In the Media

"U.S. physicists say unexpected results from the Large Hadron Collider suggest its particle collisions may be producing a new type of matter."

"How bad are the storms, flooding, and other disasters going to be in 20 years? This new simulation can help governments plan."

"One would think that, as a global commodity, any particular grade of oil would fetch a similar price regardless of where it was sent, but for a 12-year stretch Saudi Arabia sold crude to U.S. refiners at a substantial discount. To judge from the political contributions they made, the refiners appreciated the gesture."

"The well-known success of information technologies (IT) in India is actually two successes, with two sets of implications and potential." - MIT's Iqbal Quadir

Two Technologies Propelling India Forward - "The well-known success of information technologies in India is actually two successes, with two sets of implications and potential."

"Particle collisions are turning up unexpected quantum weirdness."

"Started in December 2010, the Sandbox is a project of the Deshpande Foundation, a global think tank based at MIT that champions entrepreneurship and innovation as catalysts for sustainable change."

"Could a car that knows when you are stressed or ill save you from having an accident? Auto makers are stepping up efforts to find out."

"Auto makers are researching technology that could feed your heart rate, blood pressure and other biometric responses into the car's computers, the better to determine when you're drowsy or overwhelmed with distracting media. MIT researcher Bryan Reimer and WSJ's Joe White has details on Lunch Break."

"His goal: to blur the lines between human disability and human augmentation, using technology."

"Improving cell efficiency is important for lowering the cost of producing solar electricity."

"Not long ago we had to creatively generate data to inform strategy, planning, decisions and public policy. Today we are swimming in data." -MIT's Joe Coughlin

"For the first time, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology report, brain imaging has been able to show in living patients the progressive damage Parkinson’s disease causes to two small structures deep in the brain."

"Scientists are studying how to tap the energy naturally created by people's bodies—such as heat, sound and movement—to power medical devices without the need to change batteries."

"Roberto Rigobon, a professor at MIT's Sloan School of Business said investors may the advertisements 'more as polarized political discussion than feel roused to call their senators.'"