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Such devices could be used to detect drugs and explosives as well as to understand the molecular basis of smell.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222664400;}i:2;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Designing a landfill of epic proportions";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/landfill-0926.html";s:11:"description";s:242:"Many architects dream of being given a  blank slate upon which they could let the imagination soar when designing a project. A team led by two MIT architects is working on what could be the largest blank slate in the history of construction. ";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/landfill-0926.html";s:7:"summary";s:242:"Many architects dream of being given a  blank slate upon which they could let the imagination soar when designing a project. A team led by two MIT architects is working on what could be the largest blank slate in the history of construction. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222405200;}i:3;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:45:"MIT's new underwater robot can hover in place";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/odyssey4-0925.html";s:11:"description";s:231:"MIT researchers have designed the Odyssey IV, a new robotic underwater vehicle that can hover in place like a helicopter and serve as an invaluable tool for deepwater oil explorers, marine archaeologists, oceanographers and others.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/odyssey4-0925.html";s:7:"summary";s:231:"MIT researchers have designed the Odyssey IV, a new robotic underwater vehicle that can hover in place like a helicopter and serve as an invaluable tool for deepwater oil explorers, marine archaeologists, oceanographers and others.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222318800;}i:4;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:48:"Worms provide clues for treating brain diseases ";s:4:"link";s:50:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/worms-0924.html";s:11:"description";s:206:"An MIT team has shown that even the simplest behaviors of the tiny roundworm can be controlled by multiple signaling pathways. 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What they learn also could raise the possibility of using trees as silent sentinels along the nation's borders.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:50:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/trees-0923.html";s:7:"summary";s:250:"MIT researchers and colleagues are finding out whether energy from trees can power a network of sensors to prevent spreading forest fires. What they learn also could raise the possibility of using trees as silent sentinels along the nation's borders.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222146000;}i:9;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:45:"Two MIT faculty win MacArthur 'genius' grants";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/macarthur-0923.html";s:11:"description";s:203:"Two MIT faculty members -- physicist Marin Soljacic and John Ochsendorf, a structural engineer who studies architectural history -- have won 2008 MacArthur Fellowships, commonly known as "genius" grants.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/macarthur-0923.html";s:7:"summary";s:203:"Two MIT faculty members -- physicist Marin Soljacic and John Ochsendorf, a structural engineer who studies architectural history -- have won 2008 MacArthur Fellowships, commonly known as "genius" grants.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222146000;}i:10;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Three faculty win '08 NIH Pioneer Awards";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nih-pioneer-0922.html";s:11:"description";s:247:"Three MIT faculty are among 16 scientists nationwide to receive 2008 Pioneer Awards from the National Institutes of Health for their "pioneering -- and possibly transforming -- approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research."";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nih-pioneer-0922.html";s:7:"summary";s:247:"Three MIT faculty are among 16 scientists nationwide to receive 2008 Pioneer Awards from the National Institutes of Health for their "pioneering -- and possibly transforming -- approaches to major challenges in biomedical and behavioral research."";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1222059600;}i:11;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:38:"Sun-tracking device wins student prize";s:4:"link";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/madmec-0919.html";s:11:"description";s:255:"A team of three students who designed a system that could allow solar power panels to track the sun without motors or control systems won top honors and a check for $10,000 in the finals of a competition aimed at developing innovative energy technologies.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/madmec-0919.html";s:7:"summary";s:255:"A team of three students who designed a system that could allow solar power panels to track the sun without motors or control systems won top honors and a check for $10,000 in the finals of a competition aimed at developing innovative energy technologies.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1221800400;}i:12;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:34:"Robot wheelchair finds its own way";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/wheelchair-0919.html";s:11:"description";s:203:"MIT researchers are developing a new kind of autonomous wheelchair that can learn all about the locations in a given building, and then take its occupant to a given place in response to a verbal command.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/wheelchair-0919.html";s:7:"summary";s:203:"MIT researchers are developing a new kind of autonomous wheelchair that can learn all about the locations in a given building, and then take its occupant to a given place in response to a verbal command.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1221800400;}i:13;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"Kagame underscores tech ties in Compton speech";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/compton-0919.html";s:11:"description";s:249:"Connections between the technology-hungry countries of Africa and the tech-savvy MIT community were underscored Sept. 18 by the first democratically elected president of Rwanda and the first African leader to give MIT's prestigious Compton lecture. ";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/compton-0919.html";s:7:"summary";s:249:"Connections between the technology-hungry countries of Africa and the tech-savvy MIT community were underscored Sept. 18 by the first democratically elected president of Rwanda and the first African leader to give MIT's prestigious Compton lecture. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1221800400;}i:14;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"Why chemo works for some people and not others";s:4:"link";s:58:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cell-response-0918.html";s:11:"description";s:224:"MIT researchers have shown that cells from different people don't all react the same way when exposed to the same DNA-damaging agent -- a finding that could help clinicians predict how patients will respond to chemotherapy. 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";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1221714000;}i:15;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:45:"Hockfield continues push for energy R&D boost";s:4:"link";s:58:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/hockfield-npc-0917.html";s:11:"description";s:226:"MIT President Susan Hockfield on Wednesday continued her call for the federal government to boost energy research funding, saying the United States needs "a commitment of historic proportions" to power innovation in the field.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:58:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/hockfield-npc-0917.html";s:7:"summary";s:226:"MIT President Susan Hockfield on Wednesday continued her call for the federal government to boost energy research funding, saying the United States needs "a commitment of historic proportions" to power innovation in the field.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1221627600;}i:16;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"MIT panel to address foreign challenges";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/foreign-adv-0916.html";s:11:"description";s:237:"Tough questions confronting the next American president will be discussed by MIT scholars from 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, in a roundtable discussion on "Foreign Policy and the Next U.S. Administration: America's Defining Moment."";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/foreign-adv-0916.html";s:7:"summary";s:237:"Tough questions confronting the next American president will be discussed by MIT scholars from 6-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, in a roundtable discussion on "Foreign Policy and the Next U.S. Administration: America's Defining Moment."";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1221541200;}i:17;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:51:"Rwanda's Kagame to deliver Compton lecture Sept. 18";s:4:"link";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/compton-kagame-0916.html";s:11:"description";s:211:"Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who as a boy had to flee his homeland to escape ethnic violence, will present the Karl Taylor Compton Lecture 18 from 3:30-5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, in MIT's Kresge Auditorium.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/compton-kagame-0916.html";s:7:"summary";s:211:"Rwandan President Paul Kagame, who as a boy had to flee his homeland to escape ethnic violence, will present the Karl Taylor Compton Lecture 18 from 3:30-5 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 18, in MIT's Kresge Auditorium.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1221541200;}i:18;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"Deutch stresses all-out energy approach";s:4:"link";s:61:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/deutch-testimony-0912.html";s:11:"description";s:193:"MIT Institute Professor John Deutch stressed the importance of pursuing every available avenue on energy, in testimony Friday before the U.S. Senate's Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:61:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/deutch-testimony-0912.html";s:7:"summary";s:193:"MIT Institute Professor John Deutch stressed the importance of pursuing every available avenue on energy, in testimony Friday before the U.S. Senate's Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1221195600;}i:19;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:47:"Quantum insights could lead to better detectors";s:4:"link";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/quantum-detect-0911.html";s:11:"description";s:241:"A bizarre but well-established aspect of quantum physics could open up a new era of electronic detectors and imaging systems that would be far more efficient than any now in existence, according to new insights by an MIT leader in the field.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/quantum-detect-0911.html";s:7:"summary";s:241:"A bizarre but well-established aspect of quantum physics could open up a new era of electronic detectors and imaging systems that would be far more efficient than any now in existence, according to new insights by an MIT leader in the field.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1221109200;}i:20;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:47:"Time teaches us how to recognize visual objects";s:4:"link";s:58:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/neuron-object-0911.html";s:11:"description";s:242:"In work that could aid efforts to develop more brain-like computer vision systems, MIT neuroscientists have tricked the visual brain into confusing one object with another, thereby demonstrating that time teaches us how to recognize objects. 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";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1221109200;}i:21;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:45:"MIT awaits world's biggest physics experiment";s:4:"link";s:48:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lhc-0910.html";s:11:"description";s:254:"MIT physicists are waiting anxiously to sift through data from the world's biggest physics experiment, which officially started Sept. 10 when scientists sent the first beam of protons zooming at nearly the speed of light around the Large Hadron Collider.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:48:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lhc-0910.html";s:7:"summary";s:254:"MIT physicists are waiting anxiously to sift through data from the world's biggest physics experiment, which officially started Sept. 10 when scientists sent the first beam of protons zooming at nearly the speed of light around the Large Hadron Collider.