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  1. 1

    Toys in Everyday Science | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

    by Harvard University 4,734 views

    Tadashi Tokieda RI '14 invents, collects, and studies toys—simple objects from daily life that can be found or made in minutes, yet which, if played with imaginatively, exhibit behaviors so surprising that they intrigue scientists for weeks.

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    Martin Karplus discusses winning the Nobel Prize in Chemistry

    by Harvard University 6,238 views

    Martin Karplus, the Theodore William Richards Professor of Chemistry Emeritus at Harvard, is one of three winners of the 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced this morning.

    The 83-year-old Vienna-born theoretical chemist, who is also affiliated with the Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France, is a 1951 graduate of Harvard College and earned his Ph.D. in 1953 at the California Institute of Technology. While there, he worked with two-time Nobel laureate Linus Pauling, whom Karplus described as an important early influence.

    He shared the Nobel with researchers Michael Levitt of Stanford University and Arieh Warshel of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Warshel was once a postdoctoral student of Karplus, who had worked with both men during six months in Israel during the 1960s. All three were then at the Weizmann Institute of Science with chemist Shneior Lifson, but have not worked formally together since then.

    Read more in the Harvard Gazette: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/10/harvard-profes­sor-wins-nobel-in-chemistry/

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    Simulated development of the chick gut | Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    by Harvard University 1,435 views

    Patterns within the gut progress through several characteristic stages during embryonic development, and the guiding principles are surprisingly similar across chickens, frogs, mice, and snakes. This simulation shows how villi form inside the gut. (Footage courtesy of Science/AAAS.)

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    Super-slippery transparent materials | Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    by Harvard University 7,133 views

    Materials scientists at Harvard University have created an ultra-slippery material called SLIPS, which stands for Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surfaces. These super-repellent, transparent windows can effectively repel wine, olive oil, and ketchup, while the surrounding surfaces become significantly stained. The material also resists heavy-duty oil, water, and ice. To read more about the technology, visit http://hvrd.me/16ekTJr.

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    Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Biggest Explosions Since the Big Bang | Harvard Department of Physics

    by Harvard University 4,895 views

    Representing nature's biggest explosions since the Big Bang itself, gamma-ray bursts were first accidentally spotted in the 1960s by Department of Defense satellites hunting for terrestrial nuclear blasts. In this talk Prof. Berger describes the ensuing decades-long quest to decipher the origin and energy source of these mysterious explosions. He explains how gamma-ray bursts are now used to probe the first generation of stars and galaxies formed less than a billion years after the Big Bang.

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    Birds: Evolution and Innovation in a Changing World | Harvard Department of Physics

    by Harvard University 3,122 views

    In this talk Prof. Edwards will celebrate the remarkable 100 million year history of birds and describe the imprint of ancient innovations, such as feathers and flights, on many aspects of avian biology, right down to their DNA. He will then describe how diverse environmental challenges, such as climate change, disease, toxic metals and urban noise, test the resilience of birds today.

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    Connectomics: Mapping the Brain | Harvard Department of Physics

    by Harvard University 3,162 views

    Despite intense interest in the ways brains work, we still have quite a rudimentary understanding of this organ, especially compared to our knowledge of the other organ systems in the body. One central problem is that brain function is based on a much more complicated cellular organization than found in any other part of the body. The brain contains billions of nerve cells and these are interconnected by trillions of synapses in a vast wiring diagram. This wiring diagram has not been described but likely contains the physical instantiations of all the brain does including all the memories we hold and all the skills we have learned. In addition such a wiring diagram may be disrupted when there are abnormalities in brain function such as learning disorders in children or psychiatric diseases in adults. In this lecture, Prof. Lichtman discusses how scientists are taking the first steps in imaging and understanding the wiring diagram of the brain.

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    3D printing tiny batteries | Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    by Harvard University 91,831 views

    In this video, 3D printing is used to deposit a specially formulated "ink" through a fine nozzle to build a microbattery's anode layer by layer. Unlike an office inkjet printer that dispenses ink droplets onto paper, these inks are formulated to exit the nozzle like toothpaste from a tube and immediately harden into thin layers. The printed anode contains nanoparticles of a lithium metal oxide compound that provide the proper electrochemical properties. To read more about the research, please visit http://hvrd.me/12VeBlf.

    Date: June 18, 2013

    Author: Ke Sun, Teng-Sing Wei, Bok Yeop Ahn, Jung Yoon Seo, Shen J. Dillon, and Jennifer A. Lewis

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    Changing the Foundations of Science: Harvard Stem Cell Institute | One Harvard

    by Harvard University 2,943 views

    The Harvard Stem Cell Institute is a collaboration of Schools across the University, and roughly a dozen Harvard-affiliated hospitals. In the nine years since its founding, it has become the world leader in stem cell biology, producing more scientific findings than any other aggregation of stem cell researchers.

    See more of "One Harvard" here: http://youtu.be/4pnxzrbB-eU

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    Protein rejuvenates old hearts in mice

    by Harvard University 1,681 views

    Harvard Stem Cell Institute's Richard Lee and Amy Wagers describe their discovery of a protein that rejuvenates old, failing hearts in mice -- and may prove to be a treatment for the leading form of heart failure in elderly humans.

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    Robotic insects make first controlled flight

    by Harvard University 693,702 views

    The demonstration of the first controlled flight of an insect-sized robot is the culmination of more than a decade's work, led by researchers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard. Half the size of a paperclip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, the robot was inspired by the biology of a fly, with submillimeter-scale anatomy and two wafer-thin wings that flap almost invisibly, 120 times per second. To read more about this work, visit: http://hvrd.me/150Pq0y.

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    Houtan Park in Shanghai cleans river water

    by Harvard University 2,667 views

    A manmade stream that draws from Shanghai's Huangpu River takes in water so polluted it shouldn't be touched. The stream slows the water, aerates it, and filters it through vegetation, until it emerges clean enough that people can swim in it.

    The project, called Houtan Park, runs a mile along the riverbank through what was once an urban brownfield, a former industrial site and scar on the urban landscape that is similar to many others in cities around the world.

    The park, toured by Harvard President Drew Faust during a visit in 2010, is the brainchild of Kongjian Yu, a Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) alumnus, dean of architecture and landscape architecture at Peking University, and design critic in landscape architecture and urban design at the GSD. His environmental approach to landscape architecture has won him international acclaim.

