In the Media

"And a study, released this week by Caltech and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, reports that new technologies have helped reduce disqualified ballots, increased the accuracy of mail-in voting and improved voter registration records."

"Do conservatives give more away? According to a new study by two MIT political scientists, not really."

"If Mitt Romney wins election, what will he actually do?" -MIT's Meg Jacobs

"Don’t miss a beat, just bring your workout indoors. These indoor tracks are the best places to exercise in and around Boston."

"Rothberg said Ion Torrent is working with Harvard and MIT to modify the company's personal genome machine for use on Mars as part of a NASA-funded project called SET-G, or 'the search for extraterrestrial genomes.'"

"The last year has brought in a new wave of directors at several Boston-area museums. We talked to six of them about their challenges, surprises, and more."

"Simon Johnson, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Bloomberg View columnist, talks about the outlook for Citigroup Inc. as Michael Corbat replaces Vikram Pandit as chief executive officer."

"This Van Gogh-like swirl is Perpetual Ocean, a data visualisation showing all the surface currents flowing through Earth's oceans."

"MIT research scientist Christopher Carr is part of a group that’s 'building a a miniature RNA/DNA sequencer to search for life beyond Earth,' according to his website."

"The idea is to bring the best Russian and foreign brains together with big business and venture capital and create an innovative ecosystem that will be Russia’s answer to Silicon Valley."

"Based on our work at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, we see two clear and distinct routes to new job creation." -Bill Aulet and Fiona Murray

"When leaders understand causal connections between actions and their effects, they can drive behaviour change through improved regulation and business policy."

"With sensors and cell phones, Pentland is monitoring the pulse of society."

"The program calls this initiative InvenTeams, and its goal to engage students through invention projects that focus on STEM-subjects – science, technology, engineering, and math."

"About 100,000 students have signed up for Harvard University’s first free online courses — computer science and an adaptation of the Harvard School of Public Health’s classes in epidemiology and biostatics. The online courses, part of a joint venture called edX, begin Monday, according to Harvard."