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An artist's impression of the hottest tango in the universe. The remnants of a star, now really a donut-shaped ring or torus, spin around a rotating black hole in a sort of cosmic tango. The black hole leads its passive torus-partner around, feeding it energy through the many magnetic field lines entangling the two cosmic bodies like entwined arms. The torus in t...

Tango between black hole and star remnant may explain cosmic explosion

February 21, 2002

MIT facts meet fiction in 'A Beautiful Mind'

February 13, 2002

MIT plays supporting role in Oscar-winning 'Beautiful Mind'

February 12, 2002

MIT plays supporting role in Oscar-winning 'Beautiful Mind'

February 12, 2002

Freshman subject in EAPS presents problems with no easy answers

December 19, 2001

Professor of Physics John W. Belcher (second from left) surveys an experiment in the new interactive TEAL classroom being done by (left to right) freshman Bernardo Zacka, mechanical engineering sophomore Matthew Socks and mathematics sophomore John Gonzalez.

New classrooms offer high-tech education in physics, mechanical engineering

December 12, 2001

Lemelson-MIT Student Prize applications due Jan. 11

December 12, 2001

Magali Souriau, as she appears on the cover of the Magali Souriau Orchestra's CD "Birdland Sessions." Souriau will perform with the Festival Jazz Ensemble on Dec. 14.

Thelonius Monk to be celebrated by jazz ensemble and guest pianist

December 12, 2001

Residential research university will prosper, Vest writes

December 12, 2001

Sutton to direct National Space Biomedical Research Institute

December 12, 2001

New Neiterman award will recognize achievers in IT

December 5, 2001

Lecturer Susan Murcott and graduate student Jason Low of civil and environmental engineering survey microbial colonies in a dish from one of the water filtration techniques they are examining for potential use in Nepal.

Project strives for clean drinking water in Nepal

December 5, 2001

Advertisers marketing 'coolness' and 'liberation,' speaker says

November 28, 2001

Winning team members Dora Sosnowik (left) and Shira Billet, both seniors at Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls in Hewlett Bay Park, N.Y., chat with keynote speaker Eric Lander, director of the Whitehead Institute's Center for Genome Research and professor of biology, at the New England regional Siemens Westinghouse Science & Technology Competition. Sosnowik and Billet developed a precise ...

High-schoolers face off in national sci-tech contest at MIT

November 7, 2001

Left to right: Professors Ezra Vogel of Harvard, Edward Steinfeld of MIT and Yasheng Huang of Harvard responded to Professor Lester Thurow's comments on China's economy during the Oct. 17 panel discussion sponsored by the Stratton Lecture on Critical Issues.

Observers debate China's economy: market or controlled?

October 24, 2001

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Tango between black hole and star remnant may explain cosmic explosion

MIT facts meet fiction in 'A Beautiful Mind'

MIT plays supporting role in Oscar-winning 'Beautiful Mind'

MIT plays supporting role in Oscar-winning 'Beautiful Mind'

Freshman subject in EAPS presents problems with no easy answers

New classrooms offer high-tech education in physics, mechanical engineering

Lemelson-MIT Student Prize applications due Jan. 11

Thelonius Monk to be celebrated by jazz ensemble and guest pianist

Residential research university will prosper, Vest writes

Sutton to direct National Space Biomedical Research Institute

New Neiterman award will recognize achievers in IT

Project strives for clean drinking water in Nepal

Advertisers marketing 'coolness' and 'liberation,' speaker says

High-schoolers face off in national sci-tech contest at MIT

Observers debate China's economy: market or controlled?

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