In the Media

"Realizing full benefits from a smart grid ultimately means controlling devices in customers’ homes, businesses, and other facilities. But who should exercise that control, and how?"

"Clad in glass, terra cotta, and granite, the complex will also include retail shops to fill in a large hole in the commercial strip along Massachusetts Avenue, as well as a 1.35-acre park adjacent to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."

"On Monday, MIT released the Future of the Electric Grid after a two year study on the current state and future needs of this critical infrastructure."

"Quantum computing ideas have also influenced chemistry and physics: Several research groups have used quantum-computing analogies to explain the remarkable light-harvesting efficiency of photosynthetic molecules in plants, and to suggest how solar panels might be designed with similar efficiencies." -MIT's Scott Aaronson

"An important aspect of OCW (MIT's OpenCourseWare) is that it forces a discussion of intellectual property and the mission of the university in the dissemination of knowledge with a bit of urgency."

"That's not to say that forming a habit is easy. If it were, we would all be eating our green vegetables, exercising regularly and flossing with great abandon."

"Led by MIT and spurred by a $500 million White House initiative, universities nationwide are helping reinvent one of the country’s most critical industries."

"It's the holy grail of medical breakthroughs, and it just may be at hand. We’re talking about the cure for the common cold, and with it the end of influenza, stomach bugs, polio, hemorrhagic fevers, and quite possibly every other viral infection in the world."

"Not to rub it in, but here are 10 cool, unusual classes you probably wish you were taking."

"A device that gets scorching hot as it captures and traps much of the sun's energy using a greenhouse-like approach could usher in an era of inexpensive electricity from the sun."

"Rooftop solar power is unfairly subsidized yet draws excessive opposition from utility companies because of the way the grid allocates costs for power distribution, according to a new study released by the Massachusetts Institute for Technology."

"How can the world finance a massive scale up of clean energy technologies?"

“Twenty percent of adults — not kids; I'm not talking about kids working as ushers in a movie — 20 percent of working adults are working at wages below the poverty line, in a rich country. That's amazing.” -MIT's Paul Osterman

"MIT’s report quotes National Highway Traffic Safety Administration figures that show 2.3 million crashes occurred at intersections across the country in 2008, resulting in 7,000 deaths. More than 700 of those fatalities were caused by drivers running red lights."

"The U.S. needs standards to guard against cyber attacks on power lines that run to homes and businesses, according to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology report."