In the Media

"A sneak peek at the first results from a NASA mission to measure the Moon’s gravitational field hints at a lunar crust that is only half as thick as once thought."

"It remains unclear whether information flows via the internet or mobile phones are really becoming more democratic."

"A system that allows autonomous vehicles to gain a 3D view of an area could reduce the chance of a collision with an unseen obstacle or person by 14 times."

"Four years into the credit crisis we still have no mechanisms in place to prevent a repeat, but there are measures that could be taken, says Onassis Prize winner and MIT Professor Stephen Ross."

"U.S. News and World Report has released its Best Colleges list for 2013, which unsurprisingly looks a lot like last year's list."

"The ECB bond buying program has only bought time and the Fed may not ease policy again, says David Schmittlein. The dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management suggests that there is still a long way to go." (Video)

"Want to major in a field of the future? Colleges have been responding to developments in technology and business by creating majors that hardly existed 5 or 10 years ago."

"The annual U.S. News & World Report rankings are out and five of the top 35 national universities are in Massachusetts."

"Is their domination complete? Perhaps. With more reality TV shows, fragrances, clothing lines, and good hair than any one family deserves, the Kardashians now have their own units of measurement."

"Warning: This optical illusion might give you a headache."

"MIT engineers have come up with a method of extracting clean water and reusable oil from oil spills using nanoparticles that turn the oil into magnetic ferrofluids."

"Yunior is the protagonist of Junot Diaz's first book of short stories, Drown, and the narrator of his prize-winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao."

"Cambridge has lost its place as the number one ranking university in the world, with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the US university that specialises in science and technology, taking over the top slot."

"A new sensor could quickly and cheaply detect mercury and other toxic metals in rivers, lakes and fish."

"When we talk about digital gift-wrapping, what we mean is showing some effort, the same way you do when you do a great job wrapping a physical gift."