The Unscented Kalman Filter for Nonlinear Estimation

Tensor Considered Harmful

The first laser radio transmitter: Researchers transmit data via a semiconductor laser, opening the door to ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi

Tensor Considered Harmful Part 2

China’s war on particulate air pollution is causing more severe ozone pollution

Design Continuums and the Path Toward Self-Designing Key-Value Stores that Know and Learn

Harvard scientists combine genetically engineered microbes with semiconductor technology similar to solar panels that harvests energy from light that, when coupled to the microbes’ surface, boost their biosynthetic potential, the first “biological-inorganic hybrid systems” (biohybrids).

The Periodic Table of Data Structures

CrimsonDB: A Self-Designing Key-Value Store

Lord of the Wings

Printing with sound

BrainCoqulus: A Formally Verified Optimizing Compiler of Lambda Calculus to Brainfuck

“Breakthrough” algorithm exponentially faster than any previous one

Applying auction mechanisms to meeting scheduling (2010)

Delivering insulin in a pill - Technique could replace daily injections for diabetics: Harvard researchers have developed an oral delivery method, with insulin in an ionic liquid inside a capsule, that could transform the way in which diabetics keep their blood sugar levels in check.

A photosynthetic engine for artificial cells: Researchers from Harvard and Seoul have engineered a cell-like structure that harnesses photosynthesis to perform metabolic reactions…

Tunable diamond string improves storage time of quantum memory (silicon-vacancy centers in diamond)

Harvard researchers found electric vehicles in China can have a positive effect on CO2 reduction if owners slowly charge vehicles during off-peak hours, allowing for more effective use of wind-generated power

Researchers combine metalens with an artificial muscle - Artificial eye automatically stretches to simultaneously focus and correct astigmatism and image shift, as reported by Harvard scientists in journal Science Advances.

Single metalens focuses all colors of the rainbow in one point

Harvard researchers observe light with infinitely long wavelengths for the first time

Harvard researchers develop tough, self-healing rubber. Potential applications include more durable tires, wearable electronics, medical devices

Differential Privacy

A new study out of Harvard University reveals that the protective stratospheric ozone layer above the central United States is vulnerable to erosion during the summer months from ozone-depleting chemical reactions, exposing people, livestock and crops to the harmful effects of UV radiation.

Technique makes more efficient, independent holograms

Climate Impacts of Biking vs. Driving

Long-lasting flow battery could run for more than a decade with minimum upkeep

Scientists create first broadband metalens: An ultrathin array of nanopillars bends and focuses light without chromatic dispersion

Harvard University and Boston Children’s Hospital researchers have developed a customizable soft robot that fits around a heart and helps it beat, potentially opening new treatment options for people suffering from heart failure.

Researchers have made the world’s smallest radio receiver – built out of an assembly of atomic-scale defects in pink diamonds

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