First lady tells high school graduates any doubts about college are not unusual.WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama used some high-profile examples — including Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor — to reassure high school graduates any doubts they have about how they will do in college and beyond are not unusual. Police say teen playing with toy gun led to Princeton lockdown; no decision on chargesPRINCETON, N.J. — Police say a gun scare at Princeton University began when four teen boys found a toy gun on campus. Ten technologies which MIT sees as impacting livesNEW YORK - Technology Review, the magazine of innovation brought out by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Tuesday announced its annual list of 10 top emerging technologies, seen to impact the way we live and do business. Obamamania is a $100 mn marketCHICAGO - If Barack Obama were a stock, that might be the only thing going up in the market. As he prepares for his historical inauguration next week, people are buying all sorts of merchandise in his name or image - creating an unprecedented market estimated to be worth $100 million. Researchers find ways of making laser more efficientWASHINGTON - A Princeton-led team of researchers has discovered an entirely new mechanism for making common electronic materials emit laser beams. |