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1221022800;}i:22;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:52:"Hockfield urges Congress to fund 'energy revolution'";s:4:"link";s:64:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/hockfield-testimony-0910.html";s:11:"description";s:232:"MIT President Susan Hockfield urged Congress Wednesday to sharply increase federal funding for energy research, saying such a move could help unleash an "energy revolution" capable of resolving several of America's problems at once.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:64:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/hockfield-testimony-0910.html";s:7:"summary";s:232:"MIT President Susan Hockfield urged Congress Wednesday to sharply increase federal funding for energy research, saying such a move could help unleash an "energy revolution" capable of resolving several of America's problems at once.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1221022800;}i:23;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:47:"Hockfield to urge boost in U.S. energy research";s:4:"link";s:63:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/hockfield-congress-0909.html";s:11:"description";s:218:"MIT President Susan Hockfield will argue for a sharp increase in federal funding for energy-related research during testimony before Congress on Sept. 10 and at a news conference at the National Press Club on Sept. 17.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Tue, 9 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:63:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/hockfield-congress-0909.html";s:7:"summary";s:218:"MIT President Susan Hockfield will argue for a sharp increase in federal funding for energy-related research during testimony before Congress on Sept. 10 and at a news conference at the National Press Club on Sept. 17.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1220936400;}i:24;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Lucian W. 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Already, they have found that a prototype deployed in the New York City region cut delays last year by 2,300 hours.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Wed, 3 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/air-traffic-0903.html";s:7:"summary";s:222:"MIT researchers are working toward a computer tool that could reduce airline flight delays due to weather. Already, they have found that a prototype deployed in the New York City region cut delays last year by 2,300 hours.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1220418000;}i:32;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Group zooms in on Milky Way's big black hole";s:4:"link";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/blackhole-view-0903.html";s:11:"description";s:204:"An international team, led by astronomers at the MIT Haystack Observatory, has obtained the closest views ever of what is believed to be a super-massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. 
";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Wed, 3 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/blackhole-view-0903.html";s:7:"summary";s:204:"An international team, led by astronomers at the MIT Haystack Observatory, has obtained the closest views ever of what is believed to be a super-massive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. 
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1220418000;}i:33;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:33:"Manalis a winner of new NIH grant";s:4:"link";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/manalis-eureka-0903.html";s:11:"description";s:206:"Scott Manalis, associate professor of biological and mechanical engineering, has been awarded a new grant from the National Institutes of Health to promote investigation of novel, unconventional hypotheses.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Wed, 3 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/manalis-eureka-0903.html";s:7:"summary";s:206:"Scott Manalis, associate professor of biological and mechanical engineering, has been awarded a new grant from the National Institutes of Health to promote investigation of novel, unconventional hypotheses.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1220418000;}i:34;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Solutions-driven culture draws Fallon to MIT";s:4:"link";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/fallon-0902.html";s:11:"description";s:233:"He has been in all the world's hot spots in the last 40 years -- both as soldier and commander -- and now Admiral William J. Fallon brings his hands-on experience and wide-ranging knowledge to MIT's Center for International Studies. ";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Tue, 2 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/fallon-0902.html";s:7:"summary";s:233:"He has been in all the world's hot spots in the last 40 years -- both as soldier and commander -- and now Admiral William J. Fallon brings his hands-on experience and wide-ranging knowledge to MIT's Center for International Studies. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1220331600;}i:35;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:47:"MIT tests self-propelled cage for fish farming ";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/aquaculture-0902.html";s:11:"description";s:234:"A self-propelling underwater cage developed and recently tested by an MIT researcher could not only cut costs for offshore ocean-based fish farms but also aid the movement of such operations into the high seas away from coastal zones.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Tue, 2 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/aquaculture-0902.html";s:7:"summary";s:234:"A self-propelling underwater cage developed and recently tested by an MIT researcher could not only cut costs for offshore ocean-based fish farms but also aid the movement of such operations into the high seas away from coastal zones.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1220331600;}i:36;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:37:"Rethinking rebuilding in New Orleans ";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/katrina-0902.html";s:11:"description";s:223:"Karl F. Seidman, senior lecturer in urban planning at MIT, writes in an op-ed that New Orleans "neighborhood viability should not be a condition to be proven by residents but the result of collective decisions and actions."";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Tue, 2 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/katrina-0902.html";s:7:"summary";s:223:"Karl F. Seidman, senior lecturer in urban planning at MIT, writes in an op-ed that New Orleans "neighborhood viability should not be a condition to be proven by residents but the result of collective decisions and actions."";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1220331600;}i:37;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:38:"MIT zooms in on malaria-infected cells";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/blood-cell-0901.html";s:11:"description";s:213:"In work that could lead to new ways of detecting and treating malaria, MIT researchers have used two advanced microscopy techniques to show in unprecedented detail how the malaria parasite attacks red blood cells.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Mon, 1 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/blood-cell-0901.html";s:7:"summary";s:213:"In work that could lead to new ways of detecting and treating malaria, MIT researchers have used two advanced microscopy techniques to show in unprecedented detail how the malaria parasite attacks red blood cells.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1220245200;}i:38;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:50:"Saving lives through smarter hurricane evacuations";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/hurricanes-0828.html";s:11:"description";s:250:"Hundreds of lives and millions of dollars could potentially be saved if emergency managers could make better critical decisions when faced with an approaching hurricane. Now, an MIT student has developed a computer model that could help do just that.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/hurricanes-0828.html";s:7:"summary";s:250:"Hundreds of lives and millions of dollars could potentially be saved if emergency managers could make better critical decisions when faced with an approaching hurricane. Now, an MIT student has developed a computer model that could help do just that.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1219899600;}i:39;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:42:"MIT software aims to thwart cyber hackers";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/security-0827.html";s:11:"description";s:252:"In response to the chronic cyber threat of hackers, MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers are developing a software tool to identify the most vulnerable points in a computer network, allowing administrators to focus on those rather than the whole network.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/security-0827.html";s:7:"summary";s:252:"In response to the chronic cyber threat of hackers, MIT Lincoln Laboratory researchers are developing a software tool to identify the most vulnerable points in a computer network, allowing administrators to focus on those rather than the whole network.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1219813200;}i:40;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:48:"Model helps computers sort data more like humans";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/brain-data-0825.html";s:11:"description";s:268:"In an advance that may impact the field of artificial intelligence, a new model developed at MIT can help computers recognize patterns the same way that humans do. The model can analyze a set of data and figure out which type of organizational structure best fits it.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/brain-data-0825.html";s:7:"summary";s:268:"In an advance that may impact the field of artificial intelligence, a new model developed at MIT can help computers recognize patterns the same way that humans do. The model can analyze a set of data and figure out which type of organizational structure best fits it.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1219640400;}i:41;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"Invoking da Vinci, Hockfield welcomes freshmen";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/convocation-0825.html";s:11:"description";s:221:"MIT President Susan Hockfield invoked the spirit of the intellectually ravenous Leonardo da Vinci as she welcomed the Institute's newest students and challenged them to cultivate their own insatiable desire for knowledge.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/convocation-0825.html";s:7:"summary";s:221:"MIT President Susan Hockfield invoked the spirit of the intellectually ravenous Leonardo da Vinci as she welcomed the Institute's newest students and challenged them to cultivate their own insatiable desire for knowledge.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1219640400;}i:42;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:16:"Call of the wild";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/tracking-0822.html";s:11:"description";s:243:"What started out as an MIT project aimed at monitoring owls in their natural environment has grown into an international collaboration on how to use widespread networks of citizen-scientists to gain new insights into a wide variety of species.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/tracking-0822.html";s:7:"summary";s:243:"What started out as an MIT project aimed at monitoring owls in their natural environment has grown into an international collaboration on how to use widespread networks of citizen-scientists to gain new insights into a wide variety of species.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1219381200;}i:43;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:45:"Beyond jewelry: Engineering new uses for gold";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nanorod-0822.html";s:11:"description";s:245:"The glitter of gold may hold more than just beauty, or so says a team of MIT researchers that is working on ways to use tiny gold rods to fight cancer, deliver drugs and more. But first they must overcome one major difficulty: the rods' surface.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nanorod-0822.html";s:7:"summary";s:245:"The glitter of gold may hold more than just beauty, or so says a team of MIT researchers that is working on ways to use tiny gold rods to fight cancer, deliver drugs and more. But first they must overcome one major difficulty: the rods' surface.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1219381200;}i:44;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:32:"U.S. News ranks MIT 4th overall ";s:4:"link";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/usnews-0822.html";s:11:"description";s:239:"MIT ranks fourth among national universities and first in undergraduate engineering, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings released today. In the overall university rankings, MIT shares the number four slot with Stanford.