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Ham and Wood named to Tech Review's TR35 list of top young innovators
Smallest complete NMR system and life-sized robotic fly earn praise
 
Frans Spaepen named interim dean
The John C. and Helen F. Franklin Professor and director of Harvard’s Rowland Institute will assume role on 9/15
 
Meet David Sengeh '10 and his mentor bioengineer David Edwards (video)
Thanks to a innovative class, Sengeh was able to translate an idea into a solution to light Africa
 
Grad student Erez Lieberman creates iShoe to aid in balance
Harvard-MIT HST student uses NASA know-how to help elderly people avoid catastrophic falls
 
Applied scientists demonstrate highly
directional semiconductor lasers

Innovation opens the door to a wide range of applications in photonics and communications
 
Watch word on the street reactions to
Harvard's emphasis on engineering

Video highlights how Harvard and MIT's engineering programs complement each another
 
Computer scientist David C. Parkes
has been appointed tenure

Parkes's research applies the power of computing to the design of optimal economic systems
 
DARPA awards $1.2M grant to study surface enhanced Raman scattering
Researchers will apply advances in optical antennas, laser nanostructuring, and theoretical chemistry
 
Saving the world's water to avert
a global crisis

Peter Rogers' cover story in the August '08 Scientific American presents a six-point plan
 
L. Mahadevan shares his insights about everyday observations with NPR
Applied mathematician tackles curiosities like how paint dries and how fish swim
 
Harry Lewis recalls Bill Gates and the
pancake problem on NPR

As a College sophomore Gates presented a solution to the problem of how to sort and stack pancakes