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MIT launches a student-produced educational video initiative - bit.ly/JyFm3L

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Study: Female students wary of the engineering workplace- bit.ly/I0JfO1
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Nanoparticles designed to home in on cancer cells achieve tumor shrinkage at lower doses than traditional chemotherapy- bit.ly/I0IPr1

Targeted nanoparticles show success in clinical trials

Tiny particles designed to home in on cancer cells achieve tumor shrinkage at lower doses than traditional chemotherapy.

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'Smart sand’ that can take any shape to spontaneously form new tools or duplication of broken mechanical parts- bit.ly/H7q8BM
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Media Lab associate professor’s massive modular synthesizer now on exhibit in the MIT Museum- bit.ly/zduTX9

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MIT researchers are working to allow aircraft-carrier crews to direct autonomous planes using ordinary hand gestures- bit.ly/yL3D5L
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New DARPA-funded CSAIL research could help secure the cloud- bit.ly/zGawzu
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A new system developed by MIT researchers could help transform the pharmaceutical industry- bit.ly/yzKmYj
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Astronomers comb through RXTE’s data to gain new understanding of the galaxy’s X-ray-emitting sources.- bit.ly/yOCEmZ
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Quick: Name a great parking lot. MIT's Eran Ben-Joseph wants to rethink them- bit.ly/xFKBGy

Lots of trouble

In a new book, an MIT urban planner rethinks the mundane, ubiquitous parking lot.

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New methods and software developed at MIT can predict optimal paths for automated underwater vehicles.- bit.ly/yr7kdR
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New technology may help doctors predict when sickle cell patients are at risk for serious complications- bit.ly/wg1wPD
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Rainfall can provide an alternative to polluted groundwater in developing countries, as long as systems keep it clean- bit.ly/xYTkiw
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The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference has kicked off- bit.ly/ymWPGu
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New nanopatterned surfaces could improve the efficiency of powerplants and desalination systems- bit.ly/xsDpwh
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Technology developed at MIT can control the composition and structure of nanowires as they grow.- bit.ly/xJdLqe

A new twist on nanowires

Technology developed at MIT can control the composition and structure of these tiny wires as they grow.

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New microfluidic device could be used to diagnose and monitor cancer and other diseases.- bit.ly/wYp9On
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Tellurium, a rare earth element, has been detected for the first time in ancient stars- bit.ly/wQAray

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