In the Media

"Resolutions to change behavior are common at this time of year, but they usually involve exercising more or smoking less. Now, some companies are adopting policies aimed at weaning employees from their electronic devices."

"With fellow MIT Phd candidate Mark Massie, 26, Dewan is working to develop a new nuclear reactor design."

"North Korea has repaired flood damage at its nuclear test facility and could conduct a quick atomic explosion if it chose, though water streaming out of a test tunnel may cause problems, analysis of recent satellite photos indicates."

"The National Football League should rank teams more the way rugby does, argues a New Zealander who’s an economist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology."

"The new iPhone isn't only the latest technological gizmo to capture consumer adoration, it's also an icon for our era of globalized supply."

"Analysis of a preselected group of proteins delivers more precise, quantitative, sensitive data to more biologists."

"Want to know your heart beat, but don't want to wire up?"

"This holiday season, same-day shipping has replaced free shipping as the new must-have promotion."

"With over 800 million parking spots in the U.S. and only 255 million registered cars, there should be plenty of spaces per driver in the U.S. But for many drivers, stress over finding parking is a common American woe."

"High-frequency trading firms are fighting to fend off regulation as scrutiny of their practice of unleashing blizzards of orders coincides with repeated technical glitches in the markets."

"Ever since the invention of the wheel in Mesopotamia around 3500 B.C., technological innovation has been improving our lives."

"As we come to the end of the year, we reflect on what inventive concepts, ingredients, designs and cutting edge technologies the world of food and drink has brought us over the last 360 plus days."

"The National Bureau of Economic Research declared that the U.S. recession ended in June 2009, yet 2012 didn’t look like much of a resurgence."

"President Obama on Friday named a dozen researchers and 11 inventors as winners of this year’s National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the country’s highest honors for scientists, inventors, and engineers."

"All three accidents could have been avoided — if the Green Line were equipped with an automated system to track and control trains to prevent train-to-train collisions and derailments when drivers speed or miss track signals that look like traffic lights."