Imperial Valley News Center
Telling stories using computer science
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- Written by Julia Sklar
Cambridge, Massachusetts - For MIT senior Shannon Kao, expert storytelling is essential, even - if not especially - when it comes to coding. The computer science major relies on narrative everywhere from her science fiction writing to her research on educational computer games at the MIT Media Lab - and it all stems from a childhood replete with books.
Optimizing optimization algorithms
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- Written by Larry Hardesty
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Optimization algorithms, which try to find the minimum values of mathematical functions, are everywhere in engineering. Among other things, they’re used to evaluate design tradeoffs, to assess control systems, and to find patterns in data.
Sequestration on shaky ground
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- Written by Jennifer Chu
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Carbon sequestration promises to address greenhouse-gas emissions by capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and injecting it deep below the Earth’s surface, where it would permanently solidify into rock. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that current carbon-sequestration technologies may eliminate up to 90 percent of carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Particles accelerate without a push
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- Written by David L. Chandler
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Some physical principles have been considered immutable since the time of Isaac Newton: Light always travels in straight lines. No physical object can change its speed unless some outside force acts on it.
MIT-USAID program releases pioneering evaluation of solar lanterns
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- Written by Lauren McKown
Cambridge, Massachusetts - When a person lives on less than $2 a day - as some 2.7 billion people around the world do - there isn’t room for a product like a solar lantern or a water filter to fail.
New way to model sickle cell behavior
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- Written by Anne Trafton
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Patients with sickle cell disease often suffer from painful attacks known as vaso-occlusive crises, during which their sickle-shaped blood cells get stuck in tiny capillaries, depriving tissues of needed oxygen. Blood transfusions can sometimes prevent such attacks, but there are currently no good ways to predict when a vaso-occlusive crisis, which can last for several days, is imminent.
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