    Read more in the Harvard Gazette: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/04/with-nature-in­-mind/

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    "Gas Giant Mysteries" with Rebekah Dawson | Center for Astrophysics

    by Harvard University 2,470 views

    Tonight Jupiter will rise in our sky as it has for millennia. We would never guess that its current orderly motion underwent an upheaval in the young solar system. New studies tell the tumultuous story of the giant planets, both here and in other planetary systems throughout the galaxy.

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    Using explosions to power soft robots

    by Harvard University 10,676 views

    Using small explosions produced by a mix of methane and oxygen, researchers at Harvard have designed a soft robot that can leap as much as a foot in the air. That ability to jump could one day prove critical in allowing the robots to avoid obstacles during search and rescue operations following a disaster.

    Read more in the Harvard Gazette: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/02/robots-with-li­ft/

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    The First Galaxies in the Universe | Center for Astrophysics

    by Harvard University 2,850 views

    By Abraham Loeb and Steven R. Furlanetto

    Avi Loeb
    Director, Institute of Theory and Computation
    Chair, Astronomy Department, Harvard University

    Avi Loeb introduces his third book in this lecture. Published by
    Princeton University Press, they write:
    "This book provides a comprehensive, self-contained introduction to one
    of the most exciting frontiers in astrophysics today: the quest to
    understand how the oldest and most distant galaxies in our universe
    first formed. Until now, most research on this question has been
    theoretical, but the next few years will bring about a new generation of
    large telescopes that promise to supply a flood of data about the infant
    universe during its first billion years after the big bang. This book
    bridges the gap between theory and observation. It is an invaluable
    reference for students and researchers on early galaxies."

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    Explosive Universe, Edo Berger, CfA

    by Harvard University 1,512 views

    A gamma-ray burst represents Nature's biggest explosion since the Big Bang. First spotted by satellites hunting for Earthly nuclear blasts, gamma-ray bursts pump out more energy than our Sun will in its entire life.

    January 17, 2013

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    Exploring the Nervous System: Collaboration accelerates discovery in the Department of Neurobiology

    by Harvard Medical School 4,564 views

    Learn about the questions that fuel research by investigators in Harvard Medical School's Department of Neurobiology http://neuro.med.harvard.edu/, where faculty members embrace new technologies and foster a culture of collaboration.

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    Transforming Primary Care: Center supports innovation in health care delivery

    by Harvard Medical School 1,929 views

    The Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care focuses on four program areas: education, innovation, community building and leadership development. Learn more at https://primarycare.hms.harvard.edu/

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    Trust in Vaccines: Why It Matters | The Forum at HSPH

    by Harvard University 1,704 views

    Long a cost-effective stalwart in the public health armament, vaccines have become a target for misinformation that has undermined immunization efforts in parts of the U.S., U.K. and elsewhere, contributing to dangerous and potentially lethal disease outbreaks of measles, polio and more. At the same time, in this "Decade of Vaccines," steps have been taken to boost vaccine access in areas of the world where people live with, and die unnecessarily from, infectious illnesses that could be controlled by immunization programs. This Forum event examined the importance of immunization, the safety of vaccines, and the consequences of vaccine hesitancy. This event was part of the Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies.

    November 2, 2012

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    Building Bubbles: Surprising insights into how molecules move in and out of cells

    by Harvard Medical School 8,546 views

    Scientists have captured real-time footage of how a crucial cellular process begins, findings that overturn a long-held theory about how the chaotic machinery of life organizes itself. This research also provides new ways to think about how drugs might interact with life's moving parts at the molecular level. Read about the study at http://hms.harvard.edu/content/caught-film

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    Our Microbes, Ourselves: Gut Bacteria's Key Role in Immunity Is Tuned to the Host Species

    by Harvard Medical School 7,937 views

    A new study suggests that the superabundant microbes lining our digestive tract are ultimately our evolutionary partners, shedding light on the hygiene hypothesis. According to this idea, living in increasingly hyper-hygienic environments might contribute to recent spikes in childhood allergies, as these beneficial host-specific microbes are hindered by the plethora of antibacterial home products and cleaning chemicals. Learn more at http://hms.harvard.edu/content/our-microbes-ourselves

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    Have Brain Scanner, Will Travel

    by Harvard Medical School 4,937 views

    Gary Strangman, assistant professor of psychology at HMS and director of the Neural Systems Group at Massachusetts General Hospital, is developing a portable brain scanner for use on earth and in space. For more information about Dr. Strangman and stories about space-related research, visit hms.harvard.edu/harvard-medicine and view the Spring 2012 "Space Savers" issue.

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    Time Lapse of Harvard's Largest Solar Project Being Installed at Harvard Athletics

    by GreenIsTheNewCrimson 2,232 views

    In May 2012 Harvard Athletics completed a six week renewable project as it installed a layer of 2,275 solar panels on the roof of Gordon Track. The 600kW installation is Harvard University's largest solar energy project and is an important step forward in the University's goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 30% by 2016, including growth."

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    Panning for Therapeutic Gold: Cancer Genetics — Longwood Seminar

    by Harvard Medical School 2,092 views

    The end of 2011 marked the 40-year anniversary of President Nixon declaring the War on Cancer. Though a cure has not yet been discovered, the understanding of genetics is revolutionizing cancer research and improving the ways in which we can battle one of medicine's most challenging diseases. At this April 3, 2012, seminar, Harvard researchers will discuss how far we have come and where the field is heading in revealing the causes of cancer and our potential to develop transformative therapies. Learn more about the Longwood Seminars by visiting hms.harvard.edu/public/longwood.

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    Singing in the Shower to Shaking in Your Boots: The Science of Emotion — Longwood Seminar

    by Harvard Medical School 1,738 views

    As the childhood song goes, "If you're happy and you know it, then your face will surely show it," but do you ever truly wonder why you're happy? Have you thought about where our emotions come from and why they make us feel the way we do? A panel of Harvard faculty members whose research sheds light on the range of human emotion will explore the science behind the smiles and tears during this March 20, 2012, seminar. Learn more about the Longwood Seminars by visiting hms.harvard.edu/public/longwood.

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    Patience and Patients: Understanding the Spectrum of Alzheimer's Disease — Longwood Seminar

    by Harvard Medical School 2,303 views

    As human life expectancy increases, so does the possibility that a family member or friend will be diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Fortunately, researchers are continually learning more about what causes this debilitating condition and discovering new ways to help patients cope with symptoms. At this March 6, 2012, seminar, you will hear from faculty members who will share insight about the disease and tips for caring for a loved one. Learn more about the Longwood Seminars by visiting hms.harvard.edu/public/longwood.

