Slippery surfaces, algicides, cell scaffolds and more.

A molecule isolated from sea sponges and synthesized at Harvard can halt the growth of cancerous cells.

Harvard materials scientists and chemists develop a rechargeable battery to power a home from rooftop solar panels.

Professors Charles Lieber, Andrew Myers, Sunney Xie, Frank Sacks, Stuart Schreiber, Suzanne Walker, Roy Gordon, and George Whitesides were among the faculty members issued U.S. patents this August.