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/usnews-0822.html";s:7:"summary";s:239:"MIT ranks fourth among national universities and first in undergraduate engineering, according to U.S. News & World Report's annual rankings released today. In the overall university rankings, MIT shares the number four slot with Stanford.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1219381200;}i:45;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"MIT zeroes in on Alzheimer's structures";s:4:"link";s:63:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/alzheimers-protein-0821.html";s:11:"description";s:215:"MIT engineers report a new computer-based approach to identifying protein structures key to Alzheimer's disease, an important step toward the development of new drugs that could prevent such structures from forming.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 21 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:63:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/alzheimers-protein-0821.html";s:7:"summary";s:215:"MIT engineers report a new computer-based approach to identifying protein structures key to Alzheimer's disease, an important step toward the development of new drugs that could prevent such structures from forming.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1219294800;}i:46;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Understanding climate change complacency";s:4:"link";s:60:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/climate-sterman-0820.html";s:11:"description";s:219:"Why is the general public not more concerned about the potential consequences of climate change? MIT Professor John Sterman's research suggests that people don't have good mental models for understanding the phenomenon.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:60:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/climate-sterman-0820.html";s:7:"summary";s:219:"Why is the general public not more concerned about the potential consequences of climate change? MIT Professor John Sterman's research suggests that people don't have good mental models for understanding the phenomenon.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1219208400;}i:47;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"MIT engineers work toward cell-sized batteries";s:4:"link";s:58:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/virus-battery-0820.html";s:11:"description";s:210:"Forget 9-volts, AAs, AAAs or D batteries: The energy for tomorrow's miniature electronic devices could come from MIT-developed microbatteries that are about half the size of a human cell and built with viruses.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:58:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/virus-battery-0820.html";s:7:"summary";s:210:"Forget 9-volts, AAs, AAAs or D batteries: The energy for tomorrow's miniature electronic devices could come from MIT-developed microbatteries that are about half the size of a human cell and built with viruses.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1219208400;}i:48;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Energy policies fuel economist's comments";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/pindyck-0819.html";s:11:"description";s:248:"As jittery consumers contemplate the price at the pump, energy issues have become a major factor in the U.S. presidential race. Have the candidates forthrightly addressed the country's energy needs? Not really, says MIT professor Robert S. Pindyck.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/pindyck-0819.html";s:7:"summary";s:248:"As jittery consumers contemplate the price at the pump, energy issues have become a major factor in the U.S. presidential race. Have the candidates forthrightly addressed the country's energy needs? Not really, says MIT professor Robert S. Pindyck.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1219122000;}i:49;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:38:"Building microchips from the bottom up";s:4:"link";s:58:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/self-assembly-0814.html";s:11:"description";s:227:"Using a novel system based on molecules that can assemble themselves into precise patterns, MIT researchers have overcome size limitations that would otherwise crimp improvements in data-storage media and electronic microchips.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:58:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/self-assembly-0814.html";s:7:"summary";s:227:"Using a novel system based on molecules that can assemble themselves into precise patterns, MIT researchers have overcome size limitations that would otherwise crimp improvements in data-storage media and electronic microchips.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1218690000;}i:50;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:53:"Amid food price spike, Nobel laureate eyes fertilizer";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/fertilizer-0813.html";s:11:"description";s:230:"One of the reasons food prices have risen sharply is the cost of fertilizer. MIT Nobelist Richard Schrock is among a handful of researchers pursuing less energy-intensive ways to produce ammonia, the main component of fertilizer. ";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/fertilizer-0813.html";s:7:"summary";s:230:"One of the reasons food prices have risen sharply is the cost of fertilizer. MIT Nobelist Richard Schrock is among a handful of researchers pursuing less energy-intensive ways to produce ammonia, the main component of fertilizer. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1218603600;}i:51;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"MIT solves puzzle of meteorite-asteroid link";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/meteorites-0813.html";s:11:"description";s:249:"Researchers have found why the majority of asteroids that come near Earth are of a type that matches only a fraction of the meteorites that tend to hit our planet: the meteorites come straight in from the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/meteorites-0813.html";s:7:"summary";s:249:"Researchers have found why the majority of asteroids that come near Earth are of a type that matches only a fraction of the meteorites that tend to hit our planet: the meteorites come straight in from the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1218603600;}i:52;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"Improving people's lives, one device at a time";s:4:"link";s:49:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/idds-0808.html";s:11:"description";s:244:"Using a bicycle wheel to thresh millet and making LEGO-like bricks from dirt were among the projects designed during a month-long summer workshop at MIT to help improve the lives of millions of people living in the world's developing countries.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Fri, 8 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:49:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/idds-0808.html";s:7:"summary";s:244:"Using a bicycle wheel to thresh millet and making LEGO-like bricks from dirt were among the projects designed during a month-long summer workshop at MIT to help improve the lives of millions of people living in the world's developing countries.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1218171600;}i:53;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"MIT developing super-realistic image system";s:4:"link";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/camera-0807.html";s:11:"description";s:224:"By producing "6-D" images, an MIT professor and colleagues  are creating unusually realistic pictures that not only have a full 3-D appearance, but also respond to their environment, producing natural shadows and highlights.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/camera-0807.html";s:7:"summary";s:224:"By producing "6-D" images, an MIT professor and colleagues  are creating unusually realistic pictures that not only have a full 3-D appearance, but also respond to their environment, producing natural shadows and highlights.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1218085200;}i:54;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:45:"Sputnik-era antenna gets 21st century upgrade";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/antenna-0807.html";s:11:"description";s:224:"A mammoth MIT antenna installed in 1957 as the first radar system to conduct space surveillance (it observed the Sputnik satellite) is poised for many more years of key observations thanks to a recently completed renovation.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Thu, 7 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/antenna-0807.html";s:7:"summary";s:224:"A mammoth MIT antenna installed in 1957 as the first radar system to conduct space surveillance (it observed the Sputnik satellite) is poised for many more years of key observations thanks to a recently completed renovation.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1218085200;}i:55;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:33:"MIT honored for green initiatives";s:4:"link";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/kaplan-0806.html";s:11:"description";s:203:"MIT has been named one of the top 25 environmentally responsible schools in the Kaplan College Guide 2009, which was released Aug. 5 and for the first time ranked institutions based on green initiatives.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/kaplan-0806.html";s:7:"summary";s:203:"MIT has been named one of the top 25 environmentally responsible schools in the Kaplan College Guide 2009, which was released Aug. 5 and for the first time ranked institutions based on green initiatives.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1217998800;}i:56;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:45:"Prices of commercial properties decline in Q2";s:4:"link";s:48:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cre-0806.html";s:11:"description";s:259:"Transaction sale prices of commercial property sold by major institutional investors declined 2.7 percent overall in the second quarter of 2008 with prices for office properties declining 5.5 percent, according to an index from the MIT Center for Real Estate.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Wed, 6 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:48:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cre-0806.html";s:7:"summary";s:259:"Transaction sale prices of commercial property sold by major institutional investors declined 2.7 percent overall in the second quarter of 2008 with prices for office properties declining 5.5 percent, according to an index from the MIT Center for Real Estate.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1217998800;}i:57;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"MIT recommends steps to slash fuel use by 2035";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cars2035-0805.html";s:11:"description";s:238:"Detailed analyses in a new MIT report published this month conclude that over the next 25 years, the fuel consumption of new vehicles could be reduced by 30-50 percent and total U.S. fuel use for vehicles could be cut to year 2000 levels.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Tue, 5 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cars2035-0805.html";s:7:"summary";s:238:"Detailed analyses in a new MIT report published this month conclude that over the next 25 years, the fuel consumption of new vehicles could be reduced by 30-50 percent and total U.S. fuel use for vehicles could be cut to year 2000 levels.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1217912400;}i:58;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:29:"Superfund may not be so super";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/superfund-0805.html";s:11:"description";s:230:"The cost of the federal Superfund program isn't bringing financial returns to homeowners living near the cleaned-up toxic sites, according to new research by Michael Greenstone, the 3M Professor of Environmental Economics at MIT. ";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Tue, 5 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/superfund-0805.html";s:7:"summary";s:230:"The cost of the federal Superfund program isn't bringing financial returns to homeowners living near the cleaned-up toxic sites, according to new research by Michael Greenstone, the 3M Professor of Environmental Economics at MIT. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1217912400;}i:59;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"Team wins $20 million grant for solar research";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nsf-solar-0804.html";s:11:"description";s:195:"A team led by MIT and Caltech scientists has been awarded $20 million by the National Science Foundation to help pursue the dream of meeting the world's energy needs with solar-fuel power plants.