JULY 05: Sophie Goggins from the National Museums Scotland views Dolly the Sheep during the opening of a major new development at the National Museum of Scotland on July 5, 2016 in Edinburgh,Scotland. On February 22, 1997, the world learned about a secret project that scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland had been working on.
Category: Harvard University
Meet the WWII computer programmer whose name will replace white supremacista s at Yale
Yale student protesters have succeeded in removing the name of a white supremacist from a residential college building, which will be rechristened after Grace Murray Hopper. Hopper was a member of the team that in 1952 developed the A-0, the first “compiler,” which translates one computer language to another.
India headed for a green energy revolution: Harvard scientist
Kolkata, Jan 22 – Harvard chemist and energy innovator Daniel G. Nocera is a man on a renewable mission. The inventor of the artificial leaf and co-creator of its bionic version plans to launch a pilot of the advanced technology in India with the assertion that a renewable energy revolution will take place in the country.
Soft Robot Helps the Heart Beat
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. The soft robotic sleeve twists and compresses in synch with a beating heart, augmenting cardiovascular functions weakened by heart failure.
Robot Hugs Heart to Keep It Beating During Heart Surgery
Engineers at the Harvard University developed a soft robot that envelopes the heart and helps to keep it beating. The project has been successful when tested on animals and has high hopes of getting tested on humans in the future.
Coal Curbs in Asia Could Save 50,000 Lives Annually, Study Says
About 50,000 lives a year could be saved by 2030 if no new coal-fired power plants are built in Southeast Asia, South Korea, Japan and Taiwan, according to a study from researchers at Harvard University and Greenpeace International. If coal plants currently planned or under construction in the region are actually built, some 70,000 deaths could result annually, up from about 20,000 deaths at the moment, Greenpeace said Friday in a statement summarizing the study.