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Redwine urges review of undergrad requirements

September 24, 2003

Deborah Douglas, science and technology curator at the MIT Museum, examines one of the thermometers (held by Professor of Mechanical Engineering John H. Lienhard) stored for more than a century in the chest behind them.

Old thermometers make temp job for MIT Museum

September 24, 2003

ISN projects include waterproof, antibacterial fabric

September 23, 2003

Universities must help sustain local biotech

September 17, 2003

Tom Pasquini (left) and Aaron Leanhardt in front of the machine where they and collaborators cooled a sodium gas to 500 picokelvin.

MIT scientists achieve the biggest chill

September 17, 2003

"If he were not a monk, he would have liked to have been an engineer."

Dalai Lama enlists science in quest for 'a happy mind'

Tibet leader sounds playful note in serious pursuits

September 17, 2003

Buddhist monks gather outside Kresge Auditorium.

Dalai Lama enlists science in quest for 'a happy mind'

Monk links mental imagery, meditation

September 17, 2003

During a discussion of mental imagery that was part of a two-day conference at MIT featuring the Dalai Lama and prominent scientists, Stephen M. Kosslyn of Harvard asked the Dalai Lama what he saw in this sketch, pointing out that some people see a duck while others see a rabbit. The Dalai Lama saw both.

Dalai Lama enlists science in quest for 'a happy mind'

Dalai Lama notes potential of science

September 17, 2003

The Dalai Lama was given a tour of the Whitehead Institute/MIT Center for Genome Research by biology professor Eric Lander (right), head of the Genome Center and the Broad Institute. Yama Chompel (left) a Tibetan, instructs the Dalai Lama in pipetting isopropel into mouse DNA in the lab. Next to the Dalai Lama is his translator, Thupton Jinpa.

Dalai Lama enlists science in quest for 'a happy mind'

Buddhism, science share curiosity about the world

September 17, 2003

News You Can Use

September 17, 2003

The Spectroscopy Lab developed a device that detects precancerous tissue by sequentially delivering laser light of 10 different colors to the tissue via an optical fiber probe. The probe, shown here, consists of a bundle of optical fibers with a diameter of just over 1mm, making it compatible with standard endoscopes. The returning light is collected using the same probe and analyzed with a spectr...

Devices could help diagnose precursors to cancer

September 17, 2003

The Dalai Lama, left, is greeted by MIT President Charles M. Vest, center, and Phillip A. Sharp, director of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, which co-sponsored the event with the Mind and Life Institute.

Dalai Lama sounds playful note in serious pursuits

September 16, 2003

Universities need to be nimble leaders to sustain local biotech boom, Vest says

September 12, 2003

Relics from Buddhist masters throughout the centuries. At center is a hair from His Holiness the Dalai Lama (b. 1935), which is considered a holy object rather than a relic.

Buddhist relics are full of spirit

September 11, 2003

MIT, Calif. schools receive $50M grant for Army research

September 10, 2003

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Devices could help diagnose precursors to cancer

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Universities need to be nimble leaders to sustain local biotech boom, Vest says

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MIT, Calif. schools receive $50M grant for Army research

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