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nsf-solar-0804.html";s:7:"summary";s:195:"A team led by MIT and Caltech scientists has been awarded $20 million by the National Science Foundation to help pursue the dream of meeting the world's energy needs with solar-fuel power plants.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1217826000;}i:60;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Geobiologist Newman follows a rocky road";s:4:"link";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/newman-0804.html";s:11:"description";s:199:"When most people look at a rock, they see a lifeless slab. When Dianne Newman looks at one, she sees clues to the history of life on Earth--and potential answers to some of today's medical mysteries.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/newman-0804.html";s:7:"summary";s:199:"When most people look at a rock, they see a lifeless slab. When Dianne Newman looks at one, she sees clues to the history of life on Earth--and potential answers to some of today's medical mysteries.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1217826000;}i:61;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:67:"MIT awarded $3M for training program in quantum information science";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/quantum-0804.html";s:11:"description";s:225:"MIT has been awarded a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a pioneering doctoral-study program in the growing field of quantum information science, which poses great potential in supercomputing.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Mon, 4 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/quantum-0804.html";s:7:"summary";s:225:"MIT has been awarded a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to establish a pioneering doctoral-study program in the growing field of quantum information science, which poses great potential in supercomputing.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1217826000;}i:62;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:56:"MIT instruments featured as highlight of NASA's 50 years";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/chandra-0801.html";s:11:"description";s:212:"The orbiting Chandra Observatory, one of NASA's series of Great Observatories, was featured this week in a collection of highlights from NASA's first five decades that was displayed on Nature magazine's web site.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/chandra-0801.html";s:7:"summary";s:212:"The orbiting Chandra Observatory, one of NASA's series of Great Observatories, was featured this week in a collection of highlights from NASA's first five decades that was displayed on Nature magazine's web site.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1217566800;}i:63;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:36:"Not quite a teen, not fully an adult";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/young-adult-0801.html";s:11:"description";s:214:"Fueled by hormone fluctuations, the teenage years can be a time of huge emotional upheaval. But, as an initiative by MIT's Young Adult Development Project finds, the roller coaster may not end at the 18th birthday.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/young-adult-0801.html";s:7:"summary";s:214:"Fueled by hormone fluctuations, the teenage years can be a time of huge emotional upheaval. But, as an initiative by MIT's Young Adult Development Project finds, the roller coaster may not end at the 18th birthday.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1217566800;}i:64;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:48:"MIT discovery primed to unleash solar revolution";s:4:"link";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/oxygen-0731.html";s:11:"description";s:253:"In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine. ";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/oxygen-0731.html";s:7:"summary";s:253:"In a revolutionary leap that could transform solar power from a marginal, boutique alternative into a mainstream energy source, MIT researchers have overcome a major barrier to large-scale solar power: storing energy for use when the sun doesn't shine. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1217480400;}i:65;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:16:"Just A-Mayes-ing";s:4:"link";s:50:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/mayes-0730.html";s:11:"description";s:223:"When Anne Mayes departed MIT recently because of health reasons, the pioneering materials science professor left behind more than just a quarter-century history at the Institute: She left an opportunity for future students.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:50:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/mayes-0730.html";s:7:"summary";s:223:"When Anne Mayes departed MIT recently because of health reasons, the pioneering materials science professor left behind more than just a quarter-century history at the Institute: She left an opportunity for future students.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1217394000;}i:66;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:16:"Life in a bubble";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/underwater-0729.html";s:11:"description";s:225:"Hundreds of insect species spend much of their time underwater, where food may be more plentiful. MIT mathematicians have now figured out exactly how those insects breathe underwater using a thin layer of air on their bodies.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/underwater-0729.html";s:7:"summary";s:225:"Hundreds of insect species spend much of their time underwater, where food may be more plentiful. MIT mathematicians have now figured out exactly how those insects breathe underwater using a thin layer of air on their bodies.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1217307600;}i:67;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:50:"Alzheimer's treatment promising in clinical trials";s:4:"link";s:62:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/alzheimers-humans-0729.html";s:11:"description";s:216:"An Alzheimer's treatment based on MIT research has shown promise in its first clinical trials, according to results announced today at the 2008 Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:62:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/alzheimers-humans-0729.html";s:7:"summary";s:216:"An Alzheimer's treatment based on MIT research has shown promise in its first clinical trials, according to results announced today at the 2008 Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1217307600;}i:68;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"Lincoln Lab tests new satellite communications";s:4:"link";s:62:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lincoln-satellite-0728.html";s:11:"description";s:241:"The enhanced capabilities of a new global satellite communications system were successfully tested recently by MIT Lincoln Laboratory, representing a major step forward in improving U.S. Department of Defense communications around the world.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:62:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lincoln-satellite-0728.html";s:7:"summary";s:241:"The enhanced capabilities of a new global satellite communications system were successfully tested recently by MIT Lincoln Laboratory, representing a major step forward in improving U.S. Department of Defense communications around the world.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1217221200;}i:69;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"Protection built to scale--fish scale, that is";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/fish-armor-0727.html";s:11:"description";s:214:"Scientists seeking to protect the soldier of the future can learn a lot from a relic of the past, according to an MIT study of a primitive fish that could point to more effective ways of designing human body armor.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/fish-armor-0727.html";s:7:"summary";s:214:"Scientists seeking to protect the soldier of the future can learn a lot from a relic of the past, according to an MIT study of a primitive fish that could point to more effective ways of designing human body armor.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1217134800;}i:70;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:48:"MIT students seek to harness campus's waste heat";s:4:"link";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/thermo-0724.html";s:11:"description";s:211:"MIT's cogeneration plant, which provides most of the electricity, heat and air conditioning for the campus, could get even more efficient if a team of students' project to harness surplus heat works as expected.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/thermo-0724.html";s:7:"summary";s:211:"MIT's cogeneration plant, which provides most of the electricity, heat and air conditioning for the campus, could get even more efficient if a team of students' project to harness surplus heat works as expected.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1216875600;}i:71;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"MIT engages Gloucester youth in science";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/gloucester-0724.html";s:11:"description";s:222:"MIT staff members have been working with middle-school students in Gloucester this summer to raise their interest in science and engineering as part of a program that could be implemented in communities across the country.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/gloucester-0724.html";s:7:"summary";s:222:"MIT staff members have been working with middle-school students in Gloucester this summer to raise their interest in science and engineering as part of a program that could be implemented in communities across the country.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1216875600;}i:72;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:45:"A sensible censor for sharing medical records";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/robo-censor-0723.html";s:11:"description";s:202:"A team of MIT researchers has developed a computer program capable of automatically deleting details from medical records that may identify patients, while leaving important medical information intact.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/robo-censor-0723.html";s:7:"summary";s:202:"A team of MIT researchers has developed a computer program capable of automatically deleting details from medical records that may identify patients, while leaving important medical information intact.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1216789200;}i:73;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:54:"MIT Portugal students win entrepreneurship competition";s:4:"link";s:57:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bio-portugal-0723.html";s:11:"description";s:179:"Researchers and students from the MIT Portugal Program hope a new biotechnology they developed will help treat patients with medical complications from abnormal protein breakdown.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:57:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bio-portugal-0723.html";s:7:"summary";s:179:"Researchers and students from the MIT Portugal Program hope a new biotechnology they developed will help treat patients with medical complications from abnormal protein breakdown.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1216789200;}i:74;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:50:"MIT students help cities plan for changing climate";s:4:"link";s:60:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-southafrica-0722.html";s:11:"description";s:213:"Ten graduate students from MIT recently spent three weeks in Durban, South Africa, working on a project to develop an online tool that could help municipal governments around the world adapt to a changing climate.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:60:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-southafrica-0722.html";s:7:"summary";s:213:"Ten graduate students from MIT recently spent three weeks in Durban, South Africa, working on a project to develop an online tool that could help municipal governments around the world adapt to a changing climate.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1216702800;}i:75;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:63:"Charles Yardley Chittick '22, MIT's oldest alumnus, dies at 107";s:4:"link";s:58:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/obit-chittick-0722.html";s:11:"description";s:124:"Charles Yardley Chittick '22, who was honored this past June as the oldest MIT alumnus, died on Friday, July 18. 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This state may not be a precursor to superconductivity, as has been theorized, but a competing state.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:58:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/super-conduct-0718.html";s:7:"summary";s:252:"MIT physicists believe they have identified a mysterious state of matter that has been linked to the phenomenon of high-temperature superconductivity. This state may not be a precursor to superconductivity, as has been theorized, but a competing state.