The Wyss Institute at Harvard University

New frontiers in 3D printing

Three dimensional printing is revolutionizing the production of new devices and structures, including soft robots, flexible electronics and engineered tissue replacements, but advances have been challenged by the inherent complexity of integrating multiple materials.

Additive manufacturing of optically transparent glass

MIT's Mediated Matter Group in collaboration with MIT's Department of Mechnical Engineering and MIT's Glass Lab have developed a method of 3D printing glass.

Renewable energy from evaporating water

An immensely powerful yet invisible force pulls water from the earth to the top of the tallest redwood and delivers snow to the tops of the Himalayas. Yet despite the power of evaporating water, its potential to propel self-sufficient devices or produce electricity has remained largely untapped -- until now.

Researchers use bacteria to convert solar energy into liquid fuel

Scientists have created a system that uses bacteria to convert solar energy into a liquid fuel.

A self-organizing thousand-robot swarm

The first thousand-robot flash mob has assembled at Harvard University.

Getting a charge from changes in humidity

A new type of electrical generator uses bacterial spores to harness the untapped power of evaporating water, according to research.

New coating turns ordinary glass into super-slippery glass

A new transparent, bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning and incredibly slippery according to Researchers

Printing microbatteries the size of a grain of sand

3D printing can now be used to print lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand.