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When it rains, it poursJennifer Chu, MIT News Office September 17, 2012 Study estimates rate of intensification of extreme tropical rainfall with global warming.
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Probing matters of the heartAnne Trafton September 14, 2012 New study of stem cell differentiation could help researchers better understand the genetic basis of heart disease.
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In profile: Chris ZegrasPeter Dizikes, MIT News Office September 13, 2012 MIT urban planner builds tools that help designers make cities cleaner and greener.
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How to clean up oil spillsLarry Hardesty, MIT News Office September 12, 2012 MIT researchers devise a surprisingly simple but effective method for magnetically separating oil and water.
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Preview of an inaugurationJennifer Chu, MIT News Office September 12, 2012 In addition to marking the beginning of L. Rafael Reif’s term as MIT’s 17th president, the festivities will celebrate the MIT community’s ethic of service.
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Q&A: Junot Díaz on his new bookPeter Dizikes, MIT News Office September 11, 2012 The MIT professor and Pulitzer-winning writer talks about the people and ideas in his newest work, This Is How You Lose Her — and explains why women form a big part of his core audience.
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Deciphering the language of transcription factorsLarry Hardesty, MIT News Office September 10, 2012 A new method identifies the precise binding sites of transcription factors — proteins that regulate the production of other proteins — with 10 times the accuracy of its predecessors.
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Mapping neurological diseaseHelen Knight, MIT News correspondent September 5, 2012 New algorithm can analyze information from medical images to identify diseased areas of the brain and connections with other regions.
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Understanding gambling addictionPeter Dizikes, MIT News Office September 4, 2012 For machine gamblers, it’s not whether they win or lose — it’s how much they play the game.
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Making Web applications more efficientLarry Hardesty, MIT News Office August 31, 2012 A new system that automatically streamlines database access patterns can make large Web applications up to three times as fast.
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A one-way street for spinning atomsAugust 30, 2012 Work correlating ultracold atoms’ spin with their direction of motion may help physicists model new circuit devices and unusual phases of matter.
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