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Scientific American

"Most photovoltaic solar cells have an inherent efficiency cap, limiting how much useful energy they can extract from the sun. But scientists are finding ways around this obstacle with new research that could make solar energy more efficient and more cost-effective."
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Financial Times

"The taxpayers ought to get better returns from all the research they fund, with more commercial spin-offs. The vast wealth creation inspired by superstar institutions such as Stanford and MIT shows the way."
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MSNBC

"Developers of the next-big social networking application stand a greater chance at skyrocketing success if Hollywood stars and big media go gaga over it, according to an analysis of Twitter's meteoric rise in popularity."
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Nature

"In a year of exoplanet excitement, one astronomer is already asking what comes next."
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Science/AAAS

"MITx will go far beyond OpenCourseWare."
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U.S. News & World Report

"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recently announced the launch of a new program called MITx, according to its website."
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New Scientist

"That find and the current one 'are two big checkmarks' for the Kepler mission, says team member Sara Seager of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge."
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CBS News (AP)

"MIT is announcing that for the first time it will offer credentials — under the name 'MITx' — to students who complete the online version of certain courses, starting with a pilot program this spring."
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The Boston Globe

"For the last year, Barba has been reviewing applications on Apple Inc.’s iPad tablet device. She has been testing a new app, or computer program, being launched today."
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CNN Money

"MIT next spring will launch a pilot of MITx online-only courses geared to reach prospective learners everywhere. And, the university said it will open source the underlying technology infrastructure for use by other educational institutions."
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The Huffington Post

"Have you ever noticed that your toddler spends more time playing with the gift-wrapping than the present that was wrapped inside?"
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Wired

"It is with his MIT hat on that he chooses what he believes will be a big growth area for Creative Commons -- academic publications. He also has a personal interest in open hardware."
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New Scientist

"Photographers normally use a flash to freeze quick-moving subjects, but now a team at MIT have created a camera so fast that it can video a flash of light itself."
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Los Angeles Times

"Two teams of scientists at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva say they detected 'tantalizing hints' of the elusive Higgs boson, or 'God particle,' but no definitive proof."
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Popular Science

"That’s fast enough to watch photons travel the length of a one-liter bottle."
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