In the Media

"Jerry Hausman, an M.I.T. economics professor who studied Michael Jordan's impact on the NