Inside Higher Ed
"The project, called MITx, was heralded as a major step toward using technology to refigure the economics of higher education."
In the Media
Wired
"The third and arguably the most radical approach to broad-spectrum antivirals was conceived years ago by biological engineer Todd Rider (of MIT's Lincoln Lab)."
The Guardian
"Memory is one of the enduring mysteries of neuroscience. How does the brain form a memory, store it, and then retrieve it later on?"
Boston Herald
"The brainiacs behind a futuristic approach to combating cancer with targeted microscopic drones say their potentially life-saving devices could only have been born in the high-tech medical hub that is Boston."
The Huffington Post
"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has the best Internet buzz , according to the Global Language Monitor."
Wired
“We’ve jumped off the cliff, but we haven’t landed yet. And it’s hard to stop ourselves in mid-air.” -MIT's John Reilly
The Wall Street Journal
"We’ve seen a number of examples of organizations using Big Data to solve really big problems, and the returns on those investments could be just as important."
Wonkblog- The Washington Post
"A lot of this will change in 2014, when the Affordable Care Act’s insurance expansion starts."
Scientific American
"M.I.T. researchers experiment with modular bots smart enough to morph into things placed near them."
The Daily Beast
"Does the brain’s wiring really make us who we are?"
Boston Herald
"The head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s trailblazing Media Laboratory yesterday said he encourages its faculty and students to 'try something that works in practice, but not in theory.'”
The Boston Globe
"A series of programs that kicks off tonight will explore the history and legacy of the fight against a proposal in the 1950s to build an eight lane highway called the Inner Belt through Cambridge."
Reuters
"Bair and three academics are urging the Fed to impose more stringent capital standards on financial giants and criticizing the U.S. central bank's recent decision to allow big banks, such as JPMorgan Chase, to boost stock dividends rather than use these funds to fortify their balance sheets."
Science
"Now, scientists have surveyed the landscape of some 100 different nanoparticle formulations and shown that when a conventional chemotherapeutic drug is packaged inside the best of these nanoparticles, it proves considerably more effective at fighting prostate cancer in animals than the drug alone."
BBC News
"Printed-on-demand robots might be a reality before the end of the decade if a US-based project achieves its goals."