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    Rockefeller Foundation's Judith Rodin on Improving Global Health through Innovation

    by Harvard University 394 views

    Judith Rodin has been president of The Rockefeller Foundation since 2005. She was previously president of the University of Pennsylvania, the first woman to lead an Ivy League institution, and provost of Yale University. She has actively participated in influential global forums, including the World Economic Forum, Clinton Global Initiative and the United Nations General Assembly. She spoke at HSPH on Feb. 27, 2012, as part of the Decision-making: Voices from the Field series.

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    Ann Veneman on Leadership at the USDA, UNICEF and Beyond

    by Harvard University 347 views

    Ann Veneman is the former Executive Director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). In 2009, she was named to the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women list and has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors. From 2001 to 2005, Veneman was Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). She spoke at HSPH on March 1, 2012, as part of the Decision-making: Voices from the Field series.

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    Massachusetts' Pioneering Role Continues: Mapping a Path to Cost Containment

    by Harvard University 352 views

    The Forum at HSPH

    Five years ago, Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to require that residents have health insurance. The legislation served as a model for national leaders, including President Barack Obama, as they hashed out and passed the U.S.healthcare law. This panel discussion -- Massachusetts' Pioneering Role Continues: Mapping a Path to Cost Containment -- followed a talk given by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick on healthcare reform at an event by The Forum at Harvard School of Public Health.

    April 28, 2011

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    Solar Dynamics Observatory: Our Sun in High-Definition - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

    by Harvard University 982 views

    Kelly Korreck, CfA

    The Sun provides the Earth with light and heat, but also blasts billions of tons of hot plasma into interplanetary space. Launched in 2010, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) is exploring our closest star with the latest technology.

    January 19, 2012

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    Boosting Vitamin D: Not Enough or Too Much? - Harvard School of Public Health

    by Harvard University 1,778 views

    A long-awaited report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), "Dietary Reference Intakes for Calcium and Vitamin D," calls for increasing daily vitamin D intake. Yet some experts say these new recommendations are still too low in vitamin D. Why do these nutrition specialists disagree? This Forum webcast examined the question, "Boosting Vitamin D: Not enough or too much?" Presented in collaboration with Reuters. Part of the Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies.

    March 29, 2011

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    Dawn of Social Networks: Hunter-gatherers Provide Clues About the Evolution of Cooperation

    by Harvard Medical School 108,417 views

    Coren Apicella, a research fellow in the Christakis lab at Harvard Medical School, spent the summer of 2010 traveling around the remote Lake Eyasi region of Tanzania with the Hadza, one of the last remaining populations of hunter-gatherers on the planet. Their lives offer a window into our past—and clues about the evolution of cooperation. Within the Hadza community, cooperators cluster together, preventing self-interested individuals from destroying the social fabric. What's more, the architecture of the Hadza social network matches that of modern social networks. These findings were published January 26, 2012, in Nature.

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    Molecular Motor Struts Like Drunken Sailor

    by Harvard Medical School 23,235 views

    Molecular motors, built from proteins, are a kind of transport service that keep us functioning by trafficking essential chemical packages throughout the cell. To understand how molecular motors work, some researchers are creating animations. Here, each "leg" of a molecular motor called dynein moves as it progresses along a cellular structure called a microtubule. New data—collected by a team led by Samara Reck-Peterson and published online Jan. 8, 2012, in "Nature Structural & Molecular Biology"—suggest that dynein's walk is even stranger than the one modeled.

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    Harvard Thinks Green 2012 Promotional Video

    by GreenIsTheNewCrimson 3,224 views

    6 All-Star Environmental Faculty
    6 Big Green Ideas

    Thursday, December 8
    Sanders Theatre, 8pm

    http://www.green.harvard.edu/thinksgreen

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    The Happy Accident - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

    by Harvard University 3,476 views

    Rick Fienberg, S&T editor emeritus
    Dennis di Cicco, S&T senior editor
    Bob Naeye, S&T editor in chief

    Happy accidents do happen! It began in 1929 as a four-page flyer, The Amateur Astronomer. Six years later it grew into The Sky. In 1939, facing difficult financial times, it joined forces with The Telescope, a journal published here at the Harvard College Observatory, and became the most popular magazine of modern day astronomy, Sky & Telescope.

    Observatory Nights

    October 20, 2011

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    Fly Paper: Mapping the Protein Interactions of Our Distant Relative

    by Harvard University 1,971 views

    Professor of Cell Biology Spyros Artavanis-Tsakonas and colleagues have built a map that shows how thousands of proteins in a fruit fly cell communicate with each other. This is the largest and most detailed protein interaction map of a multicellular organism, demonstrating how approximately one third of the proteins cooperate to keep life going. Understanding how proteins communicate and interact with each other is key to understanding disease.

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    Exploring thickeners to manipulate mouthfeel | Lecture 4 (2011)

    by Harvard University 2,015 views

    UPDATED VERSION HERE:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV0WwYXZSTY

    Carles Tejedor (Via Veneto), Fina Puigdevall and Pere Planagumà (les Cols)

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    Exploring thickeners to manipulate mouthfeel | Lecture 4 (2011)

    by Harvard University 2,015 views

    UPDATED VERSION HERE:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV0WwYXZSTY

    Carles Tejedor (Via Veneto), Fina Puigdevall and Pere Planagumà (les Cols)

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    How to Tell a Star's Real Age - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

    by Harvard University 8,655 views

    Søren Meibom, CfA

    For many movie stars, their ages are well-kept secrets. In space, the same is true of the actual stars. Like our Sun, most stars look nearly unchanged for most of their lives.

    September 15, 2011

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    SMOG OR JOBS? The Impact of Tighter Ozone Pollution Control on Health and the U.S. Economy

    by Harvard University 2,979 views

    The Forum at the Harvard School of Public Health

    With a weak U.S. economy shadowing his presidency, Barack Obama has announced his request that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdraw draft air quality standards that would have tightened ozone pollution controls. President Obama cited "the importance of reducing regulatory burdens and regulatory uncertainty" as the economy recovers. Public health experts and environmental advocates howled at the decision, raising concerns about the health impacts of ozone -- a major culprit in smog. In contrast, business groups praised the announcement as a means to prevent job losses and protect employment growth; media have reported that the restrictions could have cost up to $90 billion annually. This Forum webcast examined the scientific and economic arguments around this divisive decision. The event is part of the Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies.

    September 21, 2011

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    Harvard's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goal in a 60 Seconds

    by Harvard University 378 views

    Harvard Office for Sustainability intern Rebecca Elliott '14 created this 60 second animation about Harvard's goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

    In 2008, Harvard University adopted a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 30% below a 2006 baseline by 2016, including growth. As part of this goal, Harvard is committed to using its campus as a living laboratory, turning research and teaching into action to develop innovative and cost-effective solutions that reduce energy and curb greenhouse gas emissions.

