Life from chaos

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Researchers use geometry and dynamics to better understand tissue organization.

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Shape-shifting of things to come

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Complex lattices that change in response to stimuli open a range of applications in electronics, robotics, medicin

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Protein Clumping Best Blocked Using Specific Compounds at Distinct Disease Stages, Model Suggests

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A mathematical model created to more effectively prevent protein clumping, widely thought to underlie diseases like Parkinson’s, found that different potential treatments work best at different disease stages

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Cutting into shape

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Mathematical framework turns any sheet of material into any shape using kirigami cuts

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Using math to help treat Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other diseases

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Insights into treatments for protein aggregation diseases from control theory and chemical kinetics

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Using origami memory to encode geometric information in floppy structures

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Researchers develop method to control the rigidity of structures through origami folds

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Shaking the swarm

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Researchers explore how bees collaborate to stabilize swarm clusters

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Simple curiosities compel scientist

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L. Mahadevan smiled at the question, which was: “What, exactly, do you do?” It is, on the surface, a simple question, but for Mahadevan the answer could lead many places. Or, maybe, that’s the answer, that Mahadevan, a 43-year-old professor at Harvard, studies seemingly simple, everyday questions,  “I am a wanderer, … and too curious […]

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