New Discovery Irons Out Physics of Wrinkles
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:00:42 -0700
Wrinkles - on our clothes or skin - are ubiquitous in life, but perplexingly complicated in science. A new study of the physics of wrinkles helps iron out some of the uncertainty.
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MIT website selected for prestigious award by Science
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:18:00 -0700
( American Association for the Advancement of Science ) Because of its enormous success as a science and engineering education tool, MIT OpenCourseWare has been selected to receive the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education.
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Pioneer In 'Ultraslow-Motion' Imaging Receives American Chemical Society's Highest Honor
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:38:42 -0700
Ahmed H. Zewail, Ph.D., 1999 Chemistry Nobel Laureate and Linus Pauling Professor of Chemistry & Professor of Physics at the California Institute of Technology, has been named winner of the 2011 Priestley Medal by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The award recognizes Zewail's revolutionary methods for developing "ultraslow-motion" imaging for the study of ultrafast processes in chemistry ...
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