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Footwear’s (carbon) footprint
Study finds the bulk of shoes’ carbon footprint comes from manufacturing processes.
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Evaluating a new way to open clogged arteries
Computational model offers insight into mechanisms of drug-coated balloons.
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Planes, trains and automobiles: faster, stronger, lighter
New technique advances carbon-fiber composites.
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Stacking 2-D materials produces surprising results
New experiments reveal previously unseen effects, could lead to new kinds of electronics and optical devices.
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Nanotechnology could help fight diabetes
Injectable nanogel can monitor blood-sugar levels and secrete insulin when needed.
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Making frequency-hopping radios practical
New hardware could lead to wireless devices that identify and exploit unused transmission frequencies, using radio spectrum much more efficiently.
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Study IDs key protein for cell death
Findings may offer a new way to kill cancer cells by forcing them into an alternative programmed-death pathway.
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Potential flu pandemic lurks
MIT study identifies influenza viruses circulating in pigs and birds that could pose a risk to humans.
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Dust in the clouds
Cirrus clouds form around mineral dust and metallic particles, study finds.
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Study shows that people organize daily travel efficiently
A population-level study discovers small-scale details about individuals’ choices.
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Inventors honored for bringing life-saving health solutions to the developing world
Drs. Rebecca Richards-Kortum and Maria Oden Win $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation for Inventions Developed in Collaboration with University Students
MIT student inventor Nikolai Begg receives Lemelson-MIT student prize
$30,000 Lemelson-MIT collegiate student prizes awarded to inventive students at three leading universities
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams selected from national pool of student applicants
16 high school teams awarded up to $10,000 in grants to bring invention ideas to life.
MIT student inventor Miles C. Barr receives Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
$30,000 Lemelson-MIT Collegiate Student Prizes awarded to inventive students at three leading universities.
MIT’s financial aid budget will rise more sharply than tuition next year
Undergraduate financial aid increase of 4.7 percent will cushion 3.25 percent increase in tuition.
MIT’s Education Arcade uses online gaming to teach science
$3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund development
$26.5 million Simons gift to catalyze autism research at MIT
Creates the Simons Center for the Social Brain
Michael W. Howard ’86 named vice president for finance
MIT alumnus brings 20 years of experience at Fidelity, Deloitte.
Martin (1958) Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship dedicated
Newly named and redesigned center to foster entrepreneurship at the school and around the world
Materials research in the Information Age
MIT, Lawrence Berkeley launch new tool to calculate properties of new materials
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