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1216357200;}i:80;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:73:"Colorado School of Mines first to use nuclear energy research partnership";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/inl-mit-0717.html";s:11:"description";s:256:"Under a research partnership between the Advanced Test Reactor National Scientific User Facility at Idaho National Laboratory and MIT, a Colorado School of Mines nuclear materials irradiation experiment will be the first test conducted in the MIT Reactor. 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";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1216270800;}i:81;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:41:"MIT-led team creates touch-based illusion";s:4:"link";s:50:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/touch-0717.html";s:11:"description";s:228:"A team of scientists from MIT, Harvard and McGill has designed a new illusion involving the sense of touch, which is helping to glean new insights into perception and how different senses--such as touch and sight--work together.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:50:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/touch-0717.html";s:7:"summary";s:228:"A team of scientists from MIT, Harvard and McGill has designed a new illusion involving the sense of touch, which is helping to glean new insights into perception and how different senses--such as touch and sight--work together.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1216270800;}i:82;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:33:"Cutting costs one image at a time";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/rationing-0717.html";s:11:"description";s:240:"In an effort to assess health-care organizations' cost-cutting techniques, MIT urban economist Frank Levy will study the effects of different initiatives to restrict non-necessary medical-imaging procedures on the costs and quality of care.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/rationing-0717.html";s:7:"summary";s:240:"In an effort to assess health-care organizations' cost-cutting techniques, MIT urban economist Frank Levy will study the effects of different initiatives to restrict non-necessary medical-imaging procedures on the costs and quality of care.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1216270800;}i:83;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"MIT names Colombo dean for student life";s:4:"link";s:48:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/dsl-0716.html";s:11:"description";s:177:"Costantino "Chris" Colombo, dean of student affairs at Columbia University's two undergraduate schools since 1998, has been named MIT's dean for student life, effective Aug. 18.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:48:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/dsl-0716.html";s:7:"summary";s:177:"Costantino "Chris" Colombo, dean of student affairs at Columbia University's two undergraduate schools since 1998, has been named MIT's dean for student life, effective Aug. 18.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1216184400;}i:84;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:49:"Raja Bobbili '08 wins Jack Kent Cooke scholarship";s:4:"link";s:50:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cooke-0716.html";s:11:"description";s:187:"A recent MIT graduate who enrolled in the Institute at the age of 16 will complete a joint MBA and law program on full scholarship as a recipient of the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke award.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:50:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cooke-0716.html";s:7:"summary";s:187:"A recent MIT graduate who enrolled in the Institute at the age of 16 will complete a joint MBA and law program on full scholarship as a recipient of the prestigious Jack Kent Cooke award.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1216184400;}i:85;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:37:"Balance problems? Step into the iShoe";s:4:"link";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/i-shoe-0716.html";s:11:"description";s:168:"Your grandmother might have little in common with an astronaut, but both could benefit from a new device an MIT graduate student is designing to test balancing ability.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:51:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/i-shoe-0716.html";s:7:"summary";s:168:"Your grandmother might have little in common with an astronaut, but both could benefit from a new device an MIT graduate student is designing to test balancing ability.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1216184400;}i:86;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"Six from MIT receive Fulbright scholarships";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/fulbright-0715.html";s:11:"description";s:238:"Four recent MIT graduates and a current PhD student have been awarded Fulbright scholarships for the 2008-2009 academic year. 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The results could lead to treatments for autism and other disorders.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:57:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/missing-link-0715.html";s:7:"summary";s:255:"Neuroscientists at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory found that a previously unsuspected set of genes links nature and nurture during a crucial period of brain development. The results could lead to treatments for autism and other disorders.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1216098000;}i:88;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Team unveils 'parts list' of cell powerhouse";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/powerhouse-0711.html";s:11:"description";s:221:"An international team of researchers, led by a member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, has created the most  comprehensive "parts list" to date for mitochondria, a compendium that includes nearly 1,100 proteins.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/powerhouse-0711.html";s:7:"summary";s:221:"An international team of researchers, led by a member of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, has created the most  comprehensive "parts list" to date for mitochondria, a compendium that includes nearly 1,100 proteins.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1215752400;}i:89;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"Don't bank on long-term climate policy success";s:4:"link";s:57:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/climate-path-0711.html";s:11:"description";s:224:"Long-term climate change policy in the United States and abroad is likely to change very slowly, warns an MIT professor who says the lack of future flexibility argues for stronger short-term goals to reduce carbon emissions.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:57:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/climate-path-0711.html";s:7:"summary";s:224:"Long-term climate change policy in the United States and abroad is likely to change very slowly, warns an MIT professor who says the lack of future flexibility argues for stronger short-term goals to reduce carbon emissions.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1215752400;}i:90;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:38:"A hands-on approach to Third World aid";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/idds-adv-0710.html";s:11:"description";s:209:"About 60 people from 20 nations will descend on the MIT campus next week to begin an intensive month-long process of creating technological solutions for the needs of people in the world's developing nations. ";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/idds-adv-0710.html";s:7:"summary";s:209:"About 60 people from 20 nations will descend on the MIT campus next week to begin an intensive month-long process of creating technological solutions for the needs of people in the world's developing nations. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1215666000;}i:91;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:38:"MIT opens new 'window' on solar energy";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/solarcells-0710.html";s:11:"description";s:262:"Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building. MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the sun's energy—at the edges of solar panels—that could allow just that.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/solarcells-0710.html";s:7:"summary";s:262:"Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building. MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the sun's energy—at the edges of solar panels—that could allow just that.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1215666000;}i:92;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:26:"Alex d'Arbeloff dies at 80";s:4:"link";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/obit-darbeloff-0709.html";s:11:"description";s:160:"Alexander Vladimir d'Arbeloff '49, a visionary entrepreneur who co-founded Teradyne before becoming  chairman of the MIT Corporation, died peacefully on July 8.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Wed, 9 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/obit-darbeloff-0709.html";s:7:"summary";s:160:"Alexander Vladimir d'Arbeloff '49, a visionary entrepreneur who co-founded Teradyne before becoming  chairman of the MIT Corporation, died peacefully on July 8.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1215579600;}i:93;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"Partnership to support nuclear energy research";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/inl-mit-0708.html";s:11:"description";s:238:"The Advanced Test Reactor National Scientific User Facility, centered at Idaho National Laboratory, and the MIT Reactor have announced a partnership designed to increase user access to national reactor irradiation and testing capability. ";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/inl-mit-0708.html";s:7:"summary";s:238:"The Advanced Test Reactor National Scientific User Facility, centered at Idaho National Laboratory, and the MIT Reactor have announced a partnership designed to increase user access to national reactor irradiation and testing capability. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1215493200;}i:94;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:48:"Study points to dietary cocktail for Alzheimer's";s:4:"link";s:57:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/drink-memory-0708.html";s:11:"description";s:249:"A dietary cocktail that includes a type of omega-3 fatty acid can improve memory and learning in gerbils, according to the latest study from MIT researchers that points to a possible beverage-based treatment for Alzheimer's and other brain diseases.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:57:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/drink-memory-0708.html";s:7:"summary";s:249:"A dietary cocktail that includes a type of omega-3 fatty acid can improve memory and learning in gerbils, according to the latest study from MIT researchers that points to a possible beverage-based treatment for Alzheimer's and other brain diseases.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1215493200;}i:95;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:38:"MIT reports finer lines for microchips";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nanochips-0708.html";s:11:"description";s:250:"MIT researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger areas than have been possible with other methods. ";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nanochips-0708.html";s:7:"summary";s:250:"MIT researchers have achieved a significant advance in nanoscale lithographic technology, used in the manufacture of computer chips and electronic devices, to make finer patterns of lines over larger areas than have been possible with other methods. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1215493200;}i:96;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"MIT instrument studies edge of sun's bubble";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/voyager-0707.html";s:11:"description";s:253:"The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have now traveled beyond the edge of the sun's outflow of particles and radiation. Some of the data that reveals this boundary region comes from a set of magnetic field sensors developed and built at MIT back in the 1970s.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/voyager-0707.html";s:7:"summary";s:253:"The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft have now traveled beyond the edge of the sun's outflow of particles and radiation. 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Liskov, the Associate Provost for Faculty Equity and Ford Professor of Engineering, has been named an Institute Professor, the highest honor awarded by MIT's faculty and administration.