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Edward Lorenz, father of chaos theory and butterfly effect, dies at 90

April 16, 2008

Interview with the dean: Deborah Fitzgerald, SHASS

April 15, 2008

MIT brimming over with energy

Conference showcases a sustainable future

April 14, 2008

Keeril Makan, assistant professor of music, has won the Rome Prize for 2008-2009.

MIT's Makan wins Rome Prize

April 11, 2008

Figure illustrates "lab on a chip" technique developed by MIT researchers to allow immobilization and imaging of a live C. elegans worm: (a-i) worm moves freely in chip's microfluidic channel; (a-ii) partial immobilization of worm; (a-iii) full immobilization; (b) low magnification image of worm immobilized in the device; (c) close-up of immobilized worm showing animal's neurons (fluorescent).

Live-animal nerve regeneration study gets a boost

MIT team refines optical 'lab on a chip'

April 10, 2008

MIT economist Amy Finkelstein has found that when toll authorities implement electronic toll collection systems like E-ZPass, toll rates begin to creep up more than they would have under the old manual toll system.

Life in the FastLane

MIT economist finds E-ZPass program hides tax hikes

April 9, 2008

Would you steal a buck? How about a can of soda?

Dan Ariely probes how people make decisions in his new book, 'Predictably Irrational'

April 9, 2008

MIT senior Tish Scolnik, left, was recently named one of the Top 10 College Women by Glamour Magazine.

Summer spending binge?

MIT experts sound off on Uncle Sam's estimated $150 billion giveaway

April 9, 2008

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How strong is a hurricane? Just listen

April 9, 2008

Byron is right at home in MIT's envelope-pushing culture

April 9, 2008

Meet Nexi, the Media Lab's latest robot and Internet star

April 9, 2008

Ford International Professor of History and Pulitzer Prize winner John Dower delivers the Killian lecture at Kirsch Auditorium on Monday, April 7.

Dower probes 'cultures of war' in Killian award lecture

April 9, 2008

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What is good water worth?

April 8, 2008

MIT Professor of Mathematics Gigliola Staffilani, one of the organizers of the Women in Math conference taking place April 12-13 at MIT, teaches a course on multivariable calculus.

MIT conference celebrates women in math

April 7, 2008

Junot Díaz wins Pulitzer for 'Oscar Wao'

April 7, 2008

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Live-animal nerve regeneration study gets a boost

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Would you steal a buck? How about a can of soda?

Summer spending binge?

How strong is a hurricane? Just listen

Byron is right at home in MIT's envelope-pushing culture

Meet Nexi, the Media Lab's latest robot and Internet star

Dower probes 'cultures of war' in Killian award lecture

What is good water worth?

MIT conference celebrates women in math

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