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These two schools are the last of the so-called “Ivy-Plus” colleges, comprised of the eight Ivy League schools plus Stanford and MIT, to substantially expand financial aid after Harvard announced in November that it would limit parental contribution for educational expenses to 10 percent of income for families who earn below $180,000 a year...

Author: By Alexandra perloff-giles, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Columbia, MIT Fall Into Line on Aid | 3/11/2008 | See Source »

...battery and the LEDs, allowing for a stronger, more dependable light. The result was a perfect example of wiki-innovation - people from opposite sides of the planet, who would have never met each other, coming together to find a solution through the power of the Internet. "There's no limit geographically to the power of problem solving like this," says Kevin Kimberlin, Spencer Trask's CEO. "We're in the first inning of a new renaissance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Many People Does It Take to Make a New Light Bulb? | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...same time, two other polls, ARG and Rasmussen, show Obama leading by 24 and 14 percentage points respectively. And although the primary is open, voters must have registered 30 days ago to vote, which could limit the number of Republicans making a last-minute decision to back Clinton. But the limited registration may also hurt Obama. "The heat of a campaign matters in getting people engaged," says Bob Brown, a political science professor at the University of Mississippi. "Thirty days ago, that heat didn't exist in Mississippi - not nearly as much as it does now, anyway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Clinton Make Mississippi a Race? | 3/10/2008 | See Source »

...It’s also very scattered,” Grindlay says. “There’s not really a concentration of the works, and because of this people aren’t as aware of the sculptures.” Moreover, the medium itself does not limit the bounds of Harvard Yard’s art collection. Murals painted by John Singer Sargent adorn the walls of Widener Library’s central stairs. In an effort to commemorate Harvard students who fought and died in World War I, the University commissioned Sargent to create these...

Author: By Andres A. Arguello and Lee ann W. Custer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Covering the Yard's Art | 3/7/2008 | See Source »

...Beeby, an engineer at the University of Southampton in Britain, created a vibration harvester that works on that principle much more efficiently than similar devices did in the past. The electricity isn't much: his devices now generate hundreds of microwatts at most, and there may be an upper limit to how much energy can really be scavenged from vibrations. "It's very unlikely on a big scale," says Beeby, who directed the European Union's Vibration Energy Scavenging project. "It will never compete with wind power or anything like that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Finding Energy All Around Us | 3/6/2008 | See Source »

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