In the Media

"More than one-third of companies are reporting a profit from their sustainability efforts, a 23 percent increase from the previous year, according to an annual study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Boston Consulting Group."

"The stuffs that the researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are studying have something in common, something they share with a lot of everyday materials: they are fiendishly, inscrutably, impossibly complex."

"In the ocean, there are more waves than meet the eye."

"The tectonic plate collision between India and Asia that created the Himalayas may have occurred 10 million years later than previously thought, geologists say."

"President Barack Obama is considering naming nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz, one of his science and energy advisers, as the next energy secretary, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday."

"In short, the classes, which take place over three days, help them develop an outer polish to match their intellectual brilliance, with a goal of providing skills to get and keep jobs."

"The flaws in the American election system are deep and widespread, extending beyond isolated voting issues in a few locations and flaring up in states rich and poor, according to a major new study from the Pew Charitable Trusts."

"The tiny creatures that sustain our oceans may have a sophisticated way to communicate, according to new research."

This infographic displays "the average length of time that different groups waited to vote in 2012, according to a survey of 10,200 people across the country."

"The ranking is based on student responses to the question asking them to rank their program’s coverage of information technology, an area where few schools truly excel."

"From an environmental perspective, the only thing that feels good about plastic is the recycling icon found on so many items."

"Last week marked one of the quirkiest events on the Boston calendar: MIThenge, the twice-a-year occasion when the sunset shoots straight through the door at the end of MIT’s Infinite Corridor."

"Obama awarded the National Medal of Science to 12 researchers, and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to 11 inventors."

"President Obama today awarded 23 researchers and inventors with national medals for science, technology and innovation, lauding the recipients for their hard work and contributions, and joking that they represented 'the greatest collection of brainpower we've had under this roof in a long time.'"

"Jacob J. Lew, the president’s nominee for Treasury secretary, and Mary Jo White, the nominee for chairwoman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, are making financial reformers nervous."