Los Angeles Times
Two spacecraft working in tandem have provided the most high-fidelity look at the moon, which may shed light on the formation of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth.
In the Media
Wired
Look outside after a heavy rain and you may find a miniature Grand Canyon in your backyard, complete with a complex network of tributaries.
Boston Globe
The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce announced the winners Thursday of its 2013 Pinnacle Awards, which seek to honor the accomplishments of eight women in Greater Boston who have achieved excellence in business and management.
BBC News
Batteries have come a long way since Italian professor Alessandro Volta invented the first iteration some 200 years ago.
Salon
The moon took quite a beating in its early days, more than previously believed, scientists reported Wednesday.
NBC News
"We're looking back to when the first stars were turning on, but also when the first chemicals were made," Robert Simcoe of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology told Space.com.
HuffPost
Nickel-eating bacteria may have worsened the world's worst mass die-off by producing huge amounts of methane, a new study suggests.
Boston.com
"This week's Innovators goes behind the curtain to take a look at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, where students, researchers, and faculty work on world-changing devices and ideas."
Wired
"Walter Hollister of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) looked into the gravity-assist concept at the same time as Sohn, but his work soon turned in a novel direction, Hollister became interested in Sun-centered 'periodic orbits.'"
Boston Herald
"On her daily bicycle rides to and from the MIT Media Lab’s Information Ecology Group where she is a research assistant, Arlene Ducao has often wished that drivers had a way to read her mind. So she invented one."
The New York Times
"New rules announced by a Chinese province last week to allow interceptions of ships in the South China Sea are raising concerns in the region, and in Washington, that simmering disputes with Southeast Asian countries over the waters will escalate."
Boston Herald
"A political scientist and deputy dean at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been named director of Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University."
WBUR
"Now, three papers in the journal Science suggest there really is ice at the bottom of craters near the poles on Mercury."
Popular Science
"While engineering programmable matter, they also invented a motor that holds its position without power."
PBS
"In addition to composing his own music, Machover is passionate about making music central to people's lives -- and many of the technologies he's created do just that, from the technology behind Guitar Hero to Hyperscore, which lets anyone compose music using visual tools."