Engineering in harmony + enzyme atlas + age-friendly jobs

Biologists have mapped out more than 300 protein kinases and their targets, which they hope could yield new leads for cancer drugs.

Professor Nasser Rabbat’s new book explores the life and legacy of al-Maqrizi, Egypt’s most influential historian.

The assistant professor of mechanical engineering designs motor control components to heal wounds and animate “soft” robots.

Age-friendly jobs — which involve less physical exertion and more social and communication skills — are on the rise. But older workers don’t always benefit.

On a recent episode of “Shark Tank,” Amrita Saigal ’10 scored a $250,000 investment in her company, Kudos, which is focused on making disposable diapers from sustainable and natural materials. Saigal, who also founded a company called Saathi that makes sanitary napkins from banana peel fibers, notes she was inspired by seeing “just how much plastic we were putting into sanitary napkins and diapers.”

Professor of the practice Carlo Ratti and Harvard University Professor Edward Glaeser highlight a report by the “New” New York Panel aimed at reimagining New York City. “This is the moment to embrace the ‘New’ New York Panel’s three-pronged approach of reducing the unnecessary regulations that limit entrepreneurship, investing in New York’s children and creating exciting, safe, walkable streetscapes,” Ratti and Glaeser write.