Nature
"When Samuel Ting got up to give his plenary talk at the opening session of the American Physicial Society’s spring meeting here in Atlanta on 31 March, the vast hotel ballroom was close to standing-room only."
In the Media
The Economist
"With its share price soaring as the latest iPad storms the market, Apple might be tempted to forget about the fuss over its labour practices. But that would be a mistake."
The Huffington Post
"MIT researchers, however, look to be turning that model on its head, unveiling interesting new research that suggests 3-D designs could dramatically increase the solar power generated from a given area."
The Wall Street Journal
"America's debt is $15.6 trillion and growing. Instead of raising taxes, here's an idea: Let's try capitalism."
Forbes
"Duflo and her co-author Abhijit Banerjee run MIT’s Poverty Action Lab, where they use randomized control experiments – a model borrowed from drug testing – to evaluate the effectiveness of development projects."
CNN
"MIT Professor Donald Sadoway’s lectures were good enough to convince Bill Gates to invest in his startup called Liquid Metal Battery."
The New York Times
"The origins of the Federal Reserve System lie in an emotional debate, conducted more than 100 years ago, about whether the government should seek to affect interest rates – and support the credit of Wall Street firms during times of crisis – and, if so, how."
The Wall Street Journal
"The leaders of Russia’s top technology, venture capital and nanotechnology initiatives gathered at the Global Technology Symposium in Menlo Park, Calif., on Wednesday with the goal of deepening ties with the power brokers of the U.S. tech economy."
Boston Herald
"During this year’s 10-day Cambridge Science Festival, the MIT Museum will host a free daily lunchtime series called 'Culinary Chemistry.'”
Forbes
"What makes green opposition to its own cause so uncommon is that such interests already have their share of critics who argue that without generous subsidies, their fuels would not be economically viable."
The New York Times
"In 2004, when state and federal universities began implementing affirmative action policies, Brazil closed one chapter of its history and began another." -MIT's Melissa Nobles
The Daily Beast
"Is the Supreme Court going to end Obamacare? Why is health-care reform so unpopular? And how does Obamacare affect most Americans? MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, an architect of both Mitt Romney’s and Obama’s bills, breaks down what’s at stake as the justices debate one of the most important cases before the court in decades."
Reuters
"The U.S. Senate Banking Committee voted to approve two nominees to the Federal Reserve Board on Thursday, although there was opposition from two Republican senators. The nominations of Jeremy Stein (an MIT alum) and Jerome Powell will now go to the full Senate, although the timing of the vote is not clear."
Reuters
"Its premise, which Sperling embraces, is that in most new technologies, innovation happens most quickly and effectively when the inventors work close to the builders." - MIT and the Production in the Innovation Economy (PIE) initiative are referenced in this piece about manufacturing.
The Boston Globe
"At the crux of Tuesday’s debate was whether Congress has the power to require nearly all individuals to have insurance starting in 2014, and whether it has the right to assess a financial penalty for those who refuse."