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Salil Vadhan named Simons Investigator

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Meet a physician-scientist: Rameen Beroukhim

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The trouble with Kepler

A malfunction aboard NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has jeopardized what has been one of the agency’s highest-profile missions, one that has revealed a galaxy rich with planets. The Gazette talked to Astronomy Professor Dimitar Sasselov, one of the mission’s principal investigators, about the implications. Read More…

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Beautiful "flowers" self-assemble in a beaker

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‘Brainbow,’ version 2.0

Led by Joshua Sanes and Jeff Lichtman, a group of Harvard researchers has made a host of technical improvements in the “Brainbow” imaging technique. Read More…

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