In the Media

"A team of MIT chemists has published a paper revealing how it developed a method for drawing gas sensors onto paper using a tailor-made, super-conductive carbon nanontube pencil."

"A few scribbled lines on paper can instantly create a sensor for detecting dangerous gases. Massachusetts Institute of Technology chemists pulled off that neat trick by using a pencil in which the graphite 'lead' was replaced by a special material called carbon nanotubes."

"Getting a 'like' on Facebook can be gratifying. But as gratifying as a hug?"

"We taught our children not to care about privacy. A whole generation was let down." -MIT's Sherry Turkle

"The contrast between this flowing design and the plain brick material from which it was made make this building a great example of modern architecture in the city."

"Eighteen of the institutions with superior grad rates are located on the East Coast and include all eight of the Ivy League members."

"Research by Kristin Forbes of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Marcel Fratzscher, Thomas Kostka and Roland Straub of the European Central Bank has assessed the impact of Brazilian taxes on foreign purchases of fixed-income assets between 2006 and 2011."

"In the health field, researchers in labs across the country are pursuing a host of big-data technologies, including ways to better assess patient behaviors and measure drug effectiveness."

"Representatives of President Barack Obama and Republican contender Mitt Romney at last squared off on energy and climate issues Friday night."

"A team of astronomers using a network of radio dishes to peer to the edge of a massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy that is 15 million light years away, for the first time, they have measured the invisible boundary around the black hole - it's called an event horizon - where nothing, not even light, can escape its strong gravitational pull."

"Researchers at MIT’s Media Lab have produced a video advertising a vest they’ve invented that inflates when the user receives a Facebook 'Like.'"

"Think you need talent and training to become a sculptor? Now with some computer guidance, intricate 3D shapes can be reproduced with little effort."

"Now, thanks to a study by an international team of astrophysicists that was published in the journal Science, there appears to be an answer — one that helps explain not only how the galactic pyrotechnics are produced but also how galaxies themselves grow and expand."

"On Sept. 4, Norway's King Harald presented the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics, Nanoscience and Neuroscience to seven laureates at Oslo Concert Hall. Four of the seven winners were women, including the first person ever to receive the prize as a sole winner."

"Higher education is at a crossroads not seen since the introduction of the printing press." - MIT President L. Rafael Reif, in an op-ed on "What Campuses Can Learn From Online Teaching"