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Miranda Knutson, who graduated from the history program at MIT last spring, pins a hood being fitted for Tim Abbott, a senior in mathematics and electrical engineering and computer science. The two were participants in an MIT IAP class on the technology of medieval clothes creation. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('medieval-hood-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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IAP 'Distaff Arts' students learn production, politics of medieval wool clothing

January 30, 2007

Physicist recommends US develop 'portfolio of fuels, electricity and efficiency'

Expert likens scalability of current alternative energy technologies to wild animals: fuzzy and cute when they're small, impractical at a large scale

January 29, 2007

Three Mile Island--failure of science or spin?

An IAP session reviews the 1979 crisis

January 26, 2007

Image at left shows process of detecting and destroying an enemy missile using MIT targeted radar. Microwave energy is fixed on a missile while simultaneously nullifying enemy jammers. On right, microwave energy is aimed at a cancerous tumor with a deep focused beam while simultaneously nullifying any energy that would overheat surrounding healthy tissue.

New book documents MIT breast cancer therapy

January 26, 2007

Lauffenburger wins 2007 Galletti award

January 26, 2007

Andrea Ventura, an MIT postdoctoral associate, works in the lab at the Center for Cancer Research. He and his colleagues have shown that by reactivating a certain gene, cancerous tumors in mice can be drastically reduced in size.

Reactivated gene shrinks tumors, MIT study finds

January 24, 2007

CEHS hosts gene-environment symposium Jan. 26

January 24, 2007

Cynthia Breazeal, MIT Media Lab, faces Kismet, a robot that mimics emotion. This photo is from 2000. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('coveney-kismet-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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'Heart of MIT' opens in Compton Gallery

January 24, 2007

From Russia with--what? Love? Spite?

An IAP seminar explores the issues

January 23, 2007

LeaderShape calls students to action

January 22, 2007

Pamela Dumas Serfes is appointed executive director of news and communications

January 19, 2007

Public art curator leads IAP tour of MIT collection

January 19, 2007

MIT graduate student Shawna Liff works with a nanocomposite material she helped develop. The material, composed of nanoparticles embedded in a rubbery polymer, mimics the strength and stretchiness qualities of spider silk.

Nanocomposite research yields strong and stretchy fibers

Lycra-like materials were inspired by spider silk

January 18, 2007

IAP class finds greatness in grainy cell-phone photos

January 17, 2007

MIT students discuss issues of race and tolerance while making plans for a creative installation in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. From left are sophomore Poting Cheung, juniors Jenny Man and Christopher Chapman and sophomore Ricky Burgess.

Students honor Martin Luther King Jr. with creativity, open minds

January 12, 2007

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IAP 'Distaff Arts' students learn production, politics of medieval wool clothing

Physicist recommends US develop 'portfolio of fuels, electricity and efficiency'

Three Mile Island--failure of science or spin?

New book documents MIT breast cancer therapy

Lauffenburger wins 2007 Galletti award

Reactivated gene shrinks tumors, MIT study finds

CEHS hosts gene-environment symposium Jan. 26

'Heart of MIT' opens in Compton Gallery

From Russia with--what? Love? Spite?

LeaderShape calls students to action

Pamela Dumas Serfes is appointed executive director of news and communications

Public art curator leads IAP tour of MIT collection

Nanocomposite research yields strong and stretchy fibers

IAP class finds greatness in grainy cell-phone photos

Students honor Martin Luther King Jr. with creativity, open minds

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