MIT Tech Talk (abbreviated Tech Talk) is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's official newspaper. It is written and published by the MIT News Office, both in print and online, with print copies distributed throughout campus free of charge. Subscriptions can also be ordered for delivery. The publication schedule is roughly weekly, with an issue out most Wednesdays during the academic term. (Wikipedia.org)

Yunus to graduates: ‘Change the world’

2006 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus told graduating students at MIT’s 142nd Commencement exercises on Friday that they “represent the future of the world,” and urged them to spend at least part of their time in coming years creating a whole new kind of businesses to help make the world a better place.

Nature cooperated with MIT’s Commencement, but only after threatening to put a serious damper on the ceremony: The opening processional was delayed a few minutes by rain that had been pouring down through the early morning, but the skies cleared just in time for the ceremonies to proceed and for 2,335 graduates to receive their degrees.

MIT: Stripes key to nanoparticle drug delivery

MIT researchers have created ‘striped’ nanoparticles capable of entering a cell without rupturing it. In the background of this cartoon are cells that have taken up nanoparticles carrying fluorescent imaging agents.

In work that could at the same time impact the delivery of drugs and explain a biological mystery, MIT engineers have created the first synthetic nanoparticles that can penetrate a cell without poking a hole in its protective membrane and killing it.

The key to their approach? Stripes.

The team found that gold nanoparticles coated with alternating bands of two different kinds of molecules can quickly pass into cells without harming them, while those randomly coated with the same materials cannot. The research was reported in a recent advance online publication of Nature Materials. ...

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MIT Tech Talk, the institute's official newspaper, is published by the News Office on most Wednesdays during the academic term. The paper carries campus, research and arts news and features. Tech Talk is available free on campus in residence halls, lobbies, the Information Center  and the News Office, as well as through the campus mail centers.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational, research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological research. MIT is one of two private land-grant universities and is also a sea grant and space grant university.

Founded by William Barton Rogers in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, the university adopted the German university model and emphasized laboratory instruction from an early date.[c] Its current 168-acre (0.7 km²) campus opened in 1916 and extends over 1 mile (1.6 km) along the northern bank of the Charles River basin. MIT researchers led efforts to develop computers, radar, and inertial guidance in connection with defense research during World War II and the Cold War. In the past 60 years, MIT's educational programs and reputation have expanded beyond the physical sciences and engineering into social sciences like economics, linguistics, political science, and management.

MIT enrolled 4,172 undergraduates, 6,048 postgraduate students, and employed 1,008 faculty members in 2007. Its endowment and annual research expenditures are among the largest of any American university. 72 Nobel Laureates, 47 National Medal of Science recipients, and 31 MacArthur Fellows are currently or have previously been affiliated with the university.

The Engineers compete in the NCAA Division III's New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference and sponsor 41 sports, the largest varsity program in the United States. While students' irreverence is widely acknowledged due to the traditions of constructing elaborate pranks and engaging in esoteric activities, the aggregated revenues of companies founded by MIT affiliates would make it the twenty-fourth largest economy in the world. (Wikipedia.org)

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