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M I T E - N E W S October 2003
A monthly update of news, events and research at MIT
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IN THIS ISSUE:
HIGHLIGHT: Tibet leader sounds playful note in serious pursuits (Sept. 17)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/sep17/dalailama-main.html
CAMPUS: OpenCourseWare * Emerging Technologies * Homeland Security
Modigliani Dies * Aviation Center * MIT Budget * AARP Honor
New Appointments * Recording Industry Case * Systems Biology Grant
RESEARCH: Hydrogen Bonds * Sulfur in Engines * Precancerous Cells
Gamma-ray Bursts * Biggest Chill * Asteroid Hazards
RoboSnail * Peptides Research
FEATURE: Author Patricia Powell
EVENTS: Nobel Prizes * Startups Demystified
America--An Empire? * Space Exploration * Weapons of Mass Confusion
CLIPS: Erik Demaine * Smart Sketching Software * Asteroids
Patent History
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MIT ON CAMPUS
500th course published on MIT OpenCourseWare (Sept. 30)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/ocw.html
Emerging technologies include hydrogen cars, biocomputing (Sept. 30)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/emerging.html
Exchange of ideas strengthens nation, Nobelists say (Sept. 29)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/nobelists.html
Nobel laureate Franco Modigliani dies at 85 (Sept. 25)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/modigliani.html
MIT leads new aviation center (Sept. 25)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/faa.html
Institute tackles budget issues (Sept. 24)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/sep24/budget.html
AARP honors MIT as a 'Best Employer' (Sept. 23)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/aarp.html
New appointments:
Holmstrom is named head of economics (Sept. 24)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/sep24/holmstrom.html
New director of nuclear reactor lab appointed (Sept. 23)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/reactor-moncton.html
Slocum to direct ESG (Sept. 22)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/slocum.html
MIT complies with RIAA subpoena (Sept. 22)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/riaa2.html
Tibet leader sounds playful note in serious pursuits (Sept. 17)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/sep17/dalailama-main.html
NIH grant aids MIT systems biology (Sept. 15)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/nih.html
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RESEARCH:
Researchers dive into the intricacies of water's H-O bonds (Sept. 24)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/sep24/hydrogen.html
Atomic insight may lead to cleaner cars (Sept. 24)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/sep24/sulfur.html
Devices could help diagnose precursors to cancer (Sept. 17)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/sep17/spectroscopy.html
MIT-led team: dark gamma-ray bursts more flighty than shy (Sept. 12)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/hete3.html
MIT team achieves coldest temperature ever (Sept. 11)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/cooling.html
MIT researchers reassess asteroid hazards (Sept. 5)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/asteroids.html
MIT's RoboSnails model novel movements (Sept. 4)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/robosnail.html
Special bond links scientists and their peptides (Sept. 3)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/nr/2003/peptides.html
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MIT FEATURE
Art Talk: Patricia Powell, author (Sept. 17)
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2003/sep17/powell.html
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UPCOMING MIT EVENTS
Historical aspects of the Nobel Prizes
Oct. 7
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?61057
Startups demystified: for scientists and engineers
Oct. 20
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?60987
America--an empire?
Oct. 22
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?60039
Space exploration: The next 100 years
Oct. 23
http://web.mit.edu/tac/www/upforums.html
Weapons of mass confusion: Assessing the true risks
Oct. 30
http://events.mit.edu/scripts/event.pl?60277
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CLIPS & QUOTES
(Please note: links to outside news outlets may require registration
or fees, and may become inaccessible)
"PopSci's 2nd Annual Brilliant 10" (Erik Demaine)
Popular Science, September, by Laurie Goldman
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,472942-5,00.html
"Smart software makes sense of rough sketches"
New Scientist, Sept. 3, by Celeste Biever
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99994152
"New discoveries about asteroids and their movements" (audio)
NPR, All Things Considered, Sept. 15
http://www.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=2&prgDate=15-Sep-2003
(scroll to "Asteroid Dance")
"A stroll through patent history"
New York Times, Sept. 29, by Teresa Riordan
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/29/technology/29PATE.html
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