[Mitworld] New: Gago on Research in Europe, Berry on Designing a Petroleum Molecule

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MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 7 | Number 49 | June 27, 2008
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[THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN EUROPE]

Gago provides an overview of the research climate in Europe, explaining
that it is not driven by a solitary political structure, but by the
means and needs of many nations.

SPEAKER:
Jose Mariano Gago
Minister of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Portugal


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/571/>

[QUOTE]
"The EU intends to become the most advanced knowledge-based economy in
the world while achieving at the same time social cohesion and
sustainable, environmental development."
-- Jose Mariano Gago


EVENT HOST: Engineering Systems Division <http://esd.mit.edu/>

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[BUILDING MICROBE REFINERIES]

Within the next five years, David Berry projects, American drivers may
be filling their tanks with gas that's not been pumped out of the
ground, but synthesized in a laboratory.

SPEAKER:
David Berry '00, PhD '05
Principal, Flagship Ventu


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/570/>

[QUOTE]
"We developed a biochemical pathway...to (create) a molecule that looks
like, smells like, tastes like, and is chemically identical in every
stretch of the imagination to petroleum."
-- Dave Berry


EVENT HOST: MIT Museum <http://web.mit.edu/museum/>

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