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Harvard technology provides early boost to Mass. COVID testing

Harvard technology provides early boost to Mass. COVID testing

March 31, 2020

This is part of our Coronavirus Update series in which Harvard specialists in epidemiology, infectious disease, economics, politics, and other disciplines offer insights into what the latest developments in the COVID-19 outbreak may bring.

As Massachusetts rapidly ramps up COVID-19 testing, a technology born in the lab of Harvard AIDS pioneer Max Essex and nurtured by entrepreneurship resources on campus has...

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In clinical study, blood test can detect range of cancers

March 31, 2020

Editor’s Note: Enrollment in the PATHFINDER study is temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In a study involving thousands of participants, a new blood test detected more than 50 types of cancer as well as their location within the body with a high degree of accuracy, according to an international team of researchers led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a Harvard affiliate, and the Mayo Clinic.

The results, published online today by the...

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COVID-19 FAQs for WGS Students

March 31, 2020

The following questions and answers are intended to provide guidance to undergraduate students enrolled in WGS courses during the Spring 2020 COVID-19 outbreak. 

May I receive a letter grade for my Spring 2020 WGS courses? 

No. The College has instituted Emergency Sat/Emergency Unsat (SEM/UEM) grading for all undergraduate courses during Spring 2020. Read more about the new policy here.  

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figure 1 from the article: Phase diagram of the 2D Rydberg Hamiltonian

Phases of a Two-Dimensional Rydberg Atom Array

March 31, 2020

The ability to fully control coherent quantum many-body systems is an exciting and rapidly developing frontier. Besides quantum information processing, controlled many-body systems can enable new insights into strongly correlated phases of matter. On this front, arrays of neutral atoms trapped in optical tweezers and interacting via controlled excitations into atomic Rydberg states provide an especially promising platform. In fact, their particular properties have allowed for the programmable realization and high-fidelity manipulation of a wide range of effective interacting spin models...

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Important U.S. Elections Information

March 31, 2020

The Harvard Votes Challenge team wishes everyone health and safety during this difficult time. Now, more than ever, it is imperative that we keep our democracy strong.

COVID-19 Guidance

Given recent Harvard University policies requiring undergraduate students to vacate on-campus housing and switching to remote learning as a response to COVID-19, students and other Harvard community members who have moved may...

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