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Tunable Harvard thin films mimic tear drops

April 22, 2013 By MaterialsViews staff Leave a Comment

Tunable material system designed by Harvard team is easily adaptable for diverse applications in fuel transport, textiles, optical systems, and more.

Filed Under: Research, Surfaces Tagged With: biomimetics, Harvard University, Nature Materials, thin films

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BASF and US institutes collaborate on new advanced materials center

March 25, 2013 By MaterialsViews staff Leave a Comment

BASF SE has announced a research initiative called "North American Center for Research on Advanced Materials" through which it is collaborating with Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst. From left are Michael Malone, Vice Chancellor for Research & Engagement, UMass Amherst; Christian Fischer, President of BASF's Advanced Materials and Systems Research; Richard McCullough, Vice Provost for Research, Harvard University; and Mary C. Boyce, Professor of Engineering, Head of Department, MIT.

Harvard University, MIT, and UMass Amherst to cooperate with company on “North American Center for Research on Advanced Materials”.

Filed Under: Chemical production, Community news, Industry Tagged With: BASF, cooperations, Harvard University, MIT, UMass

The Betentacled One: Soft Robots that Move in Three Dimensions

January 10, 2013 By Hilary Gallagher Leave a Comment

Soft-Robots

Soft robotic tentacles that can be manipulated using pressurization have been developed by the Whitesides group at Harvard.

Filed Under: Journal news, Polymers, Research Tagged With: Advanced Materials, Harvard University, lithography, pneumatics, robotics, soft matter

“4D transistor” gives glimpse at future of computing

December 10, 2012 By MaterialsViews staff Leave a Comment

Purdue and Harvard researchers create stackable indium-gallium-arsenide transistors.

Filed Under: Electronics research, Research Tagged With: computing, Conferences, Harvard University, indium-gallium-arsenide transistors, Purdue University, transistors

Greener storage for green energy

November 30, 2012 By MaterialsViews staff Leave a Comment

Researchers at Harvard will receive an ARPA-E grant to develop commercially practical flow batteries to store solar and wind power. Photo courtesy of Michael Aziz.

ARPA-E grant will support research into next-generation flow batteries to solve wind/solar intermittency problem.

Filed Under: Community news, Energy research, Environment, Research Tagged With: batteries, grants, Harvard University, renewable energy

Flexible Paper Robots

February 9, 2012 By Tim Adams 1 Comment

Origami extension actuator lifting a standard weight of 1 kg.

Researchers have developed inexpensive robots that can stretch, bend and twist under control, and lift objects 120 times their own weight.

Filed Under: Polymers, Research Tagged With: actuators, Advanced Materials, Harvard University, paper, robots, silicon, Whitesides

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