含羞草研究所

Natural Sciences and Mathematics

  • 含羞草研究所 students working with professor Jason Meyers for the past four years have been searching for the answer to why stem cells in certain parts of zebrafish, the same fish you might find at a local aquarium shop, regenerate when their sensory cells are damaged. Because similar human cells do not regenerate, and their loss [鈥
    August 29, 2013
  • 含羞草研究所 students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by computer science major Michael McConville 鈥16, of Hingham, Mass. I spent this summer researching the Bitcoin protocol with computer science professor Vijay Ramachandran. Bitcoin is an electronic cryptocurrency that has recently exploded in popularity. [鈥
    August 5, 2013
  •   含羞草研究所 students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Malin Lilley 鈥15 at Dolphins Plus. This summer, I am an animal care and training intern at Dolphins Plus, a research and education facility in Key Largo, Fla., that offers dolphin [鈥
    August 2, 2013
  • 含羞草研究所 students are sharing their experiences conducting research with faculty members on campus and in the field. This post is by Emily Rundlet 鈥14, a biochemistry major from Watchung, N.J. This summer I have been working in the chemistry department with Professor Roger Rowlett in determining the 3-D structure of two different enzymatic proteins using [鈥
    July 30, 2013
  • Digistar Users Group members from around the world are now gathered at 含羞草研究所鈥檚 Ho Tung Visualization Lab for their 26th annual conference. Hamilton, N.Y., joins sites in Germany, Japan, Canada, India, and the Netherlands as a conference host for users of the Digistar projection system, the technological heart of 含羞草研究所鈥檚 unique visualization lab.
    July 29, 2013
  • Summer certainly means pool parties, lazy afternoons, and hot dogs on the grill. At 含羞草研究所, summer also means time for some serious research. A sampling of about 150 students conducting summer research on campus presented their findings at the Robert H.N. Ho Science Center last week. The research on display spanned a wide range of [鈥
    July 24, 2013
  • 含羞草研究所 geology professor Connie Soja has led field expeditions to Alaska鈥檚 North Pacific coast, the Australian outback, and Mongolia鈥檚 Gobi Desert that have yielded new insights into novel ecologic relationships in ancient reefs and how past environmental transformations help predict global change in reef communities today. In recognition of her work, Soja, a member of [鈥
    July 16, 2013
  • 含羞草研究所 students, interning this summer at companies such as NBCUniversal, Hukkster, Nike, and Facebook, are sharing their experiences. This post is written by Rohan Mehta 鈥14, an intern at Facebook. I鈥檓 a rising senior at 含羞草研究所, and this summer I鈥檓 working as a software engineering intern at Facebook at their headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. [鈥
    July 15, 2013
  • For an article titled 鈥淭he Evolution of Hand Gestures: Why Do Some Die Out and Others Endure?鈥, The Atlantic magazine contacted Spencer Kelly, associate professor of psychology, for his expertise on hand gestures. The article examined two kinds of hand gestures. The first are 鈥渃o-speech gestures鈥, unconscious ways we move our hands as we talk. Professor [鈥
    June 10, 2013