Massachusetts Institute Of Technology

• More than 200 universities back lawsuit over Trump’s international student restrictions

  The schools have signed court briefs supporting Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as they sue U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in federal court in Boston.

  Education

  Jul 13, 2020
  
• There’s a quadrillion tons of diamonds under our feet, new research suggests

  Diamonds are anything but rare in the thick layers of rock deep below us. We just can't reach them.

  Science

  Jul 17, 2018
  
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• Q & A with planetary science professor Sara Seager

  Sara Seager is in Halifax on Friday to present a sold-out lecture at Saint Mary's University.

  Science

  Oct 20, 2017
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• Donald Trump badly misunderstood MIT research to justify pulling out of Paris climate agreement, officials say

  Trump announced during a speech at the White House Rose Garden that he had decided to pull out of the landmark climate deal, in part because it would not reduce global temperatures fast enough to have a significant impact.

  Environment

  Jun 2, 2017
• ‘Arrival’ film production designer on creating circular, smoky alien language

  Montreal production designer Patrice Vermette helped design the aliens' written language, which - much like in the film - was submitted to a linguist and a mathematician to be deciphered.

  Entertainment

  Feb 23, 2017
• MIT researchers design one of the strongest, lightest-known 3D structures

  The 3D form of graphene can be 10 times stronger than steel while only having five per cent of its density.

  Science

  Jan 11, 2017
• Edmonton installs solar-powered benches that charge smartphones

  The City of Edmonton has set up two solar-powered Soofa benches that can charge mobile devices via USB ports and have environmental monitoring equipment inside.

  Tech

  Jun 7, 2016
• Scientists discover 3 Earth-sized planets that might support life

  Astronomers searching for life beyond our solar system may need to look no farther than a little, feeble nearby star.

  Science

  May 2, 2016
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• Memories ‘lost’ to Alzheimer’s may be retrievable: study

  Memory loss is one of the frightening symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, but researchers now say those “lost” memories may not actually be gone - just inaccessible.

  Health

  Mar 17, 2016
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• MIT wins design competition for Elon Musk’s Hyperloop

  MIT student engineers won a competition to transform SpaceX and Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk' idea into a design for a Hyperloop to move pods of people at high speed.

  Tech

  Feb 1, 2016