USA Today
"Airlines around the world grounded their Boeing 787 Dreamliners on Thursday after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered U.S. airlines to stop flying them."
In the Media
New Scientist
"Robert Langer and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have blended two polymers to create a film that mimics structures found in muscle and plant tissues that bend when humidity changes."
WBUR
"Last week, a friend commented to Keith Winstein, an MIT computer science graduate student and former health care reporter at The Wall Street Journal: 'Whoa. This flu season seems to be the worst ever. Check out Google Flu Trends.'"
Bloomberg Businessweek
"Bloomberg's Sheila Dharmarajan takes us inside the MIT media lab." (Video)
CBS Boston
"You might be used to an x-ray, MRI, or a blood pressure cuff to monitor your health, but how about your car? Scientists at MIT are making that a reality."
The Boston Globe
"Joi Ito, director of MIT’s renowned Media Lab, announced the creation of a new type of fellowship, the Director’s Fellows, designed to involve individuals with 'less-than-traditional backgrounds' in the innovative work the Lab is doing. And the first class has some serious star power, including the likes of chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley and director J.J. Abrams, the man behind 'Lost' and the new 'Star Trek' movies."
New Scientist
"Satellites are no longer weapons, according to a change in US anti-arms trafficking law."
The Huffington Post
"First there was the HAPIfork, a smart fork that tells users when they may be overeating. Now, alcohol drinkers have their own resource that tracks when they may have had one too many."
Forbes
"When we teach our introductory entrepreneurship class at MIT, we take it for granted that each of our 75 students will be able to start an American company upon graduating."
Bloomberg Businessweek
"The Bind technology is meant to selectively target the cancer cells, making it easier to deliver more potent doses of the drug there without poisoning healthy tissue."
Inside Higher Ed
"Meet Caesar: the computer system that, like its Roman namesake, divides and conquers."
Forbes
"Researchers from the MIT Poverty Action Lab showed that, in one state, reforms to increase training marginally improved the police effectiveness and public image."
ABC News
"A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 readying for takeoff at at Boston Logan International Airport today sprang a leak from its number one engine, spilling approximately 40 gallons of fuel onto the runway, and had to be towed back to the gate."
WGBH
"Today, the once desolate streets of Kendall Square hum at lunch hour, filled with employees of the world’s leading biotech, information technology and venture capital firms. MIT is still a strong magnet for companies looking to recruit from its talent pool — but it isn’t the only draw."
Reuters
"Even if Washington politicians eventually resolve their differences over fiscal issues, that is not expected to fully restore losses already caused to tech spending, experts said."