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Protein crystals of the protein, Nup58, a key structural component of the nuclear pore complex. The protein is recombinantly expressed in E. coli, purified, and concentrated to 15mg/ml using the gene from Rattus norvegicus. Photo courtesy of James Partridge.

The Department of Biology offers undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral training programs ranging from general biology to more specialized fields of study and research.

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The quantitative aspects of biology - including molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, and cell biology - represent the core of the academic program. Courses are designed to provide a solid background in the physical sciences and to develop an integrated scientific perspective.

Both the graduate program (ranked among the top three biological science graduate programs in the nation) and undergraduate program offer students an intellectually stimulating environment, with numerous research opportunities and state-of-the-art facilities. These programs emphasize practical experimentation by combining course-related laboratory exercises with research opportunities in project-oriented and faculty sponsored laboratories. Students at all levels are encouraged to acquire familiarity with advanced research techniques and to participate in seminar activities.

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Energy Topics

Throughout its history, the Institute has been a leader in energy research.

In 1874, a steam engine was donated to be part of the newly created mechanical engineering laboratory. In 1939, Professor John Wilbur was chief engineer of the world's first effort to derive energy from the wind by means of a large machine operating on an electric utility network. One year later, Professor Hoyt Hottel built the first solar house on MIT's campus. These visionaries were early leaders in the energy research that continues today at MIT. Recently, Professor Daniel Nocera invented a compound that produces hydrogen gas with the help of a catalyst and a zap of light, a step toward creating energy from sunlight, as plants do.

An integral part of MIT's history of problem solving is the convergence of science, technology, and policy. Today, the Institute brings its strengths in science, technology, urban design, and economics together in an interdisciplinary approach to a crisis that threatens our security, our environment, and our economic future.

The following courses represent a selection of Energy-related courses at MIT.

From understanding how a combustion engine works to considering the energy impact of urban planning, these courses provide resources for understanding the current energy crisis and ways to develop solutions to this world-wide problem.

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• Buildings
• Climate
• Combustion
• Electricity
• Fossil fuels
• Fuel cells

• Hydrogen and alternatives
• Nuclear
• Renewables
• Technology
• Transportation

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Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

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The intellectual interests of EAPS encompass the earth, its fluid envelopes, and its diverse neighbors throughout the solar system.

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We seek to understand the fundamental processes defining the origin, evolution, and current states of these systems and to use this understanding to predict the future. The scope of our research and teaching is immense, ranging from the inaccessible depths of the terrestrial interior outward to the orbit of Pluto, and beyond. The objects and systems we study are tangible or visible to the general public and, as exemplified by climate and natural resources, are sometimes central to societal goals.

The phenomena under investigation are often vexingly complex, and they engage a large array of scientific disciplines: Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Geobiology, Physical and Chemical Oceanography, Meteorology, Atmospheric Chemistry, and Planetary Science. EAPS operates world-class research and graduate educational programs in all of these disciplines, which makes it unique among earth and planetary science departments both nationally and internationally. Our undergraduate program offers options to study environmental science, geoscience, physics of the atmospheres and oceans, and planetary science and astronomy. The department takes pride in the fact that EAPS undergraduate students become actively involved in our research projects.

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Warren, Bruce A., and Carl Wunsch, eds. Evolution of Physical Oceanography .Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1981. ISBN: 0262231042.

Price, James F. Topics in Fluid Dynamics: Dimensional Analysis, the Coriolis Force, and Lagrangian and Eulerian Representations.

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Pro-democracy stand-off in Tienanmen Square. (AP/Wide World Photos.)

Political Science was formally established at MIT in 1955 as part of the Department of Economics and Social Science.

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The department today provides high-quality graduate training emphasizing research and apprenticeship relations with faculty members; excellent in international relations and comparative politics; an orientation toward issues of public policy both domestic and international; and a chance to interact with scientists, engineers and other social scientists at MIT.

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Science, Technology, and Society

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Founded in 1976, the Program in Science, Technology, and Society attempts to increase human understanding of the human-built world.

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Science and technology are no longer specialized enterprises confined to factories and laboratories: they have become intertwined with each other and with human society. The fundamental contribution of STS is to look at the human-built world as an integrated whole. Two basic, interrelated questions are addressed by faculty and students in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society:

• How did science and technology evolve as human activities?
• How do they relate to the larger civilization?

The STS perspective has become of critical importance in understanding a host of public issues such as privacy, democracy, environment, medicine, education, and national and global security.

Beginning in 1988, the STS Program, in collaboration with the History Faculty and Anthropology Program, created a doctoral program in the History and Social Study of Science and Technology (HSSST). While many HSSST graduates teach at universities, others bring an STS perspective to law, business, journalism, and museum work. An undergraduate program in STS has existed since 1980. It typically attracts students with broad interests who seek an interdisciplinary approach to education and who want to learn how scientists and engineers influence the world. Students may concentrate, minor, joint major or double major in STS.

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