In the Media

"Employees at the General Electric Co. plant here are working on a tricky problem: how to mass produce parts from materials so new to jet engines, and so fragile to work with, that they must first learn by hand how to build them."

"Imagine the top three things that might make you happier and more productive at the office."

"The fate of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport may be a portent for other airports serving smaller cities around the United States."

"On July 3, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Federal Reserve made public portions of the 'living wills' developed recently by major U.S. financial institutions. The documents are the first suggestions from those organizations of what they believe should happen when insolvency looms." -MIT's Simon Johnson

"Marketing experts determined years ago that 'customers actively avoid looking at online banner ads,' as Catherine Tucker of MIT and Avi Goldfarb of the University of Toronto observed in a scholarly study last year."

"At the same time, Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist David Autor notes an increase in personal-service jobs—the ones that can't be done remotely from overseas and can't easily be done by machines."

"To sort through the rubble of the LIBOR scandal and find out more about potential fallout, weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz talked with Matt Taibbi, a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, and MIT economist Simon Johnson. Johnson's most recent book, White House Burning, is about America's national debt."

"Professor Andrew Lo of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management said the scandal could have far-reaching effects since Libor influences so much of the global financial system."

"A team of researchers at MIT has developed a way to use atom-thin sheets of graphene for water filtration, which could lead to an inexpensive and energy-efficient way to desalinate seawater."

"Scientists believe the 'God particle' that might explain the underpinnings of the universe is real, and they are about to present their evidence to the world."

"In May, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology launched edX, an online education platform that carries course material such as video lesson segments and embedded quizzes, which receive immediate feedback. One aim is 'to research how students learn and how technologies can support effective teaching both on campus and online.'"

"Researchers have moved a step closer to creating a synthetic liver, after a US team created a template for blood vessels to grow into, using sugar."

"Matt Miller explores robot technology, innovation and software at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology." (VIDEO)

"PhD students from MIT's Media Lab have invented a way for simple objects to interact with your computer, tablet and mobile device. This new technology not only takes 'gamification' to an entirely new level but also assists people suffering from muscular and neurological diseases through their daily routines." (VIDEO)

"The idea that I have to monitor my Twitter account, email, Facebook, cellphone and land line in order to keep in touch—and to keep straight how other people prefer to talk—is too much." -MIT's Sherry Turkle