In the Media

"Scientists have identified 10 new regions of DNA linked to type 2 diabetes, bringing the total number of genes and gene regions associated with the disease to more than 60."

"The muscles are soft, and the body is soft ... we're starting to show some body-morphing capability." -MIT's Sangbae Kim

"An MIT team has built a camera-free plane that can autonomously navigate its way through tight indoor spaces using only onboard sensors."

"MIT has had a glassblowing furnace in the bowels of its Building 4 for four decades."

"In asserting its claims to the tiny islands, rocks and reefs in the South China Sea, China points to records of its ancient mariners. Today, those waters are far more important to China than in the age of the sail."

"Hoping to speed up drug development and also make it safer and more cost-effective, researchers are at work creating what's been dubbed a 'human body on a chip.'"

"Though the Uni is becoming well-traveled, anyone who had a hand in building it will point out that it was born in Boston."

"An Apple Inc expert witness testified on Friday that consumers would be willing to pay $100 for three patented smartphone features that are at issue in its high stakes trial against Samsung Electronics Co Ltd."

"The Romney and Obama campaigns are spending zillions on ads — most of which could kindly be called 'negative.' If you want to sort out the charges and countercharges there are two new apps from two Cambridge, MA., developers to help."

"Robots are cool to begin with, but today researchers at MIT, Harvard and Seoul National University unveiled one that will impress some and scare others."

"MIT's Robust Robotics program is showing off its nifty new robotic plane that navigates itself."

"Audiences who have paid to see Circus Smirkus will Ooh and Ahh at dozens of aspiring aerialists, clowns and jugglers. But behind the scenes a small posse of MIT engineers will be making sure everything works."

"Engineers have created a robot that mimics a worm's movements - crawling along surfaces by contracting segments of its body."

"When Alan Guth received an e-mail from a colleague asking if he could discuss a new annual prize in physics, he recalls, 'I thought I was being asked to be on an organizing committee.'"

"Mechanical instability is usually a problem that engineers try to avoid. But now some are using it to fold, stretch and crumple materials in remarkable ways."