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Research Spotlights
Soft robotic, wearable device improves walking for individual with Parkinson’s disease
January 5, 2024
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Coming together to engineer new treatments for serious diseases
October 26, 2023
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A look inside the Wyss machine shop
August 30, 2022
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New portable diagnostic detects SARS-CoV-2 RNA and antibodies at the same time
August 8, 2022
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Team builds first living robots—that can reproduce
November 29, 2021
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Wyss technology featured in New Museum art exhibit
September 21, 2021
Translation News
Pluto Biosciences launches from Harvard’s Wyss Institute to speed scientific discovery
August 16, 2021
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Dionis Minev on Using Crisscross Assembly for Diagnostics
April 21, 2021
Research Spotlights
Transforming circles into squares
April 14, 2021
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Planting the seed for DNA nanoconstructs that grow to the micron scale
March 23, 2021
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Deep learning takes on synthetic biology
October 7, 2020
Translation News
Harvard Wyss Institute’s nasal swab and toehold switch technologies licensed to Agile Biodetection to facilitate SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic efforts
October 5, 2020
Research Spotlights
Marine sponges inspire the next generation of skyscrapers and bridges
September 21, 2020
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Cutting surgical robots down to size
August 25, 2020
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Seven million face shields and counting
August 13, 2020
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Robotic textiles are fueled up and take action
July 2, 2020
Research Spotlights
Next-generation cockroach-inspired robot is small but mighty
June 3, 2020
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How a friendship in the lab led to face shields in the hospital
May 26, 2020
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Harvard researchers deliver hundreds of face shields to frontline medical personnel
May 18, 2020
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Soft robotic exosuit makes stroke survivors walk faster and farther
May 11, 2020
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Wyss-designed swabs enter human trials for COVID-19
April 28, 2020
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cSNAP: Air conditioning that cools people and the planet
April 22, 2020
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Diana Wagner on Bringing the Art and Function of Apparel Design to Wearable Robotics
February 27, 2020
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Soft robotic glove gets thumbs-up from rehab experts
December 18, 2019
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Multimaterial 3D printing manufactures complex objects, fast
November 13, 2019
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Wyss Institute roboticists win NASA award for developing smart deep-space habitats
October 28, 2019
Research Spotlights
Shape-shifting structures take the form of a face
October 2, 2019
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Self-folding “Rollbot” paves the way for fully untethered soft robots
August 21, 2019
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Suit up with a robot to walk AND run more easily
August 15, 2019
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Wyss Institute Faculty Curate “Selects” Exhibition at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
July 9, 2019
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The RoboBee flies solo
June 26, 2019
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Pistons are muscling up
June 6, 2019
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Saving the Planet with Robots, Microbes, and Nanotechnology
June 5, 2019
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Organ Chips Featured at Barbican Centre in London
May 16, 2019
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Blurring the Line Between Science, Art, and Design
May 10, 2019
Awards
Joanna Aizenberg elected to National Academy of Sciences
May 3, 2019
Community
Dorothy Orzel on Functional Apparel Design
March 19, 2019
Awards
Joanna Aizenberg elected member of National Academy of Engineering
February 12, 2019
Research Spotlights
Fewer steps in the lab, one more leap for organs-on-chips
October 29, 2018
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“Spanning the divide” between science and art
October 22, 2018
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9th Annual Wyss International Symposium: Molecular Robotics
September 28, 2018
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Multi-joint, personalized soft exosuit breaks new ground
September 17, 2018
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Soft multi-functional robots get really small
August 6, 2018
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BioBits: new biology kits for a new generation of kids
August 1, 2018
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Studying aliens of the deep
July 18, 2018
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Next-generation robotic cockroach can explore under water environments
July 2, 2018
Research Spotlights
Robot transitions from soft to rigid
May 1, 2018
Awards
Wyss team wins top prize for wearable synthetic biology sensors
April 2, 2018
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The “architecture of life” described by computer modeling
March 8, 2018
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Snake-inspired robot uses kirigami to move
February 23, 2018
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Katia Bertoldi and Ting Wu Join The Wyss Institute
February 21, 2018
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Small but fast: a miniaturized origami-inspired robot combines micrometer precision with high speed
January 17, 2018
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New RoboBee flies, dives, swims, and explodes out the of water
October 25, 2017
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Art advancing science at the nanoscale
October 18, 2017
Research Spotlights
Shaping animal, vegetable and mineral
October 16, 2017
Community
Symposium on Therapeutic Organ Engineering
September 26, 2017
Translation News
Harvard’s Wyss Institute launches Root Robotics, an educational startup to get anyone coding
August 8, 2017
Research Spotlights
Smaller, smarter, softer robotic arm for endoscopic surgery
August 2, 2017
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Post-stroke patients reach terra firma with Wyss Institute’s exosuit technology
July 26, 2017