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1214888400;}i:102;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Using a light touch to measure protein bonds";s:4:"link";s:60:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/protein-binding-0630.html";s:11:"description";s:188:"MIT researchers have developed a novel technique to measure the strength of the bonds between two protein molecules important in cell machinery: Gently tugging them apart with light beams.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:60:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/protein-binding-0630.html";s:7:"summary";s:188:"MIT researchers have developed a novel technique to measure the strength of the bonds between two protein molecules important in cell machinery: Gently tugging them apart with light beams.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1214802000;}i:103;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:47:"Experts describe promise of nanotech for cancer";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cancer-symp-0630.html";s:11:"description";s:244:"Speakers from MIT and other institutions described the promise of nanotechnology to help diagnose, treat and monitor cancer at the annual symposium hosted by the David H. 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";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:50:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/mirna-0620.html";s:7:"summary";s:174:"MIT biologists have discovered that proliferating cells shift the output of their genes to evade regulation by microRNAs, tiny molecules that normally suppress tumor growth.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1213938000;}i:114;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Berners-Lee named 3Com Founders Professor";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bernerslee-0620.html";s:11:"description";s:215:"Internet pioneer Timothy Berners-Lee has been named the 3Com Founders Professor of Engineering in the School of Engineering, with a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bernerslee-0620.html";s:7:"summary";s:215:"Internet pioneer Timothy Berners-Lee has been named the 3Com Founders Professor of Engineering in the School of Engineering, with a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1213938000;}i:115;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"MIT unlocks mystery behind brain imaging";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/astrocytes-0619.html";s:11:"description";s:239:"In work that solves a long-standing mystery in neuroscience, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown for the first time that star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes make noninvasive brain scans possible.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/astrocytes-0619.html";s:7:"summary";s:239:"In work that solves a long-standing mystery in neuroscience, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have shown for the first time that star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes make noninvasive brain scans possible.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1213851600;}i:116;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:55:"Flexible airport design essential for low-cost airlines";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/airports-0618.html";s:11:"description";s:202:"The leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to an MIT expert on airport design and operations.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/airports-0618.html";s:7:"summary";s:202:"The leading low-cost airlines with a preference for small, inexpensive airports are now the largest airlines in the United States and Europe, according to an MIT expert on airport design and operations.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1213765200;}i:117;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"MIT prototype solar dish passes first tests";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/solar-dish-0618.html";s:11:"description";s:226:"A team led by MIT students this week successfully tested a prototype of what may be the most cost-efficient solar power system in the world--one team members believe has the potential to revolutionize global energy production.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/solar-dish-0618.html";s:7:"summary";s:226:"A team led by MIT students this week successfully tested a prototype of what may be the most cost-efficient solar power system in the world--one team members believe has the potential to revolutionize global energy production.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1213765200;}i:118;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:48:"MIT finding could improve colon cancer treatment";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cancer-drug-0617.html";s:11:"description";s:203:"A compound that accumulates in cells more readily than a commonly used colorectal cancer drug may be just as useful in treating colorectal tumors, but with fewer side effects, MIT researchers have found.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cancer-drug-0617.html";s:7:"summary";s:203:"A compound that accumulates in cells more readily than a commonly used colorectal cancer drug may be just as useful in treating colorectal tumors, but with fewer side effects, MIT researchers have found.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1213678800;}i:119;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:42:"Unraveling bacteria communication pathways";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/cell-rewire-0612.html";s:11:"description";s:249:"MIT researchers have figured out how bacteria ensure that they respond correctly to hundreds of incoming signals from their environment. 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";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/zaragoza-tt0611.html";s:7:"summary";s:181:"An MIT-designed building featuring water walls that can be programmed to display patterns and images is being unveiled this week at the opening of the Zaragoza World Expo in Spain. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1213246800;}i:122;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"Langer wins Millennium Technology Prize";s:4:"link";s:62:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/langer-millennium-0611.html";s:11:"description";s:220:"MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer has won the Millennium Technology Prize, the world's largest award for technology innovation, for his development of biomaterials for controlled drug release and tissue regeneration.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:62:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/langer-millennium-0611.html";s:7:"summary";s:220:"MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer has won the Millennium Technology Prize, the world's largest award for technology innovation, for his development of biomaterials for controlled drug release and tissue regeneration.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1213160400;}i:123;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Forum examines cities and climate change";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/massimpact-0610.html";s:11:"description";s:256:"The MIT School of Architecture and Planning and the Boston Society of Architects this week held its second symposium uniting leading urbanists from around the world and focusing on the challenges facing the modern city in a period of global climate change.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/massimpact-0610.html";s:7:"summary";s:256:"The MIT School of Architecture and Planning and the Boston Society of Architects this week held its second symposium uniting leading urbanists from around the world and focusing on the challenges facing the modern city in a period of global climate change.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1213074000;}i:124;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Experts say EU emissions system working well";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/emissions-0610.html";s:11:"description";s:248:"In a bid to control greenhouse gas emissions linked to climate change, the European Union has been operating the world's first system to limit and to trade carbon dioxide. 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This "cap-and-trade" system has operated well, according to an MIT analysis.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1213074000;}i:125;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:42:"MIT team develops better X-ray nanomirrors";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nanomirrors-0609.html";s:11:"description";s:191:"A new way of bending X-ray beams developed by MIT researchers could lead to greatly improved space telescopes, as well as new tools for biology and for the manufacture of semiconductor chips.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Mon, 9 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nanomirrors-0609.html";s:7:"summary";s:191:"A new way of bending X-ray beams developed by MIT researchers could lead to greatly improved space telescopes, as well as new tools for biology and for the manufacture of semiconductor chips.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212987600;}i:126;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:36:"Getting wrapped up in solar textiles";s:4:"link";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/solar-textiles-0609.html";s:11:"description";s:222:"Sheila Kennedy, an expert in the integration of solar cell technology in architecture who is now at MIT, creates designs for flexible photovoltaic materials that may change the way buildings receive and distribute energy. ";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Mon, 9 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/solar-textiles-0609.html";s:7:"summary";s:222:"Sheila Kennedy, an expert in the integration of solar cell technology in architecture who is now at MIT, creates designs for flexible photovoltaic materials that may change the way buildings receive and distribute energy. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212987600;}i:127;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:42:"Stripes key to nanoparticle drug delivery
";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nanocell-0609.html";s:11:"description";s:250:"In work that could at the same time impact the delivery of drugs and explain a biological mystery, MIT engineers have created the first synthetic nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without poking a hole in its protective membrane and killing it.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Mon, 9 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nanocell-0609.html";s:7:"summary";s:250:"In work that could at the same time impact the delivery of drugs and explain a biological mystery, MIT engineers have created the first synthetic nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without poking a hole in its protective membrane and killing it.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212987600;}i:128;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:49:"Yunus tells MIT grads they can 'change the world'";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/comm-trunk-0606.html";s:11:"description";s:228:"2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus told graduating students at MIT's 142nd Commencement exercises on Friday that they "represent the future of the world" and urged them to create businesses to help improve the world.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/comm-trunk-0606.html";s:7:"summary";s:228:"2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus told graduating students at MIT's 142nd Commencement exercises on Friday that they "represent the future of the world" and urged them to create businesses to help improve the world.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212728400;}i:129;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:31:"Commencement 2008 photo gallery";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/comm-photos-0606.html";s:11:"description";s:77:"A photo gallery chronicling the events of MIT's Commencement on June 6, 2008.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/comm-photos-0606.html";s:7:"summary";s:77:"A photo gallery chronicling the events of MIT's Commencement on June 6, 2008.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212728400;}i:130;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:40:"Corporation names new members at meeting";s:4:"link";s:60:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/corporation-new-0606.html";s:11:"description";s:241:"The MIT Corporation, the Institute's board of trustees, elected 10 term members and one life member at its quarterly meeting on June 6 before the Commencement exercises. Dana G. Mead, chair of the Corporation, announced the election results.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Fri, 6 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:60:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/corporation-new-0606.html";s:7:"summary";s:241:"The MIT Corporation, the Institute's board of trustees, elected 10 term members and one life member at its quarterly meeting on June 6 before the Commencement exercises. Dana G. Mead, chair of the Corporation, announced the election results.