    To learn more visit: http://green.harvard.edu/greenhousegas

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    Sustainability at Harvard: We are a living lab

    by Harvard University 811 views

    A video tour through five case studies of sustainability at Harvard, including:
    * Student Peer-to-Peer Programs Educate and Inspire
    * Innovative Solutions that Serve as Models for Other
    * Greener, Healthier, More Efficient Buildings
    * Rethinking Campus Operations
    * Building a Culture of Sustainability

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    The Many Faces of Chocolate | Lecture 3 (2011)

    by Harvard University 40,521 views

    Speaker: Ramon Morató (Barry Callebaut)

    Location: Science Center C

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    Precision cooking: enabling new textures and flavors | Lecture 2 (2011)

    by Harvard University 44,672 views

    Speaker: Joan Roca (El Celler de Can Roca)

    Location: Science Center C

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    Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives

    by Harvard University 21,340 views

    Opening Days lecture by Prof. Nicholas Christakis highlights power of social networks and argues that human social networks have the power to spread obesity — or happiness — like contagion.

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    Historical Context and Demos Illustrating the Relationship of Food and Science | Lecture 1 (2011)

    by Harvard University 10,346 views

    UPDATED VERSION AVAILABLE HERE:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH9R0J36n7w

    Speakers: Dave Arnold (Food Arts magazine's Contributing Editor for Equipment & Food Science)
    Harold McGee (author of On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen and columnist for The New York Times)
    David Weitz (Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics at Harvard)

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    Engineering for Life

    by Harvard University 10,924 views

    Harvard SEAS undergraduate students discuss their research and the opportunities that have for making a difference in the world.

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    Engineering for Society

    by Harvard University 3,425 views

    Students discuss the opportunities they had for using their Harvard SEAS education to tackle social problems that exist in the real world.

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    Engineering the Harvard Way

    by Harvard University 7,158 views

    Harvard SEAS undergraduate students and alumns express their excitement at having the opportunity take a wide variety of classes within Harvard SEAS, Harvard College, and the various Harvard graduate schools and the freedom that gives them to craft their own educational experience.

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    Science and Technology Studies: Defining the Boundaries

    by Harvard Kennedy School 1,163 views

    In this session of the April 7-9, 2011 conference "Science and Technology Studies: The Next Twenty," Kaushik Sunder Rajan (Chicago) gives a provocation for STS scholars to think again about STS's close ties to post-colonial studies, with specific references to Indian life sciences in relation to the Western sciences. Discussants Javier Lezaun (Oxford) and David Winickoff (UC Berkeley) debate other "elsewheres" STS travels to, whether it could travel everywhere, and how best it travels. Visit the conference web site: http://stsnext20.org/
    Learn more about the Program on Science, Technology and Society at Harvard Kennedy School: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/sts/

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    2011 Harvard Digital Scholarship Summit: Keynote - Christine Borgman (UCLA)

    by Harvard University 2,184 views

    How is research being made available in formal and informal ways and what can be done now to make it available for future scholars?

    Christine L. Borgman is Professor and Presidential Chair in Information Studies at UCLA. She is the author of more than 200 publications in the fields of information studies, computer science, and communication. Both of her sole-authored monographs, Scholarship in the Digital Age: Information, Infrastructure, and the Internet (MIT Press, 2007) and From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure: Access to Information in a Networked World (MIT Press, 2000), have won the Best Information Science Book of the Year award from the American Society for Information Science and Technology. She is a lead investigator for the Center for Embedded Networked Systems (CENS), a National Science Foundation Science and Technology Center, where she conducts data practices research. Current collaborations include Monitoring, Modeling, and Memory and the Data Conservancy. She is a member of the U.S. National Academies' Board on Research Data and Information and the U.S. National CODATA, the Board of Directors of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the 2011 recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award from the Coalition for Networked Information, Association for Research Libraries, and EDUCAUSE.

    May 5, 2011

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    2011 Harvard Digital Scholarship Summit: Keynote - Daniel Atkins (University of Michigan)

    by Harvard University 894 views

    How are research technologies changing the landscape of knowledge production and what are the implications for the quality and value of research?

    Daniel E. Atkins is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor. He is also a Professor of Information, and the W. K. Kellogg Professor of Community Informatics in the School of Information. He currently serves as the Associate Vice-President for Research Cyberinfrastructure, the chair of the UM IT Governance Council, and the chair of the scientific advisory committee for the MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Initiative. From June 2006 to June 2008 served as the inaugural Director of the Office of Cyberinfrastructure at the U.S. National Science Foundation. He has also been Dean of the College of Engineering and Founding Dean of the School of Information at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has also served as a consultant and invited speaker to industry, foundations, educational institutions, and government worldwide. Examples include the NSF, NIH, Intel, Mayo Clinic, Kellogg Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, Coalition for Networked Information, Internet2, the MIT Libraries, NPOWER, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the National Library of Medicine, National Archives and Records Administration, the OECC, European Commission, the UK Research Councils, and the US Census Bureau.

    May 5, 2011

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    Open Sources and Crowdsourced: The Promise and peril of Shared Genetic Information

    by Harvard University 1,223 views

    Panel discussion #1 in a symposium entitled "Privacy, Autonomy, and Personal Genetic Information in the Digital Age" hosted by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Academy of Engineering.

    This April 14, 2011 event features:
    Moderator:
    Jeffrey S. Flier, Dean, Harvard Medical School


    Panelists:
    • George Church, Ph.D., Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, and Director of the Center for Computational Genetics
    • Christine Patch, Ph.D., R.N., Consultant Genetic Counsellor and Manager, Guys Hospital, London; Chair, British Society of Human Genetics
    • Philip Reilly, M.D., J.D., Venture Partner, Third Rock Ventures
    • Hank Greely, J.D., Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Law and the Biosciences, Stanford University
    • Latanya Sweeney, Ph.D., Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science, Technology and Policy, Carnegie Mellon

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    Individual Rights to Genetic Information: Issues for Medicine and Government

    by Harvard University 641 views

    Description:
    Panel discussion #2 in a symposium entitled "Privacy, Autonomy, and Personal Genetic Information in the Digital Age" hosted by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Institute of Medicine, and the National Academy of Engineering.

