Imperial Valley News Center
Teaching programming to preschoolers
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- Written by Larry Hardesty
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Researchers at the MIT Media Laboratory are developing a system that enables young children to program interactive robots by affixing stickers to laminated sheets of paper.
Swine flu outbreak in India raises concern
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- Written by Anne Trafton
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Since December, an outbreak of swine flu in India has killed more than 1,200 people, and a new MIT study suggests that the strain has acquired mutations that make it more dangerous than previously circulating strains of H1N1 influenza.
Electrospray thruster makes small satellites more capable
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- Written by Rob Matheson
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Small satellites are becoming increasingly popular tools for Earth-imaging, communications, and other applications. But they have major control issues: Once in space, they can’t accurately point cameras or change orbit, and they usually crash and burn within a few months.
Domitilla Del Vecchio bridges math, engineering, and biology
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- Written by David L. Chandler
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Engineering was in Domitilla Del Vecchio’s blood from the very beginning: Growing up in Rome as the daughter of an engineer, she spent long hours of her childhood tinkering and playing in her father’s home laboratory and exploring the various bits of electronics and lab equipment he would bring home.
Quantum sensor’s advantages survive entanglement breakdown
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- Written by Larry Hardesty
Cambridge, Massachusetts - The extraordinary promise of quantum information processing - solving problems that classical computers can’t, perfectly secure communication - depends on a phenomenon called “entanglement,” in which the physical states of different quantum particles become interrelated. But entanglement is very fragile, and the difficulty of preserving it is a major obstacle to developing practical quantum information systems.
United States organization takes first place for World Stroke campaign
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Dallas, Texas - The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association topped entries from 44 other countries to earn the World Stroke Organization’s First Place “Gold Award” for World Stroke Day 2014.
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