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A new source of cosmic rays?
The International Space Station carries a suite of instruments conducting scientific experiments and measurements in low-Earth orbit. One of them is the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), which studies antimatter particles in cosmic rays to understand how the universe has evolved … Continue reading
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Tagged Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, cosmic rays, deuterons, helium 4, helium-3, International Space Station, magnetic field, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, rigidity, statistical significance
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MIT develops thermo-PV cell with 40% efficiency
Researchers at MIT have developed a heat engine that can convert heat to electricity with 40% efficiency. Unlike traditional heat engines – a common example is the internal combustion engine inside a car – this device doesn’t have any moving … Continue reading
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Tagged Carnot efficiency, decarbonisation, epitaxy, firebrick energy storage, graphite, heat engine, heat pump, long-term energy storage, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, molten silicon, photovoltaic effect, power density, thermophotovoltaic cells
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Another exit from MIT Media Lab
J. Nathan Matias, a newly minted faculty member at Cornell University and a visiting scholar at the MIT Media Lab, has announced that he will cut all ties with the latter at the end of the academic year over the … Continue reading
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Tagged #MeToo, Boston Globe, Center for Civic Media, CivilServant, Ethan Zuckerman, George Church, Jeffrey Epstein, Joi Ito, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Media Lab Disobedience Prize, MIT Media Lab
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Remembering John Nash, mathematician who unlocked game theory for economics
The Wire May 25, 2015 The economist and Nobel Laureate Robert Solow once said, “It wasn’t until Nash that game theory came alive for economists.” He was speaking of the work of John Forbes Nash, Jr., a mathematician whose 27-page … Continue reading
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Tagged Alicia Nash, game theory, John Nash, Louis Nirenberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, schizophrenia
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A leap forward in ‘flow’ batteries
Polymer-based separators in conventional batteries bring their share of structural and operational defects to the table, and reduce the efficiency and lifetime of the battery. To circumvent this issue, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a … Continue reading
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Tagged flow batteries, fuel cells, laminar flow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Most of the principles of the MIT Media Lab I think can be adopted by young professionals looking to make it big. It’s not safe, it’s not sure either, but it definitely re-establishes the connection with intuitive thought (“compasses”) instead of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Media Lab, principles
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Aaron Swartz is dead.
This article, as written by me and a friend, appeared in The Hindu on January 16, 2013. — In July, 2011, Aaron Swartz was indicted by the district of Massachusetts for allegedly stealing more than 4.8 million articles from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Swartz, American dream, eulogy, JSTOR, Lawrence Lessig, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Problems associated with studying the brain
Paul Broca announced in 1861 that the region of the brain now named after him was the “seat of speech”. Through a seminal study, researchers Nancy Kanwisher and Evelina Fedorenko from MIT announced on October 11, 2012, that Broca’s area … Continue reading
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Tagged Broca's area, cognitive function, functional magnetic resonance imaging, language, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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