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Rescuing Hubble: The Future of Space Servicing Panel
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To commemorate the 20th anniversary of STS-61, the first Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission, MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics presented the symposium Rescuing Hubble, on Wednesday, November 13, 2...
Technology Day 2001 — “Origins and Beyond: Our Place in the Cosmos”
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The 2001 MIT Technology Day takes place June 9, 2001, on the theme "Origins and Beyond: Our Place in the Cosmos." Featured speakers include Eric S. Lander, "The Human Genome and Beyond"; Claude R. Canizares, "The Orig...
The Ecosystem: Nurturing Entrepreneurship at MIT
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How do the innovative technologies developed at MIT change the world? How are new drugs brought to market, new energy solutions deployed, and new information technology products distributed? The answer is innovation-b...
Turn Your Invention into a Start-Up
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You’ve invented something really cool. Now, can you protect it and create a company around it? Christopher Noble, Technology Licensing Officer of the MIT Technology Licensing Office, explains how and when to file a pa...
Rescuing Hubble: Hubble Astronomy Highlights
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To commemorate the 20th anniversary of STS-61, the first Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission, MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics presented the symposium Rescuing Hubble, on Wednesday, November 13, 2...
Exoplanets and the Search for Habitable Worlds — Prof. Sara Seager
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For thousands of years people have wondered, "Are we alone?" With over 400 planets discovered to orbit nearby stars, the existence of "exoplanets" is firmly established. Astronomers are now able to routinely measure p...
The BICEP2 Results And What They Mean: Alan Gurth
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Alan Guth (MIT), Scott Hughes (MIT), John Kovac (Harvard), and Max Tegmark (MIT) joined in an event to discuss the results of BICEP2, and the background for understanding the results and their implications. Recorded ...
Rescuing Hubble: Space Servicing History, Analysis
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To commemorate the 20th anniversary of STS-61, the first Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission, MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics presented the symposium Rescuing Hubble, on Wednesday, November 13, 2...
MIT Music in HD!
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MIT Music in HD! is an hour-long program featuring a montage of music performances from the MIT150 Convocation: A Rhumba for Rafael Reif composed by Institute Professor John Harbison for President Reif’s Inauguration;...
UROP Profile: Prashanth Venkataram
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MIT undergraduate Prashanth Venkataram models a new class of material: the photonic crystal. Published on March 27, 2013. MIT's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) cultivates and supports research par...
