In the Media

MIT Professor Simon Johnson answers questions on legislation before Congress regarding an aid package for Ukraine.

Technology writer Glenn Rifkin joins WBUR’s Bob Oakes to discuss the life and career of Patrick McGovern, an MIT alumnus who donated $350 million to create the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT.  

MIT’s Max Tegmark discusses his passion for astronomy with Clive Cookson of The Financial Times. Tegemark’s new book, “Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality,” explores the possibility of the existence of multiverses.

The Wall Street Journal’s Stephen Miller and Spencer Ante remember the life and legacy of Patrick McGovern, an MIT alumnus and founder of the McGovern Institute for brain research at MIT, who died Wednesday, March 19 at 76.

The Atlantic’s Rebecca Rosen reports that researchers at MIT have examined the driving patterns of Singapore residents and found that the city would need one-third of the vehicles currently in use if residents relied on a system of shared, autonomous, driverless cars.

MIT researchers are developing a new more economic and efficient method to filter bacteria from water, reports Yao-Hua Law for Reuters. The new technique could help provide clean water to people in developing countries.  

Boston Herald reporters Gayle Fee and Joe Dwinell report on dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis’s return to the stage after losing part of her left leg during the Boston Marathon bombings. Haslet-Davis danced at the 2014 TED Conference thanks to a bionic leg specially designed for her by Professor Hugh Herr.

The Associated Press highlights Boston Marathon bombing survivor Adrianne Haslet-Davis’ performance on a bionic leg designed by MIT researchers at the 2014 TED Conference. The AP reports that, “MIT professor Hugh Herr started designing the bionic leg specifically for dancing after visiting Haslet-Davis in the hospital.”

BBC News reporter Jane Wakefield features Professor Hugh Herr’s work developing bionic limbs. Herr recently unveiled a bionic leg he designed for Boston Marathon bombing survivor and dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis, who performed on stage for the first time since the Marathon at the TED 2014 conference.

“Professional dancer Adrianne Haslet-Davis, who lost her lower left leg in the Boston Marathon bombings, took to the stage Wednesday afternoon to do a short rhumba wearing a prosthetic leg made for her at the MIT Media Lab,” writes Boston Globe reporter Bella English.

WBUR’s Andrea Shea reports on Professor Hugh Herr’s work to develop a bionic leg for Boston Marathon bombing survivor Adrianne Haslet-Davis. Herr and his colleagues designed a prosthetic leg that Haslet-Davis, a dancer, will premiere during a performance at the 2014 TED conference.

Writing for Scientific American, Geoffrey Giller explores a new device developed by MIT researchers that combines elements of both photovoltaic cells and solar-thermal thermal systems to generate power from the sun.

Scientific American reports on Professor Susan Lindquist’s research into how the protein HSP90, which binds to other proteins to keep them properly folded, can play into genetic variability during times of stress.  

The Guardian explores the theory of cosmic inflation, pioneered by MIT Professor Alan Guth in 1979. This week, scientists announced that they had spotted gravitational waves from the seconds after the formation of the Universe. The findings appear to confirm Guth’s seminal work.

MIT Professor Alan Guth speaks with Here and Now’s Robin Young about recent findings that shed light on the origins of the universe and Guth’s work developing the theory of cosmic inflation.