In the Media

"Bruker Corp., Billerica-based maker of scientific instruments, announced the election of Marc Kastner to its board of directors, replacing Charles F. Wagner Jr., who stepped down from the board in the summer in order to become Bruker’s new chief financial officer."

"Since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2007-08, the administration and the Federal Reserve have implemented policies explicitly designed to spur investment, grow GDP, and reduce unemployment. These actions haven’t worked — certainly not as expected."

"Payscale.com has released their annual 2012 ROI Rankings of the 850 colleges with the best return on investment based on the sticker price you pay to attend versus what you get back in lifetime earnings (over 30 years)."

"The search for clean energy sources has brought us this: tiny pieces of curling plastic powered by moisture."

"Most people associate science with technical equipment: goggles, lasers, microscopes, or knee-length lab coats. For me, science really can’t be done without a far more basic piece of equipment: the dry-erase marker."

"But, from the halls of MIT to the boardrooms of Silicon Valley, business and academic leaders are more focused on what they call an even greater threat to the U.S. economy: immigration laws that chase away highly skilled foreigners educated in U.S. universities, often with degrees funded by U.S. taxpayers."

"CNNi talks to MIT's Richard Binzel about an asteroid that passed by Earth on Friday."

"Can you imagine feeling Earth's magnetic field on the tip of your tongue?"

"'I think the US airline industry has a way to go to be more profitable,' he added."

"For cities to become truly green, they need to be less about cars and more about people."

"Synthetic biology seeks to bring concepts from electronic engineering to cell biology, treating gene functions as components in a circuit. To that end, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge have devised a set of simple genetic modules that respond to inputs much like the Boolean logic gates used in computers."

"Children's rooms across the country are littered with well-meaning but unloved 'edutainment' toys. But Skylar Tibbits, an architect and lecturer at MIT, has designed one that's educational, aesthetically satisfying and fun."

"In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, scientists and officials are trying to protect the largest US city from future floods."

"Researchers believe they may have spotted the youngest black hole in the Milky Way galaxy, and — from scientists’ point of view – it’s not far away."

"Synthetic biologists at MIT have developed 'genetic circuits' that can perform basic logic functions in living cells."