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Researchers develop ‘soft’ valves to make entirely soft robots

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In recent years, an entirely new class of robot — inspired by natural forms and built using soft, flexible elastomers — has taken the field by storm, with designs capable of gripping objects, walking, and even jumping. Yet despite those innovations, so...

Even among the insured, cost of illness can be devastating, Harvard-backed poll finds

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Despite the Affordable Care Act’s much-touted expansion of health coverage in the U.S., a first-ever poll of America’s seriously ill demonstrates that insurance alone isn’t enough to protect against the high cost of care. The poll showed that though 91...

Harvard specialist focuses on opioid crisis as U.S. life expectancy drops

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Life expectancy in the U.S. declined in 2017, largely because of increases in suicide and lethal overdose, according to reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Though slight, the drop from 78.7 in 2016 to 78.6 in 2017 marks the third...

Inosine could be a potential route to the first RNA, Harvard study says

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Prehistoric Earth, bombarded with asteroids, rife with bubbling geothermal pools, would seem an inhospitable place. But somewhere, the right chemicals combined in the precise sequence needed to form the building blocks of life. How? For decades...

A year in, Harvard University Accessibility Committee outlines progress, goals

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Last fall, Harvard’s Office of the Provost convened the first meeting of the University Accessibility Committee (UAC), a forum that brings senior leaders together to evaluate and promote accessibility on campus, and to share successful practices from...

Playwright Inua Ellams discussed research behind “Barber Shop Chronicles”

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A new show at the American Repertory Theater lifts the curtain on a universal meeting space for men of color: the barbershop. “There’s always been a need for black men to find spaces where they could commune without fear of a sort of judgmental or...

Harvard community members take different inspirations from Malala Yousafzai

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As beauty lies in the eyes of each beholder, inspiration is filtered through the ears of every listener — and so a captivated crowd on Thursday night drew many lessons as Malala Yousafzai accepted this year’s Gleitsman Award from the Center for Public...

Annual Harvard Title IX report released

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Harvard University’s Title IX Office and the Office for Dispute Resolution (ODR) today released their fiscal year 2018 annual report, a document that underscores continued progress in shared efforts to better prevent and respond to gender-based and sexual...

Harvard community rallies for one of its own

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The way a community rallies around one of its members during hardship can speak volumes about its strength and bonds of unity. On Tuesday during a fundraiser at El Jefe’s Taqueria, that sense of support was on full display when members of the Harvard...

Cardiologists can reduce leaky heart valves with 3-D printing

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More than one in eight people age 75 and older in the U.S. develop moderate to severe blockage of the aortic valve in their hearts, usually caused by calcified deposits that build up on the valve’s leaflets and prevent them from fully opening and closing...

Harvard neuroscientist Paola Arlotta sees disease-fighting potential in brain organoids

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Human brain disorders have always presented researchers with a daunting challenge. They’re hard to study in laboratory mice because they affect the very organ that separates us from animals. And they’re difficult to study in humans because patient safety...

Harvard specialist focuses on opioid crisis as U.S. life expectancy drops

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Life expectancy in the U.S. declined in 2017, largely because of increases in suicide and lethal overdose, according to reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Though slight, the drop from 78.7 in 2016 to 78.6 in 2017 marks the third...