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Maria Zuber

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Name: Maria Zuber

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 2 reports

Professor discusses research on challenges facing women entrepreneurs, as well as possible solutions

09:00, Other Sciences/Social SciencesLast week, the United States topped Dell's first-ever Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index, a study of the best countries for female entrepreneurship. While this is a feather in America's cap, women entrepreneurs ... [Published PhysOrg.com - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneur

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

NASA

NASA Solves Mystery About Moon that Boggles Minds of Scientists

"Is the moon really made of Swiss cheese as some people believe? Or is it just another part of our planet that is as mysterious as what Obama`s next move will be in trying to revamp his creditability as President." (Anselm, R.)When I was a little guy ... [Published Student Operated Press - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: NASA, Planetoid, Maria Zuber

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Why the Moon's Gravity is So Uneven

Ever since the first satellites were sent to the moon to scout landing sites for Apollo astronauts, scientists have noticed a peculiar phenomenon: As these probes orbited the moon, passing over certain craters and impact basins, they periodically veered ... [Published Cutting Edge News - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Maria Zuber, Gravitational Field, Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory, Geophysics, The Earth CO.

First reported May 30 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 5 reports

Mystery Of Moon's Surface Gravity Uncovered

NASA's Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) mission has uncovered the origin of massive invisible regions that make the moon's gravity uneven, a phenomenon that affects the operations of lunar-orbiting spacecraft.Because of GRAIL's findings, ... [Published RTTNews.com - May 31 2013]

Entities: Planetoid, Maria Zuber, Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory, NASA

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Senators oppose pending shutdown of MIT fusion experiment

The and news that half the projects employees have received layoff notices has prompted objections from the states two senators. On Monday, U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren and William M. Cowan wrote a letter to Ernest Moniz, the MIT physicist who has just ... [Published Boston Globe - May 21 2013]

Entities: Ernest Moniz, Maria Zuber, Nuclear Fission

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Fusion program at MIT is ending; Layoffs predicted; federal funds cut

A long-running Massachusetts Institute of Technology research experiment that explores nuclear fusion as a possible energy source will shut down within a year, as its already diminished federal funding has been cut.Miklos Porkolab, director of the Plasma ... [Published Peak Oil - May 20 2013]

Entities: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Federal Funds, Layoffs, Maria Zuber

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Federal Cuts to Force Closure of Fusion Project at MIT

A long-running research experiment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that explores nuclear fusion as a possible source of energy will close after a series of cuts to its federal financing, resulting in layoffs for 70 employees unless Congress ... [Published Chronicle of Higher Education - May 20 2013]

Entities: Force Closure, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Maria Zuber

First reported Mar 07 2013 - Updated Mar 07 2013 - 1 reports

Mapping the early history of the moon

Maria Zuber, the E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, delivers the 41st annual Killian Award Lecture. Photo: Dominick ReuterFor much of human history, the moon has been a familiar, yet remote, presence in the night sky. Only recently have humans been ... [Published MIT News feed - Mar 07 2013]

Entities: Maria Zuber, Solar System, Gravitational Field, Geophysics, NASA

First reported Feb 21 2013 - Updated Feb 22 2013 - 1 reports

Mercury may have harbored an ancient magma ocean

By analyzing Mercury’s rocky surface, scientists have been able to partially reconstruct the planet’s history over billions of years. Now, drawing upon the chemical composition of rock features on the planet’s surface, scientists at MIT have proposed ... [Published MIT News feed - Feb 21 2013]

Entities: Mercury, Maria Zuber, Planetary Science, Chemical Element

First reported Jan 15 2013 - Updated Jan 15 2013 - 1 reports

Grail moon mission's legacy lives on

NBC's Brian Williams reports on a video assembled from Grail lunar imagery. /div>By Alan Boyle Follow @b0yle !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");/div> ... [Published Cosmic Log - Jan 15 2013]

Entities: Sally Ride, Maria Zuber, Log, Constellation Observing System for Meteorology,..., Alan Boyle

Quotes

...with impact basins on Mars and Mercury," said GRAIL principal investigator Maria Zuber of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. "understanding them on the moon tells us how the largest impacts modified early planetary crusts."

NASA Posts GRAIL Mission Findings [Published Individual.com - Jun 05 2013]

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Professor discusses research on challenges faci... [Published PhysOrg.com - Jun 12 2013]
3 Questions: Fiona Murray on female entrepreneu... [Published MIT News feed - Jun 12 2013]
NASA Solves Mystery About Moon that Boggles Min... [Published Student Operated Press - Jun 11 2013]
NASA Posts GRAIL Mission Findings [Published Individual.com - Jun 05 2013]
Why the Moon's Gravity is So Uneven [Published Cutting Edge News - Jun 03 2013]
Scientists Solve Mystery Of Moon's Irregular... [Published Red Orbit - May 31 2013]
Mystery Of Moon's Surface Gravity Uncovered [Published RTTNews.com - May 31 2013]
NASA's Grail Mission Solves Mystery Of Moon's S... [Published PR Newswire - May 30 2013]
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Team solves the origin of the Moon's 'mascons' ... [Published PhysOrg.com - May 30 2013]
An answer to a lunar mystery: Why is the moon’s... [Published MIT News feed - May 30 2013]
Armstrong named new director of MIT Energy Init... [Published Wicked Local Cambridge - May 24 2013]
Senators oppose pending shutdown of MIT fusion ... [Published Boston Globe - May 21 2013]
Fusion program at MIT is ending; Layoffs predic... [Published Peak Oil - May 20 2013]
Federal Cuts to Force Closure of Fusion Project... [Published Chronicle of Higher Education - May 20 2013]
Remains of GRAIL Spacecraft Found on Lunar Surface [Published Universe Today - Mar 19 2013]
Mapping the early history of the moon [Published MIT News feed - Mar 07 2013]
Mercury may have harbored an ancient magma ocean [Published MIT News feed - Feb 21 2013]
Grail moon mission's legacy lives on [Published Cosmic Log - Jan 15 2013]
Twin NASA probes crash into the moon [Published Taipei Times Online - Dec 18 2012]
Why Nasa crashed spacecraft on moon [Published Telegraph - Dec 18 2012]
End of Mission: GRAIL Spacecraft Impact a Mount... [Published Universe Today - Dec 18 2012]
NASA prepares twin probes to crash land on moon [Published Silicon Republic - Dec 17 2012]
Twin GRAIL satellites aim for crash on moon mou... [Published Spaceflight Now - Dec 14 2012]
NASA Gravity Probes Prepare to Hit the Moon [Published Space Daily - Dec 14 2012]
Endgame: GRAIL Spacecraft to Slam into Lunar Cr... [Published Universe Today - Dec 14 2012]
Herschel Spacecraft Wonât âBombâ the Moon, But ... [Published Universe Today - Dec 11 2012]
Moonâs Inner Crust Almost Completely Pulverized [Published Universe Today - Dec 06 2012]

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3 Questions: Fiona Murray on female entrepreneu... [Published MIT News feed - Jun 12 2013] Last week, the United States topped Dell’s first-ever Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index, a study of the best countries for female entrepreneurship. While this is a feather in America’s cap, women entrepreneurs across the nation still face ...
An answer to a lunar mystery: Why is the moon’s... [Published MIT News feed - May 30 2013] Ever since the first satellites were sent to the moon to scout landing sites for Apollo astronauts, scientists have noticed a peculiar phenomenon: As these probes orbited the moon, passing over certain craters and impact basins, they periodically veered ...
Mapping the early history of the moon [Published MIT News feed - Mar 07 2013] Maria Zuber, the E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, delivers the 41st annual Killian Award Lecture. Photo: Dominick ReuterFor much of human history, the moon has been a familiar, yet remote, presence in the night sky. Only recently have humans been ...
Mercury may have harbored an ancient magma ocean [Published MIT News feed - Feb 21 2013] By analyzing Mercury’s rocky surface, scientists have been able to partially reconstruct the planet’s history over billions of years. Now, drawing upon the chemical composition of rock features on the planet’s surface, scientists at MIT have proposed ...
Grail moon mission's legacy lives on [Published Cosmic Log - Jan 15 2013] NBC's Brian Williams reports on a video assembled from Grail lunar imagery. /div>By Alan Boyle Follow @b0yle !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs");/div> ...

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NASA's Grail Mission Solves Mystery Of Moon's S... [Published PR Newswire - May 30 2013]