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  1. MIT launches a student-produced educational video initiative - bit.ly/JyFm3L 11:12 AM Apr 25th via TweetDeck
  2. Study: Female students wary of the engineering workplace- bit.ly/I0JfO1 7:41 AM Apr 5th via TweetDeck
  3. Nanoparticles designed to home in on cancer cells achieve tumor shrinkage at lower doses than traditional chemotherapy- bit.ly/I0IPr1 7:40 AM Apr 5th via TweetDeck
  4. 'Smart sand’ that can take any shape to spontaneously form new tools or duplication of broken mechanical parts- bit.ly/H7q8BM 10:24 AM Apr 2nd via TweetDeck
  5. MIT's David Hardt is working to move microfluidics from the lab to the factory- bit.ly/H0Lcdh 7:39 AM Mar 30th via TweetDeck
  6. Media Lab associate professor’s massive modular synthesizer now on exhibit in the MIT Museum- bit.ly/zduTX9 9:09 AM Mar 14th via TweetDeck
  7. MIT researchers are working to allow aircraft-carrier crews to direct autonomous planes using ordinary hand gestures- bit.ly/yL3D5L 7:34 AM Mar 14th via TweetDeck
  8. New DARPA-funded CSAIL research could help secure the cloud- bit.ly/zGawzu 7:33 AM Mar 14th via TweetDeck
  9. A new system developed by MIT researchers could help transform the pharmaceutical industry- bit.ly/yzKmYj 9:14 AM Mar 13th via TweetDeck
  10. Astronomers comb through RXTE’s data to gain new understanding of the galaxy’s X-ray-emitting sources.- bit.ly/yOCEmZ 9:12 AM Mar 13th via TweetDeck
  11. Quick: Name a great parking lot. MIT's Eran Ben-Joseph wants to rethink them- bit.ly/xFKBGy 9:09 AM Mar 13th via TweetDeck
  12. New methods and software developed at MIT can predict optimal paths for automated underwater vehicles.- bit.ly/yr7kdR 8:24 AM Mar 8th via TweetDeck
  13. New technology may help doctors predict when sickle cell patients are at risk for serious complications- bit.ly/wg1wPD 11:47 AM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
  14. Rainfall can provide an alternative to polluted groundwater in developing countries, as long as systems keep it clean- bit.ly/xYTkiw 11:41 AM Mar 5th via TweetDeck
  15. The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference has kicked off- bit.ly/ymWPGu 9:15 AM Mar 2nd via TweetDeck
  16. New nanopatterned surfaces could improve the efficiency of powerplants and desalination systems- bit.ly/xsDpwh 6:30 AM Feb 23rd via TweetDeck
  17. Political scientist Adam Berinsky, who studies public opinion, assesses a campaign with wildly fluctuating polls- bit.ly/ABhumI 9:20 AM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
  18. Technology developed at MIT can control the composition and structure of nanowires as they grow.- bit.ly/xJdLqe 7:17 AM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
  19. New microfluidic device could be used to diagnose and monitor cancer and other diseases.- bit.ly/wYp9On 7:16 AM Feb 22nd via TweetDeck
  20. Tellurium, a rare earth element, has been detected for the first time in ancient stars- bit.ly/wQAray 9:13 AM Feb 21st via TweetDeck
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