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MIT graduate student Tijs Van Maasakkers, right, examines one of the water lines near Durban, South Africa.

MIT students help cities plan for changing climate

South Africa trip prompts work on online tool with global application

July 22, 2008

MIT Global Startup Workshop's 12th annual conference to be held in Africa

July 15, 2008

MIT-led conference looks to Sichuan's future after quake

July 14, 2008

Royce Chew from Singapore works on a low-cost water testing device at last year's International Development Design Summit at MIT.

A hands-on approach to Third World aid

Month-long IDDS workshop targets development through design

July 10, 2008

On 4 April 2007 a welder begins works on the interconnections of magnets in the last sector of the LHC.

A front-row seat at this summer's physics extravaganza

MIT team taking part in quest to find elusive Higgs boson

July 1, 2008

A livestock shelter in Kashmir. The community had used straw (a locally sourced material) as an infill between two corrugated galvanised iron sheets to make the shelter more comfortable for the livestock. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('itw-insul-1-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')"><span onmouseover="this.className='cursorChange';"><strong>Open image gallery</strong></span></a><no...

Simple insulation could combat heat, cold and noise

Work could impact millions around world

July 1, 2008

Ex-CENTCOM commander joins MIT Center for International Studies

June 19, 2008

The MIT-designed Digital Water Pavilion, featuring water walls that can be programmed to display patterns and images, was unveiled June 12 at the opening of the Zaragoza World Expo in Spain. <a onclick="MM_openBrWindow('zaragoza-enlarged.html','','width=509, height=583')">
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MIT Digital Water Pavilion makes a splash in Spain

Programmable water walls can 'open like the Red Sea for Moses'

June 11, 2008

Eradicating TB with ... cell phone minutes?

June 4, 2008

Center for International Studies awards

June 4, 2008

Tao Laoban works at cleaning one of the concrete solar cookers used in Tibet. A team of students, including some from MIT, has developed a more portable solar cooker.

Harnessing the Tibetan sun

Student project aims to reduce deforestation and lung disease

June 4, 2008

MIT to remember victims of China, Myanmar disasters on May 27

May 23, 2008

MIT Legatum Center announces inaugural class of Legatum Fellows

Entrepreneurs aim to scale up enterprise solutions in developing markets

May 23, 2008

James Levi Schmidt, a member of an MIT class on wheelchair design for the developing world, tests a prototype of a wheelchair that was converted into a tricycle powered by hand-operated pedals.

On a roll: Students help bring mobility to developing countries

May 21, 2008

Disarmament expert sees U.S.-Iran solution

May 19, 2008

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