-founded by students or alumni from the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) took the top prize in three of five categories at …

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Deaths from fossil fuel emissions higher than previously thought

WebFebruary 9, 2021. More than 8 million people died in 2018 from fossil fuel pollution, significantly higher than previous research suggested, according to new research from …

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