In the Media

"A brand-new reality-TV show premiered today, but this one isn't about aspiring singers or models — it's about chemistry students vying for plum research assignments."

"NASA will award a total of $2.7 million to eight advanced robotics projects, in an effort to push forward the frontiers of space exploration, agency officials announced."

"Here’s the conundrum: 'Birthdays don’t kill. Health conditions do,' said Joseph Coughlin, head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s AgeLab, which develops technologies to help older people stay active."

"Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a system that uses dashboard-mounted smartphones to help drivers avoid red lights and reduce fuel consumption."

"Today, rapamycin and related derivatives are used to suppress the immune system and prevent rejection after an organ transplant, and to treat some cancers. But the renewed interest in the drug is for a much broader potential application: to slow or delay aging and to treat diseases that come with old age."

"Despite the transformative potential of online education, traditional universities are far from likely to become obsolete, and the interest boost from internet-based initiatives can help attract to US universities at least a small fraction of people from developing countries—say, 3 million of the more than 3 billion currently living in these countries." -MIT's Iqbal Quadir

"The idea we’re trying to get across isn’t part of the current education reform dialogue."

"When you celebrate a new idea, it immediately comes through the way you hold yourself and the clothes you wear." -MIT's Neri Oxman

"For me it’s all about a uniform. Like the other MIT people, it’s about efficiency. I have a closet full of dark suits, white shirts, and black shoes. That’s my uniform." -MIT's Paul Ha

"Usually when we talk about whether a technology is trustworthy, we’re talking about how reliable or secure it is. But Nexi, the robot in this video, can exhibit body language that is intended to make people suspicious."

"A sneak peek at the first results from a NASA mission to measure the Moon’s gravitational field hints at a lunar crust that is only half as thick as once thought."

"It remains unclear whether information flows via the internet or mobile phones are really becoming more democratic."

"A system that allows autonomous vehicles to gain a 3D view of an area could reduce the chance of a collision with an unseen obstacle or person by 14 times."

"Four years into the credit crisis we still have no mechanisms in place to prevent a repeat, but there are measures that could be taken, says Onassis Prize winner and MIT Professor Stephen Ross."

"U.S. News and World Report has released its Best Colleges list for 2013, which unsurprisingly looks a lot like last year's list."