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Artificial muscles do the twist

Artificial muscles do the twist

February 26, 2014

In 3D, healthy hearts do their own version of the twist. Rather than a simple pumping action, they circulate blood as if they were wringing a towel. The bottom of the heart twists as it contracts in a counterclockwise direction while the top twists clockwise. Scientists call this the left ventricular twist, and it can be used as an indicator of heart health.

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Project Manager Hired

February 26, 2014

Kristen Confalone has been hired as the Project Manager for the Boston project. Her email address is kristen_confalone@harvard.edu please feel free to contact her with questions or concerns regarding NDSR Boston.

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New Blogger: Klaudia!

February 25, 2014

We are very excited to welcome Klaudia to the HSSPA blog! She will write about her experiences in Cambridge as well as a variety of other topics. Here’s a little bit about Klaudia, in her own words.

Although I come from Slovakia I currently reside in Cambridge Massachusetts. I am a member and a blogger for the Harvard Students’ Spouses and Partners Association (HSSPA). I quit Medical School once I realized that Business was more my cup of coffee; something where I see myself in the future. Before I moved to the US I worked as a Business Development Manager in a Personal...

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Announcing the 2014 Cooperative Congressional Election Study

February 25, 2014

There is power in numbers. Starting in 2006, a consortium of 39 universities came together to create the Cooperative Congressional Election Study, the first truly large-scale academic survey project aimed at studying the midterm Congressional elections. The study has continued every year thereafter, and continues to involve teams of researchers from across the country. Our joint efforts have produced national sample surveys in every federal election since, including 55,000 person samples in 2010 and 2012. Professor Stephen Ansolabehere of Harvard University coordinates the CCES and the...

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Public Talk: 50 year anniversary for the discovery of the cosmic microwave background

Public Talk: 50 year anniversary for the discovery of the cosmic microwave background

February 24, 2014
Thursday February 18, 2014 there were four short presentations celebrating the 50 years anniversary for the discovery of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) as evidence for the Big Bang. The event took place at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and featured Alan Guth (inflation), Bob Wilson (co-discoverer of the CMB), Bob Kirshner (cosmic acceleration), and Avi Loeb (future of the universe).