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Shocking new way to get the salt out
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- Written by David L. Chandler
Cambridge, Massachusetts - As the availability of clean, potable water becomes an increasingly urgent issue in many parts of the world, researchers are searching for new ways to treat salty, brackish or contaminated water to make it usable. Now a team at MIT has come up with an innovative approach that, unlike most traditional desalination systems, does not separate ions or water molecules with filters, which can become clogged, or boiling, which consumes great amounts of energy.
DOE’s Kenderdine outlines nation’s energy priorities
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- Written by David L. Chandler
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Melanie Kenderdine, as the first executive director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), helped to launch an international program to increase women’s participation and leadership in the energy field called Clean Energy Education and Empowerment, or C3E, in 2012.
What counts as fair?
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- Written by Anne Trafton
Cambridge, Massachusetts - There are many ways to divvy up a pile of cookies. Among the possibilities: Everyone can get an equal number, or those who contributed more to the cookie baking can get a larger share.
Hydrogel superglue is 90 percent water
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- Written by Jennifer Chu
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Nature has developed innovative ways to solve a sticky challenge: Mussels and barnacles stubbornly glue themselves to cliff faces, ship hulls, and even the skin of whales. Likewise, tendons and cartilage stick to bone with incredible robustness, giving animals flexibility and agility.
How Corporate Culture Affects the Bottom Line
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Durham, North Carolina - The corporate culture of firms is credited when they succeed and blamed when scandal hits. In a new study from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, executives say corporate culture drives profitability, acquisition decisions and even whether employees behave in ethical ways.
Giant Magellan Telescope, World’s Largest, Breaks Ground in Chilean Desert
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- Written by Rebecca Johnson
Atacama Desert, Chile - Leaders and supporters from The University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory, along with representatives from an international group of partner universities and research institutions, are gathering on a remote mountaintop high in the Chilean Andes today to celebrate groundbreaking for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT).
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