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NoMachine NX4 is Production Ready

July 31, 2014

HMDC is happy to announce that our NoMachine NX4 infrastructure has matured into a production-ready product. Administrators and support staff from the HMDC Operations team will begin migrating users individually from NX3 to a modern NX4 based desktop. 

The Research Computing Environment (RCE), powered by NoMachine NX4, provides exciting new features:

  • Share any locally or network connected printer device...
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Wyss Institute’s organs-on-chips develops into new company

Wyss Institute’s organs-on-chips develops into new company

July 29, 2014

In order to accelerate the development of new pharmaceuticals, Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering announced that its human organs-on-chips technology will be commercialized by a newly formed private company.

The announcement on Monday followed a worldwide license agreement between Harvard’s Office of Technology Development (OTD) and the startup Emulate Inc. The agreement, relating to the use of the institute’s automated human organs-on-chips platform, includes not only pharmaceuticals, but chemical, cosmetic, and personalized medicine products...

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White House Says Delays in Curbing Greenhouse-Gas Emissions May Cost Billions

July 29, 2014

[The Washington Post ]...Robert N. Stavins, director of the Harvard Environmental Economics Program, noted that the damage associated with climate change would be disproportionately borne by developing countries vulnerable to rising sea levels, drought and other impacts, so that the damage to the U.S. economy would be less than $150 billion.

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New treatment for depression shows immediate results

New treatment for depression shows immediate results

July 28, 2014

Individuals with major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder who receive low-field magnetic stimulation (LFMS) show immediate and substantial mood improvement, McLean Hospital researchers report in the Aug. 1 issue of Biological Psychiatry.

“LFMS is unlike any current treatment. It uses magnetic fields that are a fraction of the strength but at a higher frequency than the electromagnetic fields used in TMS [transcranial magnetic stimulation] and ECT [electroconvulsive...

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A virtual analysis

A virtual analysis

July 28, 2014

A new analysis of four blended-format courses taught last fall offers practical guidance for faculty members interested in fresh pedagogical approaches.

The pilot study led by the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning and released today after months of checks and balances showed that students responded most to lesson structure and execution, placed a premium on person-to-person interaction, and found redundancies between in-class and online instruction.

A related report from the...

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Heather Shattuck-Heidorn awarded the Harvard Global Health Institute Fellowship

July 28, 2014

HEB graduate student Heather Shattuck-Heidorn was one of nine recipients of the Harvard Global Health Institute Planning and Research Fellowship, awarded in July 2014. The Fellowship provides $25,000 in funding for Harvard graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and Harvard-affiliated clinical trainees from across the University to support innovative research in global health.

Heather's research focuses on understanding how the early life pathogen and nutritional...

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