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The building blocks of healthy collagen, above, begin with one-nanometer-sized amino acids, which form the universal 300-nanometer tropocollagen strands. Fibrils composed of those strands, in turn, make up the steel-cable-like collagen fibers.

Math model may aid study of collagen ailments

Tensile loading reveals nature's economy

November 14, 2006

Soap Box speakers urge energy conservation

November 13, 2006

Members of Team Slovenia erupt in jubilation upon learning they won the BioBrick, the grand prize for the iGEM 2006 competition. The University of Ljubljana students are, from left, Rok Tkavc, Jernej Kovac, Matej Skocaj and Jelka Pohar. Offering congratulations in front are iGEM Ambassadors James Brown of Cambridge University and Melissa Li of Georgia Tech.

Gene machine takes the prize

Cells engineered to prevent sepsis win synthetic biology competition

November 9, 2006

MIT novelist makes his peace with war stories

November 9, 2006

Building technology expert describes studies of daylight

Marilyne Andersen speaks about utilizing natural light

November 8, 2006

Shell Oil president discusses new fuels, energy security

November 8, 2006

Irene Porro demonstrates how to use a 'sunspotter' to safely show the sun and sun spots on it to a group of Somerville schoolchildren in 2001. Porro, education and public outreach scientist at the MIT Kavli Institute, has recently helped secure a grant to develop a youth astronomy apprenticeship program at MIT.

Astronomer develops youth apprenticeship program

November 7, 2006

Jane Farver, director of the MIT List Visual Arts Center, left, introduced William Mitchell, professor of architecture and media arts and sciences, when he spoke on digital interconnectivity last week.

Mitchell maps cities' new 'techno-sensual comfort zone'

November 7, 2006

Scientific American names Angela Belcher Researcher of the Year

3 others from MIT rank in magazine's top 50

November 6, 2006

Conceptual design for a silent, environmentally friendly passenger plane designed by researchers at the Cambridge-MIT Institute's Silent Aircraft Initiative.

Team moves toward silent, eco-friendly plane

MIT and Cambridge design a silent knight

November 6, 2006

A century of art crammed into a decade

Panelists cite thrills, threats to new media

November 6, 2006

An artist's rendition of a spacecraft with logos from MIT, Georgia Tech and NASA. A group of MIT students is selling space on the satellite to help fund its building. When launched, the satellite would simulate a trip to Mars by sending mice into orbit around the Earth.

Mars group launches high-flying fundraiser

Space ship logos go ka-ching!

November 3, 2006

Siemens Competition finalists exhibit projects at MIT Nov. 3-4

November 2, 2006

Engineer launches review of energy use in manufacturing

November 1, 2006

Housing panelists explore unit supply, quality and cost

November 1, 2006

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Mitchell maps cities' new 'techno-sensual comfort zone'

Scientific American names Angela Belcher Researcher of the Year

Team moves toward silent, eco-friendly plane

A century of art crammed into a decade

Mars group launches high-flying fundraiser

Siemens Competition finalists exhibit projects at MIT Nov. 3-4

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