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MIT to conduct internal probe in wake of Aaron Swartz's suicide
2013-01-13 23:34:27| CNET News.com
University president says MIT will launch an investigation of the school's role in the events that led up to the Internet activist taking his own life Friday. [Read more]
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MIT to Obama: Get Serious About Climate Change
2013-01-10 11:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Triple Pundit: President Barack Obama may consider a summit on climate change during his second term, but that is not fast enough for the editors of the MIT Technology Review. Dismissing the accomplishments and goals the administration touts, the group has urged Obama to confront climate change--or risk having all of his economic, social and political achievements overshadowed. MIT has joined other organizations, including the World Economic Forum, to tackle global warming seriously. Arguing that any climate...
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MIT researchers crack cheap, precise gene therapy
2013-01-09 18:08:25| Extremetech
A single enzyme from a bacteria's immune system can effectively be used to locate specific sections of DNA in a living cell. From there, entire genes can be neutralized or replaced with superior sections of DNA. Clearly, we are on the brink of gene therapy becoming a common and highly effective treatment for terrible diseases like AIDS and cancer.
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