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212728400;}i:131;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Langer a winner of Spain's Asturias award";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/asturias-0605.html";s:11:"description";s:164:"Institute Professor Robert Langer is one of five scientists to receive a top Spanish honor, the 2008 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/asturias-0605.html";s:7:"summary";s:164:"Institute Professor Robert Langer is one of five scientists to receive a top Spanish honor, the 2008 Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212642000;}i:132;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:49:"MIT detector uses nanotubes to sense deadly gases";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nanotube-0605.html";s:11:"description";s:241:"Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have built the most sensitive electronic detector yet for sensing deadly gases, a low-cost, low-energy portable device that could be carried in a pocket  and used to monitor hazardous chemicals.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Thu, 5 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/nanotube-0605.html";s:7:"summary";s:241:"Using carbon nanotubes, MIT chemical engineers have built the most sensitive electronic detector yet for sensing deadly gases, a low-cost, low-energy portable device that could be carried in a pocket  and used to monitor hazardous chemicals.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212642000;}i:133;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:50:"MIT researcher envisions towering Katrina memorial";s:4:"link";s:61:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/katrina-towers-tt0604.html";s:11:"description";s:263:"After Hurricane Katrina left its trail of destruction along the Gulf coast, MIT research affiliate Joe Davis decided to do something to memorialize the event. His idea? Build a tower that will capture electricity from lightning and throw energy back into the sky.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:61:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/katrina-towers-tt0604.html";s:7:"summary";s:263:"After Hurricane Katrina left its trail of destruction along the Gulf coast, MIT research affiliate Joe Davis decided to do something to memorialize the event. His idea? Build a tower that will capture electricity from lightning and throw energy back into the sky.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212555600;}i:134;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:47:"Student project innovates solar cooker in Tibet";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-tibet-tt0604.html";s:11:"description";s:255:"When two students visited Tibet two years ago, they kept hearing from villagers that a solar cooker that was both lightweight and strong would make a big difference to their lives. So a team of students from MIT and Tibet ended up producing exactly that. ";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-tibet-tt0604.html";s:7:"summary";s:255:"When two students visited Tibet two years ago, they kept hearing from villagers that a solar cooker that was both lightweight and strong would make a big difference to their lives. So a team of students from MIT and Tibet ended up producing exactly that. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212555600;}i:135;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:52:"Study says teacher tests deter talented individuals ";s:4:"link";s:60:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/teacher-tests-tt0604.html";s:11:"description";s:233:"Teacher certification tests may be undermining American public education by deterring higher-quality candidates from applying to teach, according to MIT labor economist Joshua Angrist and Jonathan Guryan of the University of Chicago.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:60:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/teacher-tests-tt0604.html";s:7:"summary";s:233:"Teacher certification tests may be undermining American public education by deterring higher-quality candidates from applying to teach, according to MIT labor economist Joshua Angrist and Jonathan Guryan of the University of Chicago.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212555600;}i:136;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:35:"MIT prepares for 142nd Commencement";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/comm-adv-tt0604.html";s:11:"description";s:256:"Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, will deliver the principal address at MIT's 142nd Commencement exercises at 10 a.m., Friday, June 6, in Killian Court. In all, 2,335 undergraduate and graduate students are scheduled to receive degrees.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/comm-adv-tt0604.html";s:7:"summary";s:256:"Muhammad Yunus, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, will deliver the principal address at MIT's 142nd Commencement exercises at 10 a.m., Friday, June 6, in Killian Court. In all, 2,335 undergraduate and graduate students are scheduled to receive degrees.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212555600;}i:137;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"Eradicating TB with ... cell phone minutes?";s:4:"link";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/tb-cellphone-tt0604.html";s:11:"description";s:230:"MIT students have come up with a possible solution for getting TB patients to take their medicine: A new testing and reporting system that is easy for patients to use and offers economic incentives such as free cell phone minutes.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Wed, 4 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/tb-cellphone-tt0604.html";s:7:"summary";s:230:"MIT students have come up with a possible solution for getting TB patients to take their medicine: A new testing and reporting system that is easy for patients to use and offers economic incentives such as free cell phone minutes.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212555600;}i:138;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:42:"Report: Support early-career investigators";s:4:"link";s:50:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/arise-0603.html";s:11:"description";s:240:"Programs and policies to support early-career investigators and high-risk, high-reward research are needed to preserve U.S. leadership in science and technology, according to a report produced by a panel that included an MIT Nobel laureate.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:50:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/arise-0603.html";s:7:"summary";s:240:"Programs and policies to support early-career investigators and high-risk, high-reward research are needed to preserve U.S. leadership in science and technology, according to a report produced by a panel that included an MIT Nobel laureate.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212469200;}i:139;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"NASA selects MIT-led team for search satellite";s:4:"link";s:49:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/tess-0603.html";s:11:"description";s:253:"A planet-searching satellite planned by scientists from MIT, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and NASA-Ames is one of six proposed spacecraft concepts that NASA has picked for further study as part of its Small Explorer satellite program.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Tue, 3 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:49:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/tess-0603.html";s:7:"summary";s:253:"A planet-searching satellite planned by scientists from MIT, the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and NASA-Ames is one of six proposed spacecraft concepts that NASA has picked for further study as part of its Small Explorer satellite program.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212469200;}i:140;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:46:"MIT confirms link between inflammation, cancer";s:4:"link";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/gastric-cancer-0602.html";s:11:"description";s:248:"Chronic inflammation of the intestine or stomach can damage DNA, increasing the risk of cancer, MIT scientists have confirmed. Researchers found that chronic inflammation accelerated tumor formation in mice lacking the ability to repair DNA damage.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/gastric-cancer-0602.html";s:7:"summary";s:248:"Chronic inflammation of the intestine or stomach can damage DNA, increasing the risk of cancer, MIT scientists have confirmed. Researchers found that chronic inflammation accelerated tumor formation in mice lacking the ability to repair DNA damage.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212382800;}i:141;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:18:"Wave of the future";s:4:"link";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bioengineering-0602.html";s:11:"description";s:235:"When this year's seniors arrived at MIT four years ago, the biological engineering major did not exist. But this Friday, twenty-three MIT students will become the Institute's first graduates from the new biological engineering program.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:59:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bioengineering-0602.html";s:7:"summary";s:235:"When this year's seniors arrived at MIT four years ago, the biological engineering major did not exist. But this Friday, twenty-three MIT students will become the Institute's first graduates from the new biological engineering program.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212382800;}i:142;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"Four from MIT win coveted Gates scholarships";s:4:"link";s:50:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/gates-0602.html";s:11:"description";s:232:"Four MIT students preparing for careers in affordable energy, public health, mathematics and biotechnology have been awarded full scholarships for graduate study at the University of Cambridge, England, by the Gates Cambridge Trust.";s:7:"pubdate";s:28:"Mon, 2 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:50:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/gates-0602.html";s:7:"summary";s:232:"Four MIT students preparing for careers in affordable energy, public health, mathematics and biotechnology have been awarded full scholarships for graduate study at the University of Cambridge, England, by the Gates Cambridge Trust.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212382800;}i:143;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:43:"MIT develops a 'paper towel' for oil spills";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/oil-paper-0530.html";s:11:"description";s:224:"A mat of nanowires with the touch and feel of paper, that can absorb up to 20 times its weight in oil, could be an important new tool in the cleanup of oil and other organic pollutants, MIT researchers and colleagues report.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/oil-paper-0530.html";s:7:"summary";s:224:"A mat of nanowires with the touch and feel of paper, that can absorb up to 20 times its weight in oil, could be an important new tool in the cleanup of oil and other organic pollutants, MIT researchers and colleagues report.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212123600;}i:144;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:28:"Everything new under the sun";s:4:"link";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/solar-study-0529.html";s:11:"description";s:235:"In a major new project that could help set the agenda for policymakers, researchers and industry leaders, a team of MIT faculty members has begun a comprehensive study of the technology and economics of harnessing the power of the sun.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:56:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/solar-study-0529.html";s:7:"summary";s:235:"In a major new project that could help set the agenda for policymakers, researchers and industry leaders, a team of MIT faculty members has begun a comprehensive study of the technology and economics of harnessing the power of the sun.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212037200;}i:145;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"What role for America? MIT students weigh in";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/booklet-0529.html";s:11:"description";s:256:"MIT senior Ali Wyne recalls how four years ago he couldn't get anyone to talk politics. But that has changed with the current presidential campaign, and now Wyne is showcasing his fellow students' new political energy in "America in the World: MIT Speaks."";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/booklet-0529.html";s:7:"summary";s:256:"MIT senior Ali Wyne recalls how four years ago he couldn't get anyone to talk politics. But that has changed with the current presidential campaign, and now Wyne is showcasing his fellow students' new political energy in "America in the World: MIT Speaks."";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1212037200;}i:146;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:51:"MIT project seeks to arm robotic training with data";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/robot-arm-0528.html";s:11:"description";s:242:"MIT researchers are systematically evaluating the effectiveness of tests given to astronauts to teach them how to control the space shuttle's robotic arm. For the first time, they'll determine how those tests relate to the training's outcome.