In the Media

"I’m one of those odd people who read chemistry books for fun at that age." -MIT's Maria Zuber

"Forbes put out its '30 Under 30' feature this week, explained as its hot list of 'young disruptors, innovators and entrepreneurs . . . impatient to change the world.'"

"Now several teams have solid evidence that quantum physics does indeed embody a level of complexity that classical computers could never match."

"Her research at MIT involves devising next-generation solar cells that are built by printing layers of nanoscale materials like quantum dots and chromophores, or color molecules, and combining them with optoelectronic materials."

"Gun reform is needed but a larger conversation is called for." -MIT's Robert M. Randolph

"If just one percent of drivers from commuter-heavy neighborhoods stayed off the road during rush hour, traffic congestion for everyone else would drop up to 18 percent, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis of cellphone data."

"A pair of NASA spacecraft tumbled out of orbit around the moon and crashed back-to-back into the surface on Monday, ending a mission that peered into the lunar interior."

"Ebb and Flow chased each other around the moon for nearly a year, peering into the interior. With dwindling fuel supplies, the twin NASA spacecraft are ready for a dramatic finish."

"'Food is a symptom and a symbol of change and how people grow apart,' said Heather Paxson, an anthropology professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."

"Last week, Moving Image unveiled its own leap forward in exploring, preserving and exhibiting computer play culture with 'Spacewar! Video Games Blast Off.'"

"'We were [one of the] first campuses in the country to embrace the food truck concept,' says Michael Myers, associate director of dining services at MIT. 'The reason they were brought on campus [is because] in that particular area, over by the Kendall T stop, there were very few food service options. We really needed to fulfill that need.'"

"But the 'Spacewar!' show is noteworthy because it goes beyond a grab-bag, check-this-out approach — 'Waiter, there are video games in my art museum' — and focuses on how video games were influenced by the medium’s first successful creation: Spacewar!, developed by a group of M.I.T. students and researchers and introduced to the world in 1962."

"His lab motto is: If your quanta are broke, we fix them. I wonder if they make crescent wrenches for quantum mechanics. We'll ask him. Seth Lloyd is professor of mechanical engineering at MIT in Cambridge. He joins us from WBUR."

"Schools like MIT and Harvard fuel the area’s high-tech employment, which at 17.7% is second highest in the U.S., after San Jose, Calif."

"European officials have taken a big step toward the banking union many analysts believe is necessary to vanquish the debt crisis."