In the Media

"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."

"Gift giving can be fraught with anxiety, and Valentine's Day gifts are no exception." -MIT's Renee Richardson Gosline

"In his book, Theory U, Dr Otto Scharmer, senior lecturer at MIT, explores how leadership itself needs to transform in order to be able to lead us across this threshold."

"So is there a conflict between science and religion?" -MIT's Max Tegmark