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/robot-arm-0528.html";s:7:"summary";s:242:"MIT researchers are systematically evaluating the effectiveness of tests given to astronauts to teach them how to control the space shuttle's robotic arm. For the first time, they'll determine how those tests relate to the training's outcome.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1211950800;}i:147;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"Blanchard appointed IMF chief economist";s:4:"link";s:58:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/imf-blanchard-0528.html";s:11:"description";s:223:"MIT economist Olivier Blanchard, a macroeconomist specializing in monetary policy, global imbalances, labor-market performance and speculative bubbles, has been appointed chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. ";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:58:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/imf-blanchard-0528.html";s:7:"summary";s:223:"MIT economist Olivier Blanchard, a macroeconomist specializing in monetary policy, global imbalances, labor-market performance and speculative bubbles, has been appointed chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1211950800;}i:148;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:41:"Five MIT faculty named HHMI investigators";s:4:"link";s:49:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/hhmi-0527.html";s:11:"description";s:162:"Five MIT faculty have been named Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators, bringing the total number of current MIT professors holding the distinction to 19.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:49:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/hhmi-0527.html";s:7:"summary";s:162:"Five MIT faculty have been named Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators, bringing the total number of current MIT professors holding the distinction to 19.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1211864400;}i:149;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:42:"Scientists fathom niches of ocean microbes";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lifestyle-0522.html";s:11:"description";s:240:"Marine bacteria in the wild organize into professions or lifestyle groups that partition many resources, rather than competing for them, according to MIT research that could change the way scientists approach the classification of microbes.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/lifestyle-0522.html";s:7:"summary";s:240:"Marine bacteria in the wild organize into professions or lifestyle groups that partition many resources, rather than competing for them, according to MIT research that could change the way scientists approach the classification of microbes.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1211432400;}i:150;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:48:"Logan to get Lincoln Lab-developed safety system";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/runway-tt0521.html";s:11:"description";s:252:"Next year, Boston's Logan International Airport will become one of the first U.S. airports to deploy Runway Status Lights, a new technology originally developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory as part of the FAA's continuing program to improve runway safety.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/runway-tt0521.html";s:7:"summary";s:252:"Next year, Boston's Logan International Airport will become one of the first U.S. airports to deploy Runway Status Lights, a new technology originally developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory as part of the FAA's continuing program to improve runway safety.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1211346000;}i:151;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:31:"The cost of repealing blue laws";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bluelaws-tt0521.html";s:11:"description";s:243:"Repealing America's blue laws not only decreased church attendance, donations and spending, but it also led to a rise in alcohol and drug use among people who had been religious, according to a new study by economists from MIT and Notre Dame. ";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bluelaws-tt0521.html";s:7:"summary";s:243:"Repealing America's blue laws not only decreased church attendance, donations and spending, but it also led to a rise in alcohol and drug use among people who had been religious, according to a new study by economists from MIT and Notre Dame. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1211346000;}i:152;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:30:"Who ya gonna call? Riskbuster!";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/leveson-tt0521.html";s:11:"description";s:250:"Whenever something really bad happens in this high-tech world--or whenever someone wants to make sure it doesn't--there's a good chance that someone will be calling Nancy Leveson, MIT professor of aeronautics and astronautics and engineering systems.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/leveson-tt0521.html";s:7:"summary";s:250:"Whenever something really bad happens in this high-tech world--or whenever someone wants to make sure it doesn't--there's a good chance that someone will be calling Nancy Leveson, MIT professor of aeronautics and astronautics and engineering systems.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1211346000;}i:153;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:50:"On a roll: Students bring mobility to remote areas";s:4:"link";s:62:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-wheelchairs-tt0521.html";s:11:"description";s:226:"MIT students in this year's 'Wheelchair Design in Developing Countries' class split into five teams and each came up with new variations on how to help bring mobility to people whose lives could be dramatically changed by it.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:62:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/itw-wheelchairs-tt0521.html";s:7:"summary";s:226:"MIT students in this year's 'Wheelchair Design in Developing Countries' class split into five teams and each came up with new variations on how to help bring mobility to people whose lives could be dramatically changed by it.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1211346000;}i:154;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:49:"MIT student ingenuity sparks all-electric Porsche";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/porsche-tt0521.html";s:11:"description";s:247:"With a click and a hum, the sleek Porsche 914 pulled away from the curb while onlookers watched anxiously and the passenger gazed down at a laptop plugged into the dashboard. Why the drama? The 1976 Porsche was operating on 18 high-tech batteries.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/porsche-tt0521.html";s:7:"summary";s:247:"With a click and a hum, the sleek Porsche 914 pulled away from the curb while onlookers watched anxiously and the passenger gazed down at a laptop plugged into the dashboard. Why the drama? The 1976 Porsche was operating on 18 high-tech batteries.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1211346000;}i:155;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"MIT helps develop image-recognition software";s:4:"link";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/csail-tt0521.html";s:11:"description";s:231:"It takes surprisingly few pixels of information to be able to identify the subject of an image, a team led by an MIT researcher has found. The discovery could lead to great advances in the automated identification of online images.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:52:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/csail-tt0521.html";s:7:"summary";s:231:"It takes surprisingly few pixels of information to be able to identify the subject of an image, a team led by an MIT researcher has found. The discovery could lead to great advances in the automated identification of online images.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1211346000;}i:156;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:19:"Hope on the horizon";s:4:"link";s:57:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/hope-horizon-0521.html";s:11:"description";s:249:"As the economy appears to falter and as more Americans fear that the country is on the wrong track, the MIT News Office asked a collection of MIT researchers what they think are potentially life-altering technologies that lie just around the corner.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:57:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/hope-horizon-0521.html";s:7:"summary";s:249:"As the economy appears to falter and as more Americans fear that the country is on the wrong track, the MIT News Office asked a collection of MIT researchers what they think are potentially life-altering technologies that lie just around the corner.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1211346000;}i:157;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:42:"Disarmament expert sees U.S.-Iran solution";s:4:"link";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/iran-nukes-0519.html";s:11:"description";s:189:"An MIT expert on Iran's nuclear ambitions is gaining recognition for his work in developing a possible face-saving solution to the tense nuclear standoff between the United States and Iran.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:55:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/iran-nukes-0519.html";s:7:"summary";s:189:"An MIT expert on Iran's nuclear ambitions is gaining recognition for his work in developing a possible face-saving solution to the tense nuclear standoff between the United States and Iran.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1211173200;}i:158;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"Finding yields bacteria-resistant films";s:4:"link";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/surfaces-0516.html";s:11:"description";s:254:"Having found that whether bacteria stick to surfaces depends partly on how stiff those surfaces are, MIT engineers have created ultrathin films made of polymers that could be applied to medical devices and other surfaces to control microbe accumulation. ";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:53:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/surfaces-0516.html";s:7:"summary";s:254:"Having found that whether bacteria stick to surfaces depends partly on how stiff those surfaces are, MIT engineers have created ultrathin films made of polymers that could be applied to medical devices and other surfaces to control microbe accumulation. ";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1210914000;}i:159;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"MIT creates new material for fuel cells";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/fuel-cell-0516.html";s:11:"description";s:248:"MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, particularly in portable electronics.";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/fuel-cell-0516.html";s:7:"summary";s:248:"MIT engineers have improved the power output of one type of fuel cell by more than 50 percent through technology that could help these environmentally friendly energy storage devices find a much broader market, particularly in portable electronics.";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1210914000;}i:160;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:39:"Contests reward energy, diagnosis plans";s:4:"link";s:49:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/100k-0516.html";s:11:"description";s:199:"Business plans focused on harnessing clean energy and making fast, inexpensive medical diagnostic devices were big winners this week in a series of high-profile entrepreneurship competitions at MIT.
";s:7:"pubdate";s:29:"Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EST";s:4:"guid";s:49:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/100k-0516.html";s:7:"summary";s:199:"Business plans focused on harnessing clean energy and making fast, inexpensive medical diagnostic devices were big winners this week in a series of high-profile entrepreneurship competitions at MIT.
";s:14:"date_timestamp";i:1210914000;}i:161;a:7:{s:5:"title";s:44:"MIT solves gravity-defying bird beak mystery";s:4:"link";s:54:"http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/bird-beak-0515.html";s:11:"description";s:253:"As Darwin showed nearly 150 years ago, bird beaks are exquisitely adapted to the birds' feeding strategy. A