Sunday, September 26, 2004

Plant Power?

Photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert light into energy, has been known to scientists for decades.

But attempts to combine the organic with the electronic had always failed: Isolate the photosynthetic proteins that capture the energy from sunlight, and they die. Inject the water and salt needed to keep the proteins alive, and the electronic equipment is destroyed.

Until now. MIT's Center for Biomedical Engineering discovered how to do it.

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Wednesday, September 08, 2004

The 40 innocent passengers and crew who died on hijacked United Airlines Flight 93 during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks will be honored as heroes in a national competition.

Flight 93 National Memorial Design Competition