In the Media

In a New York Times op-ed, MIT's Michael Greenstone and Harvard's Rohini Pande look at air pollution in India and the steps the government should take to improve air quality. 

In a Wired opinion piece, Alex "Sandy" Pentland of the MIT Human Dynamics Lab and the MIT Media Lab outlines the qualities start-ups should look for in hiring and nurturing their employees. 

Boston.com reports on MIT President L. Rafael Reif's announcement that he has asked Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart to make confronting sexual assault a top priority. 

WBUR’s Bruce Gellerman reports on the restoration of funding to MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center, “where for the past 20 years scientists have conducted experiments using a reactor known as “Alcator C-Mod” to create and control the energy source of the stars.”

"And for the vast majority of us cousins, I don’t foresee much harmful fallout from semi-public family trees, especially since the first names of living relatives usually remain hidden."

"Like its namesake in the animal kingdom, the mechanized Cheetah increases its stride and running speed by flexing and un-flexing its metallic spine on every step. "

"Generating electricity from solar-thermal energy, however, usually requires a large-scale system, with an array of mirrors that reflect and concentrate sunlight onto tanks or pipes filled with water or other liquids."

"Reading science fiction is like an ethics class for inventors, and engineers and designers should be trying to think like science fiction authors when they approach their own work."

"Boston, Massachusetts, confirms its position as education capital of the world, with six schools in the top 100, including Harvard (1st) and MIT: Sloan (8th)."

"A new report from the MIT Center for Real Estate forecasts home prices in 60 U.S. cities. Whether housing prices are going up or down depends on where you live."

“Working with university partners like MIT and Stanford enables us to address some of the longer-term challenges surrounding automated driving while exploring more near-term solutions for delivering an even safer and more efficient driving experience”

The PBS NewsHour's Rebecca Jacobson reports on Professor Dennis Kim's work studying how worms defend themselves against bacteria. Through this work, Kim believes he can gain a better understanding of the human immune system.

"Kevin Burgos works full-time, earns more than the minimum wage and even fixes cars on the side to bring in extra money to support his family."

“It has pretty much completely changed society in a really big way, I think cyber-bullying has definitely been one of the main things that occurs today”

"The Higgs Boson was predicted with the same tool as the planet Neptune and the radio wave: with mathematics. Galileo famously stated that our Universe is a 'grand book' written in the language of mathematics."