Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E)

New instrument aims to make endoscopic surgery safer

April 5, 2000

The TLO Licensee Convocation included a fair to highlight inventions developed at MIT. Former PhD student Bill Townsend (left), who developed WAM (the Whole Arm Manipulator), talks with Rony Abovitz (center) of Z-Cat Medical Robotics, to which he sold technology for use in operating rooms, and Sam Pasternak of the law firm of Choate, Hall and Stewart.

Event spotlights invention directions

April 5, 2000

An aerial view of the LIGO observatory in Hanford, WA.

LIGO project to provide a new window to the universe

March 29, 2000

Professor Michael Feld, director of the Spectroscopy Lab (right), tests a device which uses light to identify cancer cells in a noninvasive test on postdoctoral associate Adam Wax.

Noninvasive methods developed for early cancer diagnosis

March 29, 2000

Checking out how well their satellites are performing in microgravity in NASA's KC-135 are (left to right) Professor Dava Newman, consultant Javier deLuis of Payload Systems, Inc., and Dan Feller, a senior in aeronautics and astronautics.

MIT team creates miniature satellites

March 29, 2000

MIT researchers create noninvasive new methods for early cancer diagnosis

Ability to detect invisible, early-stage disease could save lives

March 23, 2000

Assistant Operations Group Leader Larry O'Brien (right) and Chief Operator Larry Longcoy tune the electron linear accelerator from the Bates central control room. Recent upgrades to the accelerator radio frequency system have made it possible to produce a beam of electrons at an energy of one billion electron volts.

Accelerator achieves 1 billion electron volts

March 1, 2000

Lore Harp McGovern and Patrick McGovern Jr. at IDG's Boston headquarters, with the Cambridge and MIT skyline in the background.

Couple's careers offer profiles in success

March 1, 2000

Whitehead scientists were able to modify genetic material in embryonic cells before using these cells to clone Tetley, the transgenic clone shown above.

Scientists develop most efficient mouse cloning strategy to date

February 9, 2000

Four graduate students win Lemelson prizes

February 9, 2000

LFM students share new knowledge

February 2, 2000

Pet toys?

January 26, 2000

Hows and whys of nuclear reactor

January 26, 2000

Participants in the Plasma Science and Fusion Center's IAP Open House hear about the Levitated Dipole Experiment (foreground), a new approach to nuclear fusion.

Plasma center tour offers view of experiment 'spaceship'

January 26, 2000

MIT Provost Robert A. Brown (left), Nanovation President and CEO G. Robert Tatum (center) and MIT President Charles M. Vest discuss plans after signing the MIT-Nanovation photonics research agreement in President Vest's office.

MIT, Nanovation to partner on research into light-based technologies that will revolutionize communications

Nanovation to provide $90 million for MIT center and 6-year research program

January 21, 2000

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Scientists develop most efficient mouse cloning strategy to date

Four graduate students win Lemelson prizes

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Plasma center tour offers view of experiment 'spaceship'

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