Articles about Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cowboy MBAs - 10-15-2008

Back at the ranch, getting the key to the executive corral these days is all about education.

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• ...dean, who is a rancher and has a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). “It’s much more...


• ...from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). “It’s much more...


• ...contradictory forces at work on a ranch, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology teaches them to take a systems approach to...

Inspired By Nature - 2-1-2008

They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If so, Mother Nature should be ecstatic, because scientists around the world are patterning industrial processes and all kinds of everyday products after her designs. Welcome to the field of...

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• ...a dozen American universities, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California at Berkeley, the...

Better Living Through Jerk-o-meters - 11-15-2005

Okay, so it doesn’t do everything you want it to. Truthfully, it doesn’t do much of anything. But the very fact that it was invented should give us all reason to celebrate the promise of a better future. Before I tell you what it is, I shou...

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• ...so it took the extraordinary IQ wattage of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology — one of the nation’s...


• ...I should tell you how the Jerk-O-Meter works. Massachusetts Institute of Technology describes the Jerk-O-Meter as a...


• ...It tells you how you talk. Its purpose, says Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is “to predict if you are...

Body Builders - 8-1-2006

Tissue engineers like Kristi Anseth and Kyriacos Athanasiou can rebuild you. They have the technology. Well, almost.

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• ...office. As a researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology a decade ago, she was ­working with the...

One Word: Plastics Algae - 12-15-2008

Pond scum might turn out to be the world’s best source for, well, saving the world.

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• ...was first tested about 50 years ago, when Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists experimented with growing algae for...