Wednesday, June 20

Why do nations trade goods instead of producing more themselves? An old theory, that countries specialize in the products they make well, may be on the money.

Peter Dizikes, MIT News Office

Researchers calculate size of particles in Martian clouds of CO₂ snow

Mars’ carbon dioxide ‘snowflakes’ are about the size of red blood cells.

Jennifer Chu, MIT News Office

Fishing for answers to autism puzzle

Biologists take a new approach to deciphering the roles of genes associated with autism.

Anne Trafton, MIT News Office

institute announcements

MIT Corporation elects new members

Hockfield named life member; 10 others elected as term members.

Dresselhaus, Graybiel, Luu receive 2012 Kavli Prizes

May 31, 2012

George Gardner, longtime MIT Corporation member, dies at 94

May 31, 2012

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UROP profile: Kamena Kostova

Sharper ultrasound images could improve diagnostics

in the media

"A team of exometeorologists at MIT have calculated the size of the snowflakes that fall onto the polar regions of Mars in its winter, and it turns out that they're pretty tiny."

Wired
June 20, 2012

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in technology review

App Shows Promise for Hacking Eating Behavior

A Camera Made from Many Produces Gigapixel Images

Using Your Smart Phone to Mix Video Clips with Others

Privacy Laws Turn Europe into Economic Laboratory

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Image: Subbiah Designs

MISTI Global Seed Funds: 2012-13 call for proposals

MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) offers global seed funds to help MIT faculty and researchers launch early stage international projects and collaboration. Applicants are encouraged to involve MIT students — both undergraduate and graduate — in their projects.

MISTI Global Seed Funds (GSF) includes a general fund for projects in any country and several country funds with their own requirements. Funding may be used to cover travel, meeting and workshop costs to facilitate international projects and collaboration. In 2011, MISTI received 181 requests for funding, and 71 projects were awarded a total of $1,708,289. More than $2.1 million is available in the current grant cycle.

This year’s the MISTI GSF includes four new funds for projects in Italy, Mexico and Russia.

The application deadline is Monday, Sept. 17. For more information and to apply visit http://web.mit.edu/misti/faculty/seed.html; send e-mail to misti-gsf@mit.edu.

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GAMBIT Game Lab

The Singapore-MIT GAMBIT Game Lab is a collaboration between MIT and the government of Singapore created to explore new directions for the development of games as a medium.

http://gambit.mit.edu/

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calendar highlights

June 26, 2012
Market Produce Stand
Offers fresh fruits and vegetables to the MIT community. The stand is operated by Russo's Market in Watertown.
July 3, 2012
Market Produce Stand
Offers fresh fruits and vegetables to the MIT community. The stand is operated by Russo's Market in Watertown.
November 6, 2012
Picower Institute 10th Anniversary
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in MIT Building 46, Room 3002 and 3310.

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Wednesday, June 20

Scientists map Shackleton crater, whose unusually bright floor may hint at the presence of ice.

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