Advertisement

Science

Lab Rat: Cher Heang "Shawn" Low '11
Science

A Ticking Biological Clock

For Shawn Low ’11, time is of the essence.

Science

Our Carbon Footprint

In July 2008, University President Drew G. Faust challenged Harvard to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent from the 2006 baseline level within the next decade.

On Campus

Today in Photos (04/23/10)

Research

Lab Rat: Cher Heang "Shawn" Low '11

Research

Image

Low gives Crimson reporters a tour of Professor Erin K. O'Shea's lab, starting with his own workbench, where he has been conducting experiments on the body's internal clock proteins.

Student Life

Image

Low shows off the pipetting robot Professor Erin O'Shea's lab, where he has worked since fall semester of his freshman year.

Student Life

Image

Cher Heang ("Shawn") Low '11 presented his thesis on the effects of temperature on the body's internal clock proteins Monday night. Though he is only a junior, Low has already completed a thesis.

Student Life

Image

Cher Heang ("Shawn") Low '11 tests himself for radioactivity before leaving the radioactive "hot bench" in his lab. Low has already finished his research thesis.

Science

Physicist’s Stolen Nobel Still Missing

Though the man responsible for breaking into the home of Harvard Physics Professor Roy J. Glauber ’45 was arrested on ...

Student Groups

Myth Busters Defend Logic

Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman—famous for blowing things up and testing popular myths on their show “MythBusters”—were honored for their work in propagating humanist values Friday evening by the Harvard Secular Society and the Harvard Humanist Chaplaincy.

Science

Panelists Talk Science, Ethics

Mixing DNA and Descartes, the panel discussed how developments in evolutionary biology and the mind sciences should be applied to law, philosophy, and economics.

Research

Diabetes Treatment Advances with Trial of Artificial Pancreas

A group of Massachusetts researchers has successfully completed the first run of human trials of the latest artificial pancreas design—a development that will free type 1 diabetics from relying on daily insulin injections.

School of Public Health

Risk Factors Affect Life Expectancy Disparities, HSPH Researchers Say

Life expectancy disparities among people of different socio-economic, geographic, and racial backgrounds can be explained by different modifiable habits and health issues, researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health reported last month.

Research

Harvard To Institute Research Ethics Training

Harvard has instituted a new policy that requires all science students conducting research to receive ethics training, University officials say.

Lab Rat of the Week: Vijay Jain '11
Science

Lab Rat of the Week: Vijay Jain '11

Vijay Jain ’11 has found a medium in which he can combine his two loves, chemistry and physics.

Advertisement