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Solving the mysteries of metallic glass Posted: 17 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST Researchers at MIT have made significant progress in understanding a class of materials that has resisted analysis for decades. Their findings could lead to the rapid discovery of a variety of useful new kinds of glass made of metallic alloys.

When 'superstar' scientists die Posted: 17 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST When "superstar" academic scientists die, their collaborators experience a significant and permanent decline in productivity, according to a recent paper coauthored by MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Pierre Azoulay.

Nine from MIT named AAAS fellows Posted: 17 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has awarded the distinction of fellow to 486 members, including nine members of the MIT community.

Dewey, Greitzer named Royal Academy of Engineering fellows Posted: 17 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST The United Kingdom's Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) named Forbes Dewey, professor of mechanical engineering and bioengineering, and Ed Greitzer, the H.N. Slater Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics, as fellows for 2008.

MITEI, Total announce energy research collaboration Posted: 17 Dec 2008 11:00 PM CST The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and Total, a leading oil and gas company, have announced a new energy research collaboration that will support MIT's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change to further understand and mitigate global climate change.

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