How to Stop Leaks — The Way Blood Does
Posted On Friday, January 11, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MASSACHUSETTS Tags: arteries, biochemical processes, blood, body’s veins, scaffolding of molecules
Harnessing the principle that allows blood to clot, MIT researchers are working on new synthetic materials to plug holes.
When you get a cut, blood starts to flow from the wound. But very quickly, complex biochemical processes spring into action, creating a scaffolding of molecules to block the hole, and then ...
Researchers Demonstrate Record-Setting P-Type Transistor
Posted On Sunday, January 6, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MASSACHUSETTS Tags: carrier mobility, electrical current, p-type transistors, switching speed, voltage
Almost all computer chips use two types of transistors: one called p-type, for positive, and one called n-type, for negative. Improving the performance of the chip as a whole requires parallel improvements in both types.
At the IEEE’s International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in December, researchers from MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories ...
UMass Amherst Forms Institute to Strengthen Diversity in Sciences
Posted On Wednesday, January 2, 2013 By USA Education News. Under MASSACHUSETTS Tags: Engineering, Math, Sandra Petersen, sciences, STEM Diversity Institute, Technology
UMass Amherst Forms Institute to Strengthen Diversity in Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Math
AMHERST, Mass. – Building on its success in attracting and retaining women, underrepresented minorities and people with disabilities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) over the past decade, the University of Massachusetts Amherst has formed a new ...
Improving The Accuracy Of Cancer Diagnoses
Posted On Saturday, December 29, 2012 By USA Education News. Under MASSACHUSETTS Tags: breast cancer, Case Western Reserve University, inconclusive diagnosis, spectroscopy technique
New spectroscopy technique could help doctors better identify breast tumors.
Tiny calcium deposits can be a telltale sign of breast cancer. However, in the majority of cases these microcalcifications signal a benign condition. A new diagnostic procedure developed at MIT and Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) could help doctors more accurately ...
Harvard University Endowment Yields Flat Return For Fiscal 2012
Posted On Sunday, December 23, 2012 By USA Education News. Under MASSACHUSETTS Tags: endowment yields, fiscal year, Harvard University, James Rothenberg, Jane Mendillo, Policy Portfolio, University’s educational
Harvard University announced today that its endowment posted a -0.05% return and was valued at $30.7 billion for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2012. The fiscal year 2012 endowment return was 98 basis points in excess of the -1.03% return on the benchmark Policy Portfolio.
Jane Mendillo, president and ...
Graduate Student David Sengeh Gives Back to Sierra Leone
Posted On Thursday, December 20, 2012 By USA Education News. Under MASSACHUSETTS Tags: David Moinina Sengeh, DJ Focus, donations have flowed, improve prosthetic limbs, Kelvin Doe, MIT Media Lab, Sierra Leone’s
David Moinina Sengeh considers himself a lucky man — and one who feels the importance of living every day to the fullest. During Sierra Leone’s fierce civil war, as bands of child-soldiers roamed the country committing murder and mayhem, he and his parents and four siblings escaped unharmed.
But his family ...
Three Indicted for Armed Robberies Near BU
Posted On Friday, December 14, 2012 By USA Education News. Under MASSACHUSETTS Tags: Attorney Michael Morrissey, Brookline District Court, juvenile court, Norfolk Country
Teenagers could face years in jail.......
A Norfolk County grand jury indicted three suspects on Thursday in connection with the armed robberies of three Boston University students and one recent graduate earlier this semester.
Taquari Milton, 17, of Roxbury, a 16-year-old from Roxbury, and a 15-year-old from Dorchester were indicted on four ...
Cold or Flu? Don’t Ask for Antibiotics
Posted On Friday, December 14, 2012 By USA Education News. Under MASSACHUSETTS Tags: antibiotics, bacterial, cold season, national campaign, Student Health Services
Adding their voices to a national campaign, BU health officials are greeting flu and cold season with a warning against using unnecessary antibiotics.
Most illnesses in the chilly-and-dark months come from viruses, and antibiotics cure bacterial, rather than viral, infections, says David McBride, director of Student Health Services. That means that ...
