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• The late-blooming advocate

  Like many women scientists, MIT biologist Nancy Hopkins was focused on research for most of her career. But struggles to get more lab space pushed her to become a gender-equity advocate... Boston news article.

  • 23 June 2008
  • Caitlin Stier
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• Can the brain be engineered and controlled like a machine?

  Engineering genomes is routine in biology, but MIT’s Ed Boyden wants to engineer the brain, opening the door to precise brain repair and even cognitive augmentation... Boston news article.

  • 15 November 2007
  • Peter Dizikes
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• City life on the screen

  MIT technology that maps people’s movements in big cities in real time could contribute to better urban planning... Boston news article.

  • 27 September 2007
  • Peter Dizikes
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• A social machine for autistics

  MIT researchers are testing a wearable computer that could help autistic people communicate... Boston news article.

  • 20 September 2007
  • J. M. Berger
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• Restaurants in Kendall and Central Squares

  New England and North African fare can be found within a walk or short subway ride from MIT. .. Boston news article.

  • 07 June 2007
  • Anna Kushnir
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• Cambridge vs. Cambridge: a personal comparison

  An MIT researcher who recently completed a Guggenheim fellowship at the University of Cambridge explains the cultural differences between the two scientific powerhouses. .. Boston news article.

  • 25 May 2007
  • Shuguang Zhang
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• How the brain tells rough from smooth and what bacteria need to hop from one species to the next

  This week's papers from Boston labs... Boston news article.

  • 20 April 2007
  • Mason Inman
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• MIT students praise math professor in unusual ways

  Denis Auroux is so popular as a teacher, his students have honored him on Facebook and YouTube... Boston news article.

  • 18 April 2007
  • Mason Inman
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• What a campus minister brings to science

  MIT’s Episcopal Chaplain talks about her work with scientists and how making scientific discoveries can be spiritual and even holy... Boston news article.

  • 05 April 2007
  • Corie Lok
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• Cleaning up old king coal

  Coal burning doesn’t have to worsen climate change if new ways of capturing and storing carbon can be found, says an MIT report... Boston news article.

  • 15 March 2007
  • Jennifer Weeks
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