    This April 14, 2011 event features:
    Moderator:
    Jonathan Zittrain, Professor, Harvard Law School, Kennedy School of Government, and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
    Panelists:
    • Art Beaudet, M.D., Henry and Emma Meyer Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine
    • Gaia Bernstein, J.S.D., LL.M., J.D., Professor of Law, Seton Hall University
    • Michele Caggana, Sc. D., Deputy Director, Division of Genetics, Chief of the Laboratory of Human Genetics and Director of the Newborn Screening Program, State of New York
    • John Schumann, M.D., practicing physician, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Faculty Associate of the MacLean Center for Medical Ethics, University of Chicago
    • Dan Vorhaus, J.D., attorney specializing in genomics and personalized medicine and Editor, Genomics Law Report

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    Prof. Lene Hau: Stopping light cold

    by Harvard University 72,393 views

    In 2005, Professor Lene Hau did something that Einstein theorized was impossible. Hau stopped light cold using atoms and lasers in her Harvard lab

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    Harvard's green commitment

    by Harvard University 4,158 views

    Harvard's fall 2008 sustainability celebration included panels, tours, fairs, film screening, coffee-house style discussions - and the very convenient appearance of former Vice President Al Gore.

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    Roughing it on Great Brewster Island

    by Harvard University 806 views

    Four women keep a meticulous diary of their stay on Great Brewster Island in July of 1891. The diary, which is filled with illustrations and photographs, was purchased by the Schlesinger Library in 1999.

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    Tree huggers

    by Harvard University 115 views

    The Arnold Arboretum's program for preschoolers that serves the area Head Start brings very excited kids to a lovely, engagin and stimulating nature setting.

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    Invaders in Action: Ovarian Cancer Cells Bully Their Way Through Tissue

    by Harvard Medical School 4,078 views

    A team led by Joan Brugge, the Louise Foote Pfeiffer Professor of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School, recently shed light on how ovarian cancer spreads. In a paper published in June 2011 in the journal Cancer Discovery, Brugge and colleagues found that ovarian cancer cells act like bullies, using brute force to plow their way through tissue and colonize additional organs.

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    CS50 Fair

    by Harvard University 5,557 views

    Students from a wide variety of concentrations talk about the value of Computer Science 50 (CS 50) and the excitement of the CS 50 fair.

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    The Science of Cooking

    by Harvard University 7,705 views

    Both science and non-science concentrators talk about the excitement of learning applied science principles through cooking and being taught by famous chefs from around the world.

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    Hack Harvard

    by Harvard University 9,381 views

    The participants and organizers of the winter break program, Hack Harvard (HackH4rv4rd), share their experiences.

    School of Engineering and Applied Science

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    Engineering a Solution

    by Harvard University 3,927 views

    Undergraduate Student Barry McKenna '14 talks about his experiences talking Engineering Sciences 51.

    School of Engineering and Applied Science

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    Rite of Passage: Harvard Medical Students' Skills Put to the Test

    by Harvard Medical School 11,637 views

    How does one measure mastery in both the art and the science of medicine? Harvard Medical School relies, in part, on the Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE), which features actors playing patients. All Harvard Medical students take two OSCEs—one at the end of their second year and one at the beginning of their fourth year.

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    Uncertain Future: America Faces a Primary Care Crisis

    by Harvard Medical School 3,359 views

    More than 66 million people live in regions of the United States that have a shortage of primary care physicians. Learn what Harvard Medical School is doing to help and join the conversation. What do you wish for the future of primary care? Visit focushms.com/idealab.

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    Skin Engineering

    by Harvard Medical School 1,370 views

    HMS Professor Howard Green developed the first therapeutic use of cells grown in the lab. Before stem cells gained fame, he cultivated them to generate skin grafts for burn patients.

  67. 68

    Lung On a Chip

    by Harvard Medical School 2,797 views

    Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston have created a device that mimics a living, breathing human lung on a microchip. This work appears in the June 25, 2010, issue of the journal Science.

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    Shaq Attacks Sleep Apnea

    by Harvard Medical School 1,507,212 views

    This video is one in a series that explains the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea. For more information, visit www.understandingsleep.org

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    Shaq Attacks Sleep Apnea

    by Harvard Medical School 1,507,212 views

    This video is one in a series that explains the diagnosis and treatment of sleep apnea. For more information, visit www.understandingsleep.org

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    Integrating long-term experiments & measurements - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 778 views

    Integrating long-term experiments & measurements -- Adrien Finzi

    Harvard Forest Symposium, March 15, 2011

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    Stream biogeochemistry - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 1,171 views

    Stream biogeochemistry -- Bill Sobczak

    Harvard Forest Symposium, March 15, 2011

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    Fluxes between the forest & atmosphere - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 417 views

    Fluxes between the forest & atmosphere: top-down & bottom-up approaches, and comparisons among tower sites -- Bill Munger and Chris Williams

    Harvard Forest Symposium, March 15, 2011

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    The water cycle and real-time data - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 451 views

    The water cycle and real-time data -- Emery Boose

    Harvard Forest Symposium, March 15, 2011

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    Discussion of Emerging Directions - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 236 views

    Discussion of Emerging Directions: Climate and Land Use Change, Human Health and Policy

    Harvard Forest Symposium - March 15, 2011

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    The past and future of future scenarios in LTER - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 285 views

    The past and future of future scenarios in LTER -- Jonathan Thompson

    Harvard Forest Symposium, March 15, 2011

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    Integrating boundary-spanning efforts into long-term ecological research - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 257 views

    Integrating boundary-spanning efforts into long-term ecological research: from case studies to practice -- Kathy Fallon Lambert

    Harvard Forest Symposium - March 15, 2011

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    Landowner conservation awareness, and information exchange and decision making - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 149 views

    Landowner conservation awareness, and information exchange and decision making -- David Kittredge

    Harvard Forest Symposium - March 15, 2011

  78. 80

    Exploring the influence of land use policy on forest cover and land conservation - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 203 views

    Exploring the influence of land use policy on forest cover and land conservation: Research along the rural-urban gradient in metropolitan Boston -- Robert Ryan

    Harvard Forest Symposium - March 15, 2011

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    Boston ULTRA-Ex: Metabolism across urban-to-rural gradients - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 216 views

    Boston ULTRA-Ex: Metabolism across urban-to-rural gradients -- Lucy Hutyra

    Harvard Forest Symposium, March 15, 2011

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    Human Health and Global Change - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 379 views

    Human health and global change -- Kristina Stinson

    Harvard Forest Symposium, March 15, 2011

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    Vegetation response to episodic disturbance - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 209 views

    Vegetation response to episodic disturbance -- Audrey Barker Plotkin

    Followed by Discussion of Biotic Drivers in Forested Ecosystems

    Harvard Forest Symposium, March 15, 2011

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    Assessing the changing effects of moose and deer browsing on forest ecosystems - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 179 views

    Assessing the changing effects of moose and deer browsing on forest ecosystems -- Ed Faison

    March 15, 2011

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    Foundation tree species loss - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 171 views

    Foundation tree species loss -- Aaron Ellison

    Harvard Forest Symposium, March 15, 2011

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    Microbial Ecology at Harvard Forest - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 804 views

    Microbial Ecology at Harvard Forest: A Synthesis of Past Work and Future Directions -- Serita Frey.

    Harvard Forest Symposium, March 15, 2011

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    Opening Remarks at the 22nd Annual Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium - Harvard Forest

    by Harvard University 272 views

    Opening Remarks at the 22nd Annual Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium Program - David Foster

    Harvard Forest Symposium, March 15, 2011

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    Time-lapse Video of a Blooming Lily

    by Harvard University 379 views

    This video is by L. Mahadevan and H. Liang and is associated with some research appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2011 (PNAS 2011).

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    Animated Model of Grown in a Lily Petal

    by Harvard University 668 views

    This video was created by by L. Mahadevan and H. Liang and is associated with some research appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2011 (PNAS 2011).

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    The Forum at HSPH: Mammograms: Who in the World are they Good For?

    by Harvard University 2,706 views

    Controversial new evidence suggests that mammography screening for women in high-income nations may have diminishing value in light of effective modern treatment options. But for women in lower-income nations, mammography screening is not enough of a priority, treatment is poor and women face greater risk.

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    From Biopolymer Translocation to Hemodynamics: New Challenges in Multiscale Computing

    by Harvard University 588 views

    Multiscale modeling is the capability of representing different levels of phenomena, occurring at diverse spatial and temporal scales, within a unified conceptual framework. A typical example is the behavior of long molecules or nanosuspensions under the action of complex hydrodynamic flows. Our computational work tackles different phenomena such as biopolymer translocation through nanopores and hemodynamics in arteries with a novel computational scheme. The solution of such large-scale problems calls for the exploitation of powerful parallel architectures, such as the Blue Gene supercomputer, and sophisticated visualization tools to gain insight into the realm of multi-scale phenomena.

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    Brain Circuits: Harvard Medical School Researchers Crawl a Neural Network

    by Harvard Medical School 14,589 views

    Scientists can finally look at circuits in the brain in all of their complexity. How the mind works is one of the greatest mysteries in nature, and this research presents a new and powerful way for us to explore that mystery.

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    Medical Imaging Computing: From Data to Understanding

    by Harvard University 4,934 views

    The development of new technologies that acquire large amounts of complex data is accelerating throughout medicine. Corresponding breakthroughs in accessible computation and algorithm development have made image analysis an indispensable tool for medical research and clinical practice. For example, image analysis enables the data acquired using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and functional magnetic resonance (fMRI) to reveal subject-specific structure and function of the brain.

    The emerging field of medical image computing requires strong, interdisciplinary teams of researchers, physicians, and engineers. Building such teams is a challenge but ultimately rewarding process. The Surgical Planning Lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital was founded in 1990 to enable research in image computation within the hospital context. Today, the SPL is the hub of the National Alliance for Medical Image Computing, a national effort with international impact across biomedicine and, increasingly, other fields of science. NAMIC drives scientific and engineering innovation through interdisciplinary collaboration, application-driven development, a well-designed hardware and software infrastructure, and an open-source approach to dissemination and community building.

    This presentation will describe how research ideas evolve into useful medical and scientific tools within the SPL and NAMIC environments.

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    Mapping the Human Genome: Ten Years After

    by Harvard University 9,366 views

    On February 15, 2001, the first draft sequence and analysis of the human genome—the blue print for a human being—was published in the journal Nature. On the tenth anniversary of that transformative moment, Harvard hosted an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional forum on the genome project's origins, promise, and significance to society.

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    An Introduction to Computational Multiphysics II: Theoretical Background Part I

    by Harvard University 3,652 views

    Mathematical formulation of multiscale/physics problems

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    Brain Science & Society: Thinking about the Future

    by Harvard University 1,667 views

    Harvard University Provost Steven Hyman speaks at the Harvard EdPortal in Allston, MA.

    Hyman, the latest speaker in a lecture series designed to open Harvard's academic workings to neighbors in nearby communities, conjured up early humanity in explaining what makes addictive drugs so irresistible. These drugs hook us by mimicking brain chemicals such as dopamine that evolved to keep us alive in an uncertain and primitive world, where a key memory like the location of a productive hunting ground or a water source could mean the difference between life and death.

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    Meat Glue Mania | Lecture 10 (2010)

    by Harvard University 43,422 views

    Wylie Dufresne (wd~50)

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    At last, the edible science fair

    by Harvard University 5,648 views

    Final projects for the "Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter" science fair were on display at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Illustrating the tenacious bond between science and cooking, students used physics, chemistry, and biology to manipulate recipes and create foods that stretch the imagination.

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    Arnold Arboretum: Winter Tree Tour

    by Harvard University 1,096 views

    In the fast pace of our daily lives we may overlook the details that, collectively, create a stunning backdrop for all that happens within the University. See the inner workings of Harvard's pianos up close, while enjoying a melodic feast for the ears.

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    An Introduction to Computational Multiphysics: Theoretical Background Part 2

    by Harvard University 1,778 views

    Multiscale Methods: Mathematical formulation; computational procedure

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    An Introduction to Computational Multiphysics: Selected Applications Part 2

    by Harvard University 948 views

    Boltzmann approach to turbulence modeling; Macro-Atomistic-Ab initio-Dynamics approach to fracture dynamics

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    An Introduction to Computational Multiphysics: Selected Applications Part 1

    by Harvard University 1,597 views

    Microfluidics: The Moving Contact Line Problem and Nanofluids: Biopolymer Translocation Through Nanopores

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    Browning & Oxidations | Lecture 9 (2010)

    by Harvard University 14,082 views

    Carme Ruscalleda (Sant Pau, Sant Pau de Tòquio)

    Location: Science Center D

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    Gelation | Lecture 8 (2010)

    by Harvard University 28,894 views

    Jose Andres (ThinkFoodGroup, minibar, Jaleo)

    Location: Science Center D

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    Emulsions: Concept of Stabilizing Oil & Water | Lecture 7 (2010)

    by Harvard University 31,260 views

    Speaker: Nandu Jubany (Can Jubany)