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Soft and stretchy fabric-based sensors for wearable robots
July 12, 2017
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Soft Exosuits for Neurorehabilitation Study
July 1, 2018
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Warrior Web Exosuit Study
July 1, 2018
Translation News
FDA to evaluate Organs-on-Chips
April 11, 2017
Research Spotlights
Sculpting optical microstructures with slight changes in chemistry
March 30, 2017
Awards
Zika diagnostic named finalist for the Katerva Award
March 24, 2017
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Mimicking nature’s cellular architectures via 3D printing
February 6, 2017
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Soft exosuit economies: understanding the costs of lightening the load
January 18, 2017
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A toolkit for transformable materials: How to design materials with reprogrammable shape and function
January 10, 2017
Awards
Wyss Core Faculty member Conor Walsh wins Rolex Award for mobility-enhancing soft exosuit
November 16, 2016
Research Spotlights
‘Bacterial builders’ produce functional biomaterials
November 8, 2016
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+ultra. gestaltung creates knowledge
November 4, 2016
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Launching the field of Biologically Inspired Engineering
October 18, 2016
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Self Assembly: Nature’s Design Principle
October 18, 2016
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A step forward in building functional human tissues
October 11, 2016
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An unobstructed view into the human body
September 26, 2016
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The first autonomous, entirely soft robot
August 24, 2016
Translation News
Shimmer partners with Harvard’s Wyss Institute to advance the field of remote patient monitoring using wearable sensing technology
June 13, 2016
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Soft exosuit improves walking economy in its wearers
June 7, 2016
Research Spotlights
Bionic breakthrough
June 2, 2016
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Designer & Inventor Chuck Hoberman Appointed Pierce Anderson Lecturer in Design Engineering at Harvard GSD
June 1, 2016
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Finding Zika one paper disc at a time
May 26, 2016
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Using static electricity, RoboBees cling to surface
May 19, 2016
Translation News
Wyss Institute collaborates with ReWalk Robotics to develop wearable exosuits for patients with limited mobility
May 17, 2016
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Printing metal in midair
May 16, 2016
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Self-actuating materials
March 14, 2016
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Pulling water from thin air
February 24, 2016
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Fluorescent biosensors light up high-throughput metabolic engineering
February 17, 2016
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Biosensors on demand
February 9, 2016
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Sensing the future of molecule detection
January 27, 2016
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Novel 4D printing method blossoms from botanical inspiration
January 25, 2016
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Squishy robot fingers aid deep sea exploration
January 20, 2016
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Two Wyss Institute core faculty named 2015 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine
December 23, 2015
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Modeling COPD and asthma in a human small airway-on-a-chip
December 21, 2015
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Two of Harvard’s Wyss Institute core faculty members elected as Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
December 15, 2015
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A cultural revolution in the study of the gut microbiome
December 14, 2015
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The Wyss Institute and the KeepSmilin4Abbie Foundation join forces towards early detection and treatment of anaphylaxis
December 7, 2015
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Effectiveness of infant apnea prevention technology demonstrated in clinical trial
November 23, 2015
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Gene drive reversibility introduces new layer of biosafety
November 16, 2015
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New frontiers in 3D printing
September 21, 2015
Research Spotlights
Termite mounds could inspire new ideas for sustainable building ventilation
August 31, 2015
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Bioinspired Robotics: Softer, Smarter, Safer
August 4, 2015
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New biosensors for managing microbial workers
August 4, 2015
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Safeguarding Gene Drives
July 30, 2015
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Robotic insect mimics Nature’s extreme moves
July 30, 2015
Translation News
Wyss software licensed for hospital bedside data collection
July 22, 2015
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Preservation through design
July 17, 2015
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A jump for soft-bodied robots
July 9, 2015
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Pop-Up Challenge: Help Revolutionize Pop-Up Robotics
June 22, 2015
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Human organs-on-chips named Design of the Year 2015
June 22, 2015
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Emulate Announces Strategic Collaboration with Johnson & Johnson Innovation to Use Organs-on-Chips Platform to Better Predict Human Response in Drug Development Process
June 18, 2015
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Re-booting the human gut
June 16, 2015
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Organs-on-Chips return to the TEDx stage
June 9, 2015
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Soft robotic glove puts control in the grasp of hand-impaired patients
June 4, 2015
Research Spotlights
The Future of Civilian Drones
May 28, 2015
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Jennifer Lewis is one of 2015’s Most Creative People in Business
May 11, 2015
Research Spotlights
Glass sponges hold internal secrets to structural strength
April 16, 2015
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Conor Walsh receives NSF CAREER award
March 25, 2015
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Fluid-filled pores separate materials with fine precision
March 5, 2015
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Organs-on-Chips acquired by MoMA
