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510nano and Shanghai Chaori Signs $70 Million Solar Panel Supply Contract

http://www.prlog.org/11835373-510nano-and-shanghai-chaori-signs-70-million-solar-panel-supply-contract.html.

Physicist James Gates reveals why string theory stretches our imaginations about the nature of reality. Are we in the matrix? Also, how failure makes us more complete, and imagination makes us more knowledgeable.
Uncovering the Codes for Reality | Hear the Show – Listen Now

Hammond and her colleagues have now come up with a novel delivery vehicle in which RNA is packed into microspheres so dense that they withstand degradation until they reach their destinations. The new system, described Feb. 26 in the journal Nature Materials, knocks down expression of specific genes as effectively as existing delivery methods, but with a much smaller dose of particles.
Delivering RNA with tiny sponge-like spheres

National Urban League – 2012 Virtual Career Fair

An important new book on alumnus Robert Taylor – MIT News Office.

M.I.T. CityCar, Renamed Hiriko, Is Headed to Production

McKINNEY, Kyle Micah Age 49, of Andover died on January 19, 2012, while undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma. Kyle was a loving husband to his wife of 23 years, Michelle Zachary McKinney; a strong father to Nicole, Miriam and Maxwell; a devoted son to Loretta J. Williams and step-son to Nancy E. McKinney; a supportive brother to Theos, III and his wife Sylvia, Kenelm and his wife Gweneth, Karena and her husband Chris, Alythea, and Rebekah; and a fun uncle to Aubrey, Deren, Kieran and Esme. Kyle’s father, Theos D. McKinney, Jr., died in 2006. Kyle will also be missed by his mother-in-law Doris Zachary, brother-in-law Louis Zachary and sister-in-law Dr. Cherie Zachary along with many, many other relatives, friends and colleagues. The family will receive visitors at their home, 21 Knollcrest Drive in Andover, on January 28, 2012, beginning at 5 pm. All are welcome.The McKinney Education Fund to support his children, Nicole, Miriam and Max has been established to honor Kyle. Checks can be mailed to Valley Green Bank in care of Beverly Morgan, Branch Officer, Valley Green Bank, 7226 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19119. Burke & Blackington Funeral Home www.BurkeFamilyFuneralHomes.com

Published in The Boston Globe on January 25, 2012

MIT engineers at the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies came up with ways to protect and heal soldiers on the battlefield. Their newest invention is a sponge that stops bleeding instantaneously.
“When we have a very heavy wound or a large amount of bleeding, we need to stop the bleeding immediately,” said Dr. Paula Hammond. “We’ve been able to develop this sponge which can fit any kind of surface or wound and can be applied very rapidly.” read more …

S.J.Gates, Jr.
John S. Toll Professor of Physics and
Center for String and Particle Theory Director

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b019h7t0

Finding Her Way: Kristala L. Jones Prather, Ph.D.