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• Blog / How to Food

  Adventures with Miracle Fruit The lemons had a meaty flavor that should not have been there.

  

  .42 kilodaltons of carbohydrate, 21.2 kilodaltons of protein) binds to the sweetness receptors of the tongue and activates them in response to acid, making sour ... miraculin stays bound to our taste buds—fifteen to thirty minutes. The maximum

  • by Lydia K. '14, MEng '16
  • December 12, 2011
• Blog / MISTI

  Renewable Energy in Spain

  

  system into a photoluminescence imaging system to analyze the benefits of ... renewable energy is still something I want to pursue and taught me to always

  • by MISTI Program
  • October 24, 2011
• Blog / Community Projects

  MIT DDR Tetris on 6-foot LED Matrix "We did this because we were bored." -- Russell Cohen '13

  

  both, on a 6-foot tall LED display, thanks to three bored MIT students. Burton-Conner Tetris Battle (Burton Conner is the MIT dorm that is home to ... because we were bored." Want to try it yourself? Burton-Conner Tetris

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • September 20, 2011
• Blog / MIT Life

  Inventional YoYo what the what

  

  things to blog about most will have to wait. But this couldn't. John Chow, who was admitted to the class of 2015, is a professional yoyo-ist. Yoyo

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • April 12, 2011
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Oodles Of Doodles Chris Peterson once impersonated me as such: "Blah blah blah Irish people, cartoons blah blah…

  

  have a cold so that means it is the perfect time... TO BLOG. In honor of "Whoa 2010, way to peace out so fast like that" here are some doodles from last semester that I never got around to posting. From 6

  • by Elizabeth Choe '13
  • January 3, 2011
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  MIT = The American Dream As usual...we procrastinate like mad before finals.

  

  DONE with my seventh semester at MIT! (I am currently trying to study ... you want to be...we talking a bus driver, a secretary, two kids in MIT...can't beat that...that's the American Dream!" :) --- ps. I am going to be a

  • by Chris S. '11
  • December 12, 2010
• Blog / Events

  Party in the MIT This is some scary stuff.

  

  entry and knew exactly what to expect when they clicked it? I know that at ... Baker (one of our dorms), was uploaded to the internet. The instant ... admissions website. The link has been sent to a couple of dorm lists and is

  • by Snively '11
  • September 25, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Surprise! Long time no see!

  

  the way to dinner tonight we were discussing Adelaide '09 and her role ... checked my mail. A postcard! We read it, I showed it to Laura, and then ... to say, except thank you Sam and Ruth! Oh, and Rick is kind of upset

  • by Snively '11
  • August 29, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  REX Sneak Peek A teeny tiny sneak preview of BC REX. I mean really. It's basically useless.

  

  Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, all the way from Madrid, Spain ... to ROCK. I hope you are prepared. =) Also, I found this article today ... Ability I'm so mature, I know. Anyway, I've got to run, Alicia, the

  • by Laura N. '09
  • July 31, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  The Scientist Questions of science, science and progress.

  

  . Today was my first day and I decided to come in at 8:00 - which, in turn ... the morning. If you haven't been to college yet, that might seem like a quite reasonable time to wake up - and, really, it wasn't that bad. But

  • by Paul B. '11
  • June 2, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  It Ends Tonight, It Ends Tonight On this evening / I give the final blow...

  

  .111 pset. One all-nighter. Wish me luck. ;) The semester is really coming to ... (after I'm done with the exam and the two psets I have to do after the exam) to update this entry with an account of my academic adventures for this

  • by Chris S. '11
  • May 8, 2008
• Blog / MIT Life

  Harvard-MIT Student Debate on Pakistan this Friday

  

  Harvard and MIT have organized a panel discussion on Pakistan's current state and future prospects: Date: Friday, 2/8 Time: 6:00pm to 7:30pm ... 's assassination and the polarized dialogue to which it has given rise. I hope to

  • by The Humanitarian Blog
  • February 5, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Livin’ la Vida Española (Pt. 1) De Madrid, ¡saludos!

  

  how many students from Spain apply to MIT each year, but just in case someone from Spain is reading this, allow me to say that you have one ... every day (from 10 AM to 1 PM) and at least one test every day of class

  • by Chris S. '11
  • January 21, 2008
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Travels Winter break is here!

  

  only 8 weeks long and amazingly short compared to MIT's semesters. Many of the CME students are taking advantage of our 6 week winter break to ... goes on. Personally I decided to go back MIT for 2 weeks and then going

  • by Cambridge
  • December 4, 2007
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  Behind the scenes of Glamour: Part 1 Two MIT students were chosen as Glamour's Top 10 College Women

  

  ’s typical to neglect your appearance after working on a problem set until 4 am ... day in lab. So you may be surprised to hear that 2 MIT students, Alia ... , accomplishments, inspiration, secret obsessions, and more. Until we all went to New

  • by Melis A. '08
  • June 9, 2007
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Intermission Summer job: just kickin' it. And working at Pixar, too.

  

  Sometimes taking a little time to recharge is really all you need. I ... month, they're releasing Ratatouille, which my mom never fails to pronounce as "Ra-to-lee" even though the logo has the built-in pronounciation

  • by Jess K. '10
  • June 7, 2007
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Happy Thanksgiving! Holiday wishes and fun stuff.

  

  assistance this Thanksgiving? One place to check out is Instructables (a ... Thanksgiving group, including how to fry a turkey. But the awesomest Thanksgiving project has to be the gravy fountain: what's more excessive than a giant pie

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • November 23, 2006
• Blog / Miscellaneous

  Reliving the good ol’ days Tombs, Smurfs, and Halloween

  

  Now everyone raise your hands if you used to watch Saturday morning cartoons. This week, I had the opportunity to relive some of the good ol' days of my childhood all in ways related to MIT. Exhibit A: TOMB

  • by Bryan
  • November 3, 2006
• Blog / Academics & Research

  There’s antimony, arsenic, aluminum, selenium… ...and hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen and rhenium...

  

  !) just in time to help the 213 suite put together a study break. Every ... for everyone to enjoy while, as the name implies, breaking from their studies. Since we hadn't actually planned anything, we just ran to La

  • by Laura N. '09
  • September 15, 2006
• Blog / Life after MIT

  MIT Reunion Weekend MIT alumni return to campus.

  

  This past weekend, thousands of MIT alumni returned to campus to catch up and celebrate. Reunion Weekend is a very exciting time here! I ... . Instead, take this time to read up on a few MIT alumni that I have

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • June 12, 2006