Cambridge :: United Kingdom
| 4 days ago
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology says it will cut next year's budget by 5 percent, about $50 million, because of the declining global economy. MIT President Susan Hochfield and Provost Rafael Reif said in a letter to the university community...
Tags: budget, MIT
Jackson :: MS :: USA
| 17 days ago
SmartSynch , one of a half-dozen smart grid startups that have raised tens of millions of dollar s in funding, has acquird a communications company in Atlanta, Georgia called Applied Mesh Technologies. AppMesh’s specialties include commercial and industrial...
Tags: communications, and, commercial, energy, all, mit, mesh technologies, applied mesh
Los Angeles :: CA :: USA
| 28 days ago
The Federal Open Market Committee meets Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss interest rates; many expect the Fed to nudge them down again. The Commerce Department releases third-quarter figures on gross domestic product Thursday. Monday: Microsoft is expecting...
Tags: release, sales, mit
London :: United Kingdom
| about 1 month ago
And it will require a massive shake-up of how power is produced and distributed across the energy industry, the European Union Committee says in a new report. Britain gets only about two per cent of its energy from renewable sources, mostly from wind...
Tags: energy, massive, mit
Hitachi :: Japan
| about 1 month ago
has begun full-scale sales of silicon materials to solar cell manufacturers, aiming to capitalize on climbing demand for solar cells worldwide. The company's polycrystalline silicon ingots are produced by subsidiary Jemco Inc., which recently spent some...
Tags: mit, solar cells
Lyman :: WY :: USA
| about 1 month ago
Harvard, SiOnyx to commercialize "black silicon" October 14, 2008: Harvard U.'s Office of Technology Development (OTD) and SiOnyx Inc. announced that SiOnyx has exclusively licensed Harvard's portfolio of black silicon patents. A highly light-absorbent...
Tags: applications, black silicon, green, mit, SiOnyx Inc.
San Francisco :: CA :: USA
| about 1 month ago
Stepping away from the nightmare of high-energy prices is no longer a pipe dream. Two innovative Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professors, Daniel Nocera and Henry Dreyfus, developed groundbreaking, cheap solar energy storage systems that...
Tags: energy, solar energy, mit
Karāchi :: Pakistan
| 2 months ago
A Pakistani MIT graduate accused of supporting al-Qaeda refused to appear in federal court in Manhattan yesterday to answer charges that she tried to kill U.S. soldiers and FBI agents after they detained her this summer in Afghanistan. Aafia Siddiqui...
Tags: terror, Aafia Siddiqui, Afghanistan, terror suspect, Manhattan, federal court, strip searched, MIT
London :: United Kingdom
| 2 months ago
Emotion drives learning Emotions are extremely critical to child's overall development, more so during childhood. An effective way to ensure children's development is to pay close attention to what they say, so as to covey the message that what they say...
Tags: mit
Boston :: MA :: USA
| 3 months ago
The lawyer asked Judge George O’Toole Jr. to impose a five month injunction blocking the students from revealing anything publicly about the security system.
Tags: hackers, gag order, MIT, mit students
