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Is it lonelier at the bottom or at the top?
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- Written by Yasmin Anwar
Berkeley, California - The indomitable human quest for power, influence and a foothold in the social hierarchy has long been a subject of fascination and study for UC Berkeley psychologist Sheri Johnson.
Study reveals resilience of Roman architectural concrete
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- Written by Sarah Yang
Berkeley, California - An international research team has revealed important clues to the longevity of such Roman architectural marvels as the Pantheon, Trajan’s Markets and the Coliseum.
Industrial clusters fuel economies
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- Written by Peter Dizikes
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Experts have long theorized that having a cluster of firms within a given industry helps a region’s economy grow. Now a study co-authored by an MIT professor shows empirically that clusters of almost all kinds help drive overall economic growth in multiple ways, from job creation and development of intellectual property to the formation of new industries.
Life in better light
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- Written by Rob Matheson
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Over the years, EGG Energy, co-founded by MIT and Harvard University engineering and business students, has garnered public praise as the “Netflix of electricity” for rural Tanzania.
3Q: Hacking Ebola health care
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- Written by David L. Chandler
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Bryan Ranger, a third-year doctoral student in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology program, was the student lead for MIT’s participation in the weekend event Stop Ebola Hackathon.
New law for superconductors
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- Written by Larry Hardesty
Cambridge, Massachusetts - MIT researchers have discovered a new mathematical relationship - between material thickness, temperature, and electrical resistance - that appears to hold in all superconductors. They describe their findings in the latest issue of Physical Review B.
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