Becky Oskin writes in Scientific American about new research from MIT’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science that pinpoints the duration of Earth’s worst mass-extinction. The work could help researchers identify what triggered the die-off.
“Four years ago, Anna Frebel, a young astronomer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, found an ancient star in a neighboring galaxy whose chemical composition proved nearly identical to some unusual stars on the outskirts of our own galaxy,” wrote New York Times reporter Curtis Brainard in a feature on Prof. Frebel’s work.
The PBS NewsHour's Jeffrey Brown speaks with Tod Machover of the Opera of the Future group at the MIT Media Lab and takes a look at his latest interactive performance: “Death and the Powers,” an interactive opera including both humans and robots.
Carolyn Johnson of The Boston Globe interviews Yongquan Lu, president of the MIT Origami Club, about the club’s Valentine’s Day creations.
Sandy Pentland of the MIT Human Dynamics Lab tells Steve Rosenbush of The Wall Street Journal that face-to-face social connections remain the most effective way to communicate information and get results.
"A new processing computer chip for these implants has been developed at MIT's Microsystems Technology Laboratory and the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary," says NPR's Ben Johnson, reporting on new cochlear implant research underway at MIT.
"Scientists at MIT and Harvard say they have developed a new low-power microchip that could take the place of a traditional cochlear implant," reports CBS News.
Boston Globe reporter Carolyn Johnson examines a study led by MIT bioengineer Linda Griffith. The study is a first step in providing a more informed way of classifying endometriosis a disease which Griffith herself suffers from.
In a Boston.com piece, Bill Griffith reports on MIT’s collaboration with Honda, Subaru, Jaguar-Land Rover, DENSO and Touchstone Evaluations to study driver distraction. The new partnership follows last month’s announcement of a joint venture between MIT, Ford and Stanford.
ABC News reports on a tiny computer chip developed in the lab of Professor Anantha Chandrakasan that could lead to a cochlear implant that operates without external hardware and charges wirelessly.
MIT's Jonathan Gruber argues that the Congressional Budget Office's report on the Affordable Care Act is being misrepresented by opponents in a Los Angeles Times op-ed. According to Gruber, the reduction in employment outlined in the report is a function of greater flexibility for workers.
In a piece that appears in New Scientist and Slate, Markus Buehler of MIT compares molecular structures found in nature to the composition of musical pieces.
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.