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Popular Science

"Giving cardiac patients a heart of gold nanowires could ensure engineered tissue works like it should, pulsing in unison to make the heart beat. First growing nanowires and then growing heart cells, engineers from MIT and Harvard University say their new muscle-machine blended heart patch improves on existing cardiac patches, which have trouble reaching a consistent level of conductivity."
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Science/AAAS

"President Barack Obama today named seven recipients of the National Medal of Science, and five winners of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, hailing their 'fearlessness even as they explore the very frontiers of human knowledge.'"
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The Wall Street Journal

"Peter Diamond, who won the 2010 Nobel prize in economics but ultimately abandoned a bid to serve on the Federal Reserve, talks with WSJ's Kelly Evans about why he supports 'Operation Twist,' and why more fiscal stimulus is need to fix the U.S. jobs problem."
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Boston.com

"(Rudolf) Jaenisch, also a biology professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is one of seven scientists to be awarded the medal, for his work on stem cells and the understanding of epigenetics -- the molecular mechanisms by which traits can be passed down to future generations without changes to DNA."
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NPR

"A lot of decisions about the 2012 elections are being made today. How many voting machines are needed? Where should polling places be located? How many poll workers have to be hired?"
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New Scientist

"Habits may be difficult to change, but now at least we have an insight into how they form."
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CNN Money

"The president's tone was a marked departure from his usual, cool-headed demeanor. He sounded combative, and people noticed."
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Wired

"At Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale’s Laboratory of Intelligence Systems in Lausanne, Sabine Hauert, Severin Leven and Dario Floreano have found a way to make small, fixed-wing machines fly together, migrate and avoid crashing."
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The Huffington Post

"Of course, MIT has another monster jewel: its Media Lab."
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Boston.com

"President Obama today recognized 94 researchers with the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers."
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BBC News

"Abalone shells have inspired Professor Belcher's work for more than two decades and brought her to the pinnacle of science. And they have implications for the future of manufacturing, green energy, medicine and science - just for starters."
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New Scientist

"Even a cancer gene may have a good side. A study of people with African ancestry has revealed that a gene associated with cancer shows a pattern of variability that suggests it benefits carriers."
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The New York Times

“'Social media is filling the gap left by the press,' said Andrés Monroy-Hernández, a doctoral candidate from Mexico at the M.I.T. Media Lab. 'In different regions of Mexico, both the state and the press are weak, while organized crime is becoming stronger and, in some places, replacing the state.'”
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Scientific American

"MIT researchers have found a way to utilize charcoal to store hydrogen at a low pressure and at room temperature."
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Boston Herald

“You hang out with a really smart crowd of people ... and that will help you do really smart, great things...Bounce your ideas off people and seek mentors, because there are a lot of things that are unknown. You may be good as an engineer, but you might not know how to hire.” -Naveen Selvadurai, founder of Foursquare, at MIT's Startup Bootcamp
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