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Nature News

"Chris Voigt opens a glass case and delicately lifts a chocolate brown seashell covered with a naturally occurring pattern of uniform white triangles. 'From a very simple set of genetic instructions, you get a very complex pattern, see?'"
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BBC News

"Chemists have created a pencil-shaped device which can draw tiny sensors onto a sheet of paper that detect harmful gases."
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U.S. News & World Report

"A mathematical model for decay rates in leaves could help lead to better predictions for climate change, scientists report."
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The Huffington Post

"This year, Time reports, a note was included challenging incoming MIT students to 'hack the tube' and submit results to the admissions department."
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The Wall Street Journal

"A small hair-care company called Living Proof, based on science from MIT, has signed Jennifer Aniston as an investor and spokesperson in an attempt to make waves in the $10 billion hair-care industry."
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WBUR's Radio Boston

"The Great Recession may lead many to doubt the notion that markets can do much social good. But not MIT professor Andrew Lo."
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The Boston Globe

"Today, the iconic, 150-foot-high dome at the center of MIT’s campus may be known for the creative things the school’s crafty students have hoisted up onto it, but the 'Great Dome' has always served as a symbol of the school’s spirit of innovation."
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Wired

"Researchers at the SENSEable City Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology visualised the health records of seven million patients in the US, seeking connections and clusters between diseases."
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Wired

"A team of MIT chemists has published a paper revealing how it developed a method for drawing gas sensors onto paper using a tailor-made, super-conductive carbon nanontube pencil."
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NBC News

"A few scribbled lines on paper can instantly create a sensor for detecting dangerous gases. Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemists pulled off that neat trick by using a pencil in which the graphite 'lead' was replaced by a special material called carbon nanotubes."
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Scientific American

"Their lively, five-minute Pecha Kucha-style presentations focused on how physical and digital worlds are combining to create smart environments."
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BBC World Service

"Every day firefighters enter dangerous building not knowing precisely what they will be confronted with. Their task would be made much easier if they and their colleagues on the outside were able to map that dangerous space."
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Scientific American

"The article 'Commercializing Biomedical Research Through Securitization Techniques' by Lo and colleagues makes the point that cash waterfalls these days aren’t flowing to the right places."
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ABC News

"Getting a 'like' on Facebook can be gratifying. But as gratifying as a hug?"
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The Daily Beast

"We taught our children not to care about privacy. A whole generation was let down." -MIT's Sherry Turkle
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