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Panel member Charles Vest, president of M.I.T., has been accused by a colleague of being slow to investigate allegations of fraud at a lab that does missile-defense work for the Pentagon. Ted Postol, an M.I.T. professor of technology and national security, says Vest was told in 2001 about allegations that officials at the school's Lincoln Laboratory misled federal investigators about the failure of a key test of the U.S. missile-defense system--a top Bush priority. Postol claims that Vest "did not take action," even though he "knew there were potential criminal violations and scientific fraud." A spokesman...
...horrible uncertainty that we have all felt regarding Daniel Mun has ended with the outcome we most feared,” MIT President Charles M. Vest said in a statement released Monday...
...join his family and friends in mourning the loss of this fine young man,” Vest said. “I encourage any among us who feel the need for advice and comfort to contact MIT Medical, or talk with counseling deans or [residence hall officials...
...investigating the attacks, most recently in the form of an outraged demand from the Family Steering Committee that he testify in public to the commission, providing a series of embarrassing questions for him to answer. It’s another sign that the attacks are no longer a bulletproof vest for the president—and if his political force-field fizzles, New York may be about the last place he’ll want to visit...
Already, futuristic health-care devices are leaping off the drafting boards. Among the new inventions currently in circulation that could improve your well-being: the LifeShirt, a vest that monitors cardiac, pulmonary and respiratory activity as well as posture; the M2A capsule, a pill that when ingested reports on the functioning of your intestines; a nurse bot named Pearl that will take your vital signs and retrieve basic items; and the Health Dashboard, inspired by the dashboard in your car, which displays everything from environmental metrics like the pollen index and flu trends to personal data like blood pressure, cholesterol...