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MIT Portugal students win entrepreneurship competitionResearchers and students from the MIT Portugal Program hope a new biotechnology they developed will help treat patients with medical complications from abnormal protein breakdown. July 23, 2008 MIT students help cities plan for changing climateTen graduate students from MIT recently spent three weeks in Durban, South Africa, working on a project to develop an online tool that could help municipal governments around the world adapt to a changing climate. July 22, 2008 MIT Global Startup Workshop conference to be held in AfricaThe MIT Global Startup Workshop announced Monday that it will be holding its 12th annual conference in Cape Town, South Africa, from March 25-27, 2009, focusing on fostering sustainable ventures in developing regions. July 15, 2008 Conference looks to Sichuan's future after quakeAn MIT-organized conference this week in Beijing represents the first major international academic gathering dedicated to assisting Chinese leaders with post-disaster planning issues following May's devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake. July 14, 2008 A hands-on approach to Third World aidAbout 60 people from 20 nations will descend on the MIT campus next week to begin an intensive month-long process of creating technological solutions for the needs of people in the world's developing nations. July 10, 2008 Simple insulation could combat heat, cold and noiseAround the world, an estimated one billion people--mostly in rural villages and the shanty towns surrounding developing-world cities--live in houses whose roofs are nothing more than thin sheets of corrugated metal. July 1, 2008 Front-row seat for summer's physics extravaganzaNearly 20 years in the making, the largest particle accelerator in the world will start running in Switzerland this summer, offering scientists a glimpse of particles that have never been seen before. July 1, 2008 Ex-CENTCOM commander joins MIT Center for International StudiesAdmiral William J. Fallon will join the MIT Center for International Studies as a Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow. Admiral Fallon, former commander of U.S. Central Command and U.S. Pacific Command, will make the Center his academic home for nine months. June 19, 2008 |
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