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  The Amazing Green Race

  By Courtney Rubin | Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:08 PM ET

  line in Darwin, Northern Australia, last Saturday. Among the entrants: the University of Michigan's Infinium (one of the favorites to win) and Cambridge University's The Endeavour. The 650-lb Infinium's solar panels are "the same ones NASA puts in satellites," project manager Steve Durbi Read More

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  For Economists, Another Think Coming

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:17 PM ET

  economic, the institute will disburse research grants, organize symposia and publish a journal. The first symposium will occur at King's College, Cambridge University, in April of next year.In an essay that addressed the new venture, Stiglitz wrote that the economic crisis is making economist Read More

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  An Ice-Free North Pole

  By Courtney Rubin | Thu Oct 15, 2009 3:44 PM ET

  weather patterns as the ocean currents change and release even more greenhouse gases stored under the ice.Professor Peter Wadhams, of Cambridge University’s Polar Ocean Physics Group, told the UK’s The Telegraph: "It will not be very long before we start to think of the Arcti Read More

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  New Hope for Spinal Injuries

  By Courtney Rubin | Thu Oct 8, 2009 12:45 PM ET

  of life and he was very depressed. But this treatment has really helped."There’s life in the old dog yet. Photo courtesy Caro Wallis vi Read More

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  Hot Women Good for Men's Health

  By Courtney Rubin | Mon Oct 5, 2009 10:17 AM ET

  Hanging out with a pretty member of the opposite sex does good things for a guy. Read More

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  America’s Nobels

  By Katherine Gustafson | Wed Sep 16, 2009 2:00 PM ET

  each category also receive $250,000, according to a Lasker Foundation press release.The honorees include some innovation heavyweights:John Gurdon of Cambridge University and Shinya Yamanaka of Kyoto University, winners of the Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award, who are recognized fo Read More

  More like this in: Health, New York, New York City, Science, Cancer, Philanthropy, Bloomberg, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Kyoto University
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  The Smartest Girls In The Room

  By Chaniga Vorasarun | Mon Sep 14, 2009 11:53 PM ET

  gotten a different outcome had there been more women's voices in these rooms at critical points in time.”On the flip side, however, a study from Cambridge University also showed that high levels of testosterone in traders led to more risk-taking, which in turn led to big profits.So if wome Read More

  More like this in: Bank of America, Economy, Women, Testosterone, Lehman Brothers, Business, Economy
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  Keeping the Peace With Your Heart

  By Alexander Webb | Mon Jun 8, 2009 11:02 AM ET

  Your heart will thank you for it.BBC News reported on a new dietary supplement created by Cambridge Theranostics Ltd., a spin-out company of Cambridge University that utilizes lycopene, an active ingredient and antioxidant in tomatoes that can stave off heart disease and strokes. Aterono Read More

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  London Fashion: It's in the Stars

  By Courtney Rubin | Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:00 AM ET

  Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts, and supermodel Lily Cole (who’s been spending plenty of time at school already -- she’s currently studying at Cambridge University). DANIELLE SCUTT Young designer Danielle Scutt described her tiny 14-piece collection as “focused” -- let’s hope gues Read More

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