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Cheap and compact medical testing

Cheap and compact medical testing

Harvard researchers develop simple detector that could be used worldwide

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Ebola update: New research sheds light on origin, transmission of Sierra Leone outbreak

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The Rabbit Rift

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Broad Paper Vids: Metabolic changes signal early development of pancreatic cancer

Researchers from the Broad identify early signal of pancreatic cancer Read More…

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Broad Paper Vids: Study of both common and rare variation yields insight into cardiac arrhythmia

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Cherry A. Murray to receive National Medal of Technology and Innovation

Cambridge, Mass. – October 3, 2014 – Cherry A. Murray, Dean of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), is to receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the White House announced today. Read More…

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Study of lizards shows trade as a force in biodiversity

New research shows that trade is one of the major drivers of biodiversity among lizard species in the Caribbean islands. Read More…

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Ghosts in the machines

Best-selling author Walter Isaacson ’74 talks about the history of the computer and the Internet. Read More…

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Prospects for digital humanities

THATCamp forum allows practitioners of digital humanities to define their concerns, devise solutions for them. Read More…

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Harvard#039;s incomparable Venky

Some of America’s most distinguished leaders in academia, science, and technology gathered at Harvard September 19 and 20 to celebrate the 75th birthday of renowned Harvard scientist Venkatesh Venky Narayanamurti—and to discuss the future of innovation in America. Read More…

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