The Economist
"The world of 'big data' is on fire."
In the Media
Reuters
"Proteins that scientists once thought might hold the key to extending life in humans didn't seem to affect how long worms or fruit flies survive in a new study."
Boston Business Journal
"The Boston Business Business Journal announced its first Power 50, a list of the region's most influential businesspeople in 2011."
Slate
"As IO9 reports, researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems are working on algorithms to smooth out machines’ rigid movements."
The New York Times
"Erik Brynjolfsson, a professor of management at the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management, described Facebook as 'sort of a walled garden' that, for better or worse, can increasingly filter every other activity on the Internet."
Boston Business Journal
"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology was selected to receive the lion’s share of $17.7 million in U.S. Department of Energy funds aimed at strengthening nuclear research projects at universities and colleges."
CNN
"Two years ago, Carlo Ratti, the head of MIT's Senseable City Lab, decided to find out what happened when city residents disposed of trash."
New Scientist
"Now researchers have found a shortcut that could help make robots a little more human."
Science
"Thomson Reuters predicts that biomedical engineer Robert Langer of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge could win for his work in regenerative medicine."
TIME- Healthland
"This is a major new result because it shows that we can wake the brain up from general anesthesia." - MIT's Dr. Emery Brown
WBUR
"If you've been counting on your daily dose of merlot to stave off mortality, you might want to consider Plan B."
The New York Times
"A trans-Atlantic dispute has opened up between two camps of researchers pursuing a gene that could lead to drugs that enhance longevity."
USA Today
"The pilot of a vintage plane that crashed and killed nine at an air race in Nevada on Friday knew his sport was dangerous, telling an interviewer earlier this year that the souped-up engines handle so much stress that they are 'essentially 12-cylinder hand grenades.'"
Boston.com
"Innovative ideas can lead to the manufacturing of new products, but can manufacturing drive innovation and keep the country technologically competitive?"
Boston.com
"What we are exploring is the next generation of car rental and what car rental will look like in the future." -Jordan Reber, senior director of Hertz On Demand.