March 4, 2015
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Organs-on-chips secure a bid for Design of the Year 2015
February 19, 2015
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Novel non-stick material joins portfolio of slippery surface technologies
February 10, 2015
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Bionic leaf uses bacteria to convert solar energy into liquid fuel
February 9, 2015
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Bacteria programmed to churn out valuable chemicals
December 23, 2014
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Radhika Nagpal, expert on swarm robotics, celebrated among “Nature’s 10”
December 18, 2014
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Harvard’s Wyss Institute welcomes Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a new collaborating institution
December 3, 2014
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Computer model sets new precedent in drug discovery
November 18, 2014
Translation News
Wyss Institute launches ‘SLIPS’ company
October 29, 2014
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Study Shows Vibrating Insoles Could Reduce Falls Among Seniors
October 28, 2014
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Synthetic biology on ordinary paper, results off the page
October 23, 2014
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Toehold Switches
October 19, 2014
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DNA nano-foundries cast custom-shaped metal nanoparticles
October 9, 2014
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Blood-cleansing biospleen device developed for sepsis therapy
September 14, 2014
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Harvard’s Wyss Institute awarded DARPA contract to further develop Soft Exosuit
September 11, 2014
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A self-organizing thousand-robot swarm
August 14, 2014
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Tuning into the sun
August 14, 2014
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Robot folds itself up and walks away
August 7, 2014
Translation News
Wyss Institute’s technology translation engine launches ‘Organs-on-Chips’ company
July 28, 2014
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A new genome editing strategy offers potential way to control spread of insect-borne disease and invasive species
July 17, 2014
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Carbon-fiber epoxy honeycombs mimic the material performance of balsa wood
June 25, 2014
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Patient stem cells used to make ‘heart disease-on-a-chip’
May 12, 2014
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Wyss Institute Core Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
April 30, 2014
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Wyss Institute Core Faculty member Joanna Aizenberg elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
April 24, 2014
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Bacterial reporters that get the scoop
March 17, 2014
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Roomy Cages Built From DNA
March 13, 2014
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New shrinking gel steers tooth tissue formation
March 5, 2014
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Manufacturing a solution to planet-clogging plastics
March 3, 2014
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Artificial muscles that do the twist
February 26, 2014
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Robotic construction crew needs no foreman
February 13, 2014
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Getting a charge from changes in humidity
January 27, 2014
Translation News
Harvard’s Wyss Institute and AstraZeneca Announce Collaboration on Organs-on-Chips for Drug Safety Testing
October 16, 2013
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Programmable glue made of DNA directs tiny gel bricks to self-assemble
September 9, 2013
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Harvard’s Wyss Institute to use ‘Organ-on-a-Chip’ microdevices to evaluate therapies for lethal radiation exposure
August 12, 2013
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New coating turns ordinary glass into superglass
August 2, 2013
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Lifelike cooling for sunbaked windows
July 30, 2013
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Watermark Ink device (W-INK) wins R&D 100 Award
July 8, 2013
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Printing Tiny Batteries
June 18, 2013
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Beautiful “flowers” self-assemble in a beaker
May 16, 2013
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Robotic insects make first controlled flight
May 2, 2013
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Cry me a river of possibility: Scientists design new adaptive material inspired by tears
April 8, 2013
Translation News
Wyss Institute and Sony DADC Announce Collaboration on Organs-on-Chips
March 18, 2013
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Wyss Institute’s Lung-on-a-Chip wins prize for potentially reducing need for animal testing
February 26, 2013
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Jennifer A. Lewis, pioneer in 3D printing and bioinspired materials, joins Harvard faculty
January 10, 2013
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Wyss Institute Models a Human Disease in an Organ-on-a-Chip
November 7, 2012
Awards
Wyss Website Wins W3 Design Award
September 22, 2012
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Artificial jellyfish swims in a heartbeat
July 22, 2012
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Imaginary Beings: James Weaver’s Electron Micrographs on Display in Paris
June 1, 2012
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Harvard’s Wyss Institute Creates Living Human Gut-on-a-Chip
March 27, 2012
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In new mass-production technique, robotic insects spring to life
February 15, 2012
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Wyss Institute Founding Director Donald Ingber Receives 2011 Holst Medal
December 16, 2011
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Buildings Inspired by Nature: Inventing the Future Built Environment
October 11, 2011
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Harvard’s Wyss Institute Receives Multiple Honors for Innovative Organ-on-Chip Technologies
March 11, 2011
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Wyss Institute Experts to Share Cutting-Edge Research in Bio-inspired Building Materials at International Architecture Symposium
March 2, 2011
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Researchers create self-assembling nanodevices that move and change shape on demand
June 20, 2010
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