    Location: Science Center D

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    Reinventing Food Texture & Flavor | Lecture 6 (2010)

    by Harvard University 68,950 views

    Speaker: Grant Achatz (Alinea)

    Location: Science Center B

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    Heat, Temperature and Chocolate | Lecture 5 (2010)

    by Harvard University 19,868 views

    Speaker: Enric Rovira

    Location: Science Center D

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    Olive Oil and Viscosity | Lecture 4 (2010)

    by Harvard University 20,987 views

    Speaker: Carles Tejedor (Via Veneto)

    Location: Science Center D

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    An Introduction to Computational Multiphysics: Motivations for Triple-M Modeling

    by Harvard University 3,131 views

    Modern science is increasingly faced with problems of ever greater complexity, straddling across the traditional disciplinary boundaries between physics, chemistry, material science and biology. Computational science is responding to this challenge with a steadfast development of innovative modeling techniques, designed in such a way as to offer an optimal handling of the information transfer procedures connecting the different scales/levels involved in the quantitative description of the aforementioned complex phenomena. This entails the seamless coupling between different mathematical representations of various physical phenomena at widely disparate scales, from continuum fields to probability distribution functions and atomistic trajectories, all the way down to many-body quantum wave functions. In this series of lectures, we shall provide an introduction to the basic ideas behind these triple-M (multiscale/multiphysics/multilevel) techniques, together with the illustration of a few practical examples, drawn from concrete applications in leading areas of multiphysics research, such as micro/nanofluidics, turbulence and material science.

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    Science and Cooking: A Dialogue | Lecture 1 (2010)

    by Harvard University 124,806 views

    Speakers: Harold McGee, Ferran Adria (elBulli), José Andrés (minibar by josé andrés, Jaleo, The Bazaar) with commentary/moderation from Professors David Weitz and Michael Brenner (Harvard)

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    Science and Cooking: A Dialogue | Lecture 1 (2010)

    by Harvard University 124,806 views

    Speakers: Harold McGee, Ferran Adria (elBulli), José Andrés (minibar by josé andrés, Jaleo, The Bazaar) with commentary/moderation from Professors David Weitz and Michael Brenner (Harvard)

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    Sous-vide Cooking: a State of Matter | Lecture 2 (2010)

    by Harvard University 61,875 views

    Speaker: Joan Roca (El Celler de Can Roca)

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    Brain Candy: How Desserts Slow the Passage of Time | Lecture 3 (2010)

    by Harvard University 24,321 views

    Speaker: Bill Yosses (White House Pastry Chef)

    Location: Science Center D

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    Statistical Signal Processing for Modern High-Dimensional Data Sets

    by Harvard University 3,755 views

    April 8, 2009 - Patrick Wolfe, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Statistics and Information Sciences Laboratory, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Harvard University

    Modern science and engineering applications give rise to the vast quantities of high-dimensional data. This talk will provide a broad research perspective on the challenges and opportunities of drawing inferences from such data sets. For the large collections of sounds, images and networks acquired by modern sensing devices, traditional signal processing techniques singularly fail to scale, and new approaches are needed. Among the problems to be considered are forensic speech analysis, digital camera design and data reduction for large networks. Can we build practical solutions for these new contexts using the algorithms and tools of classical statistics?

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    Acute Infectious Diseases in Space and Time with Bryan Grenfell

    by Harvard University 1,229 views

    Bryan Grenfell, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University addressed biodiversity, ecology and global change with the Harvard University community and beyond.

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    Food Webs in River Networks with Mary Power

    by Harvard University 638 views

    Mary Power, Professor of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley addressed biodiversity, ecology and global change with the Harvard University community and beyond.

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    Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air with David MacKay

    by Harvard University 19,418 views

    David MacKay, Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK addressed energy issues at a macro and micro scale with the Harvard University community and beyond.

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    Energy Innovation at Scale with Steven Koonin

    by Harvard University 2,628 views

    Dr. Steven Koonin, Under Secretary for Science with the U.S. Department of Energy, addressed energy issues with the Harvard University community and beyond.

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    Books to Bench to Bedside Informatics for Autism Research

    by Harvard University 2,447 views

    May 31, 2006 - Isaac Kohane, Lawrence J. Henderson Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Health Sciences and Technology; Associate Professor of Medicine, HMS/Children's Hospital

    Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a socio-cognitive disorder which has a high (up to 1% by some estimates) prevalence in our society. More controversially, ASD is reported to be on the increase. Less controversially, ASD is known to have a strong inherited component as well as an environmental component. And yet, despite decades of research, precious little is understood about the causes of this disorder and existing therapies are often unsatisfactory. Notwithstanding, the genomic revolution offers the potential for some novel insights and therapies. The seminar will review the challenges and the solutions that computational approaches bring to a systematic understanding of ASD. The integrative role of computing in synthesizing insights from the genome, bibliome, imaging and other measurement modalities is reviewed and a broader role for computing in the investigation of complex diseases is proposed.

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    An Introduction to the Dataverse Network as an Infrastructure for Data Sharing

    by Harvard University 1,935 views

    December 10, 2007 -- Gary King, Harvard University

    We introduce a set of integrated developments in web application software, networking, data citation standards, and statistical methods designed to put some of the universe of data and data sharing practices on somewhat firmer ground. We have focused on social science data, but aspects of what we have developed may apply more widely. The idea is to facilitate the public distribution of persistent, authorized, and verifiable data, with powerful but easy-to-use technology, even when the data are confidential or proprietary. We intend to solve some of the sociological problems of data sharing via technological means, with the result intended to benefit both the scientific community and sometimes apparently contradictory goals of individual researchers.

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    Astronomy as I See It

    by Harvard University 1,871 views

    Alyssa Goodman, IIC Founding Director, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.

    Most scientists draw pictures to communicate their ideas to each other. Goodman's work on star formation, along with work in other fields, reveals that he seemingly qualitative world of pictures often leads to quantitative insight. This talk will tell how and why the Astronomical Medicine group at the IIC adapted medical imaging software for use on astronomical data, producing results encapsulated in the first interactive "3D PDF" published in Nature. The speaker will also discuss her continuing collaboration with Microsoft Research on the "WorldWide Telescope" and conclude with thoughts on general principles of data visualization, and how clarification of those principles helps both the public and scientists to learn more from scientific investigations.

