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Report from @mitenergy shows that with new policies, U.S. power grid could handle influx of EV cars, wind, solar mitne.ws/u2zPQE
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MIT Energy Initiative's "Future of the Electric Grid" study is out today: bit.ly/sCFCWc
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What could possibly make an already super cool robot competition even better? The zero-gravity environment of space! go.ostp.gov/o5oWrT
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Missed out on Thur/Fri's @MIT150 econ and finance symposium? See our complete coverage of the 2-day event:
On the 25th anniversary of the #Challenger disaster, MIT professor Jeffrey Hoffman remembers astronaut/alum Ron McNair: http://bit.ly/etpHvI
Did you see Powerfoot at the MIT Museum? Quite a story. http://bit.ly/ijVtez
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MIT hacks have struck a chord w/ students across campus& generations. See remains of piano from infamous '73 Baker House drop in 150exhibit.
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@MIT150 is near! RT @MITMuseum: "Leave it to MIT to approach its birthday party as a problem-solving exercise." .
Analysis of modern-day genomes finds evidence for ancient environmental change http://bit.ly/fM5U5F
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Last part of series explores MIT researchers’ roles in the quest to find an Earth twin and the effort to make...
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TOMORROW: "Can Technology Solve Global Poverty?", a forum on ICT4D. Be there. http://on.fb.me/fiYuM9 #boston #mit #ict4d
The final part of our series, #TargetingCancer: Direct delivery to the #tumors using nanoparticles:
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Andrew Lo, Robert Merton, Bengt Holmstrom, Jiang Wang at MIT CRE symposium: financial crisis & Real Estate http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/834
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Mon 11/9 - Susan Hockfield president, Massachusetts Institute of Technology & Drew Gilpin Faust, president Harvard / author Felix Rohatyn
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#Art at MIT. Visit http://bit.ly/baV30F, then visit MIT to see the public art collection up-close and in 3D.
Work on #silicon shows it can melt while it cools; research could impact #solar cells:
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Figuring out how the brain recognizes objects could be a major step in getting machines to do the same:
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Watch the doctoral hooding ceremony live on #webcastnow:
Interview with Jerome Milgram focuses on #oil spill, and how to contain it: