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Harvard researchers have successfully constructed an essential cellular component responsible for synthesizing proteins—a discovery that marks a major stride towards creating artificial life, according to the lead investigator behind the project...
Even before the financial and home foreclosure crisis hit full stride, the number of homeless children in America had reached an alarming level. The National Center on Family Homelessness released a report today that estimates that one in every 50 American children was homeless between 2005 and 2006. That totals roughly 1.5 million kids. While the center provided no previous statistic to compare against that figure, a study conducted with different measures published in 2000 put the total at 1.35 million children living in homelessness each year. The numbers are likely to get worse as the economy continues to decline...
...biggest event of the weekend will take place when the Harvard women’s hockey team hosts the ECAC finals against RPI for a chance to go to the NCAA tournament. After beginning the season unremarkably, the Crimson women have hit their stride and will look to ride the strong play of tri-captain Sarah Vaillancourt to another Frozen Four birth. The puck drops Saturday at 1:00 p.m., while other semifinalists Dartmouth and St. Lawrence will battle at 4:00 p.m. The champion will be crowned after Sunday’s 2:00 p.m. matchup between the winners...
...just as Stack-Babich was beginning to hit his stride on the Cape, another injury forced him to take a big step back. This time—warning: not for the faint of heart—his left thumb folded all the way back during a diving play in the outfield...
...well-executed transition play from its top offensive line at the midway point of the frame.Sophomore Katharine Chute skated up the middle of the ice, and flipped the puck back to Vaillancourt, who was charging behind her. Vaillancourt made a perfect pass to Brine, who took the puck in stride and lifted it into the top center of the net to put Harvard up, 3-0.But in the game’s early stages, the Crimson didn’t play like the heavily-favored ECAC regular-season champion it is. In fact, it was the eighth-seeded...