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    CS50 / Week 0: Wednesday

    by Harvard University 75,967 views

    Introduction. Bits. Binary. ASCII. Programming. Algorithms. Scratch. Statements. Boolean expressions. Conditions. Loops. Variables. Threads. Events. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 2: Wednesday

    by Harvard University 6,539 views

    Functions, continued. Global variables. Parameters. Return values. Stack. Frames. Scope. Arrays. Strings. Command-line arguments. Cryptography. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory micro-aerial vehicle

    by Harvard University 16,846 views

    Thanks to research by Professor Robert Wood and members of the Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory, micro-aerial vehicles like this one, based on the anatomy of a fly, may one day go where humans can not. Seen here, a carbon-fiber wing, 15 millimeters long, whips forward and back 110 times per second, able to propel the fly upward. Future models could be used to detect signs of life in a disaster zone or explore hazardous environments.

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    CS50 / Week 12: Monday

    by Harvard University 15,338 views

    Exciting conclusion. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 11: Monday

    by Harvard University 3,682 views

    Guest lectures. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 10: Monday

    by Harvard University 4,036 views

    Preprocessing. Compiling. Assembling. Linking. CPUs. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 9: Wednesday

    by Harvard University 7,283 views

    CSS. Inheritance. JavaScript. Events, continued. Ajax. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 9: Monday

    by Harvard University 5,062 views

    CSS. Inheritance. JavaScript. Events, continued. Ajax. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 8: Wednesday

    by Harvard University 4,642 views

    HTTP. XHTML. PHP. SQL. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 8: Monday

    by Harvard University 4,996 views

    HTTP. XHTML. PHP. SQL. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 7: Wednesday

    by Harvard University 3,905 views

    Valgrind. Bitwise operators. Hash tables. Trees. Binary search trees. Tries. Huffman coding. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 7: Monday

    by Harvard University 4,363 views

    Valgrind. Bitwise operators. Hash tables. Trees. Binary search trees. Tries. Huffman coding. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 5: Wednesday

    by Harvard University 3,809 views

    File I/O. Forensics. Linked lists. Stacks. Queues. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 5: Monday

    by Harvard University 3,968 views

    File I/O. Forensics. Linked lists. Stacks. Queues. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 4: Wednesday

    by Harvard University 4,969 views

    Structures. Dynamic memory allocation. Stack and heap. Pointers. Debugging, continued. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 4: Monday

    by Harvard University 5,147 views

    Structures. Dynamic memory allocation. Stack and heap. Pointers. Debugging, continued. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 3: Wednesday

    by Harvard University 6,974 views

    Linear search. Binary search. Asymptotic notation. Recursion. Pseudorandomness. Bubble sort. Selection sort. Insertion sort. Merge sort. Debugging. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 3: Monday

    by Harvard University 6,547 views

    Linear search. Binary search. Asymptotic notation. Recursion. Pseudorandomness. Bubble sort. Selection sort. Insertion sort. Merge sort. Debugging. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 2: Monday

    by Harvard University 10,157 views

    Functions, continued. Global variables. Parameters. Return values. Stack. Frames. Scope. Arrays. Strings. Command-line arguments. Cryptography. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 1: Friday

    by Harvard University 15,586 views

    C. Source code. Compilers. Object code. SSH. SFTP. GCC. Functions. Comments. Standard output. Arithmetic operators. Precedence. Associativity. Local variables. Types. Casting. Standard input. Libraries. Boolean expressions, continued. Conditions, continued. Loops, continued. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 1: Wednesday

    by Harvard University 25,749 views

    C. Source code. Compilers. Object code. SSH. SFTP. GCC. Functions. Comments. Standard output. Arithmetic operators. Precedence. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    CS50 / Week 0: Friday

    by Harvard University 61,337 views

    Introduction. Bits. Binary. ASCII. Programming. Algorithms. Scratch. Statements. Boolean expressions. Conditions. Loops. Variables. Threads. Events. More at http://cs50.tv/.

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    Harvard Stem Cell Institute - Progress report

    by Harvard University 11,687 views

    Some of the most important recent advancements in stem cell research have roots at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute. Two of the principal researchers explain what's happening at HSCI and what the future holds.

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    Stem Cells: Mending a broken heart?

    by Harvard University 38,666 views

    Harvard stem cell researcher Kenneth Chien speaks about a cardiac stem cell discovery that may be the first step on the path to regenerating healthy heart muscle.

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    Sweeping for Thompson Island hoppers

    by Harvard University 3,538 views

    Education meets hands-on science as roughly 100 Harvard undergraduates fan out from beach to beach collecting insects for a new database of Harbor Island insect life.

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    Judah M. Folkman, MD

    by Harvard University 4,139 views

    In the early 1970s Folkman refined his theory that tumors have the capability to grow their own blood vessels, thereby obtaining the nourishment they need to keep growing in a body. Folkman never quit thinking about why this happens and how he might use that information to treat cancer patients.

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    E.O. Wilson, the "Ant man"

    by Harvard University 2,788 views

    Wilson reflects on insect societies, human society, and the importance of biodiversity.

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    Uta Frith | Autism: The First Fifty Years | Mind Brain Behavior Distinguished Lecture

    by Harvard University 620 views

    In the last 50 years, autism researchers have applied paradigms developed in experimental psychology and neuropsychology, and later cognitive neuroscience. An enduring question has been whether basic input or output levels of information processing, or central abstract levels provide explanations for the core signs and symptoms of autism. Although this question is still unresolved, it is clear that theories that attempt to prize open central cognitive processes can explain some of the most puzzling features of autism. Post-talk commentary by Steven Hyman.

    Date: April 24, 2013

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    Steven Pinker & Elizabeth Spelke | The Science of Gender & Science | Mind Brain Behavior Discussion

    by Harvard University 1,087 views

    The speakers discussed research on mind, brain, and behavior that may be relevant to gender disparities in the sciences, including the studies of gender bias, discrimination, and innate and acquired differences between the sexes.

    Date: April 22, 2013

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    Chris Frith | How the Brain Creates Culture | Mind Brain Behavior Distinguished Lecture

    by Harvard University 1,528 views

    The best way to learn about the world around us is to observe the behavior of others. We approach what others approach and avoid what others avoid. In many cases we are more influenced through what we learn from others than through what we learn through direct experience. Much of the knowledge we gain from observing others is implicit. It affects our behavior without our awareness. Post-talk commentary by Mahzarin Banaji.

    Date: April 25, 2013

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    Howard Gardner & Steven Pinker | Lives of the Mind | Mind Brain Behavior Conversation

    by Harvard University 4,754 views

    Organized by the Graduate Steering Committee of the Mind Brain Behavior Interfaculty Initiative.

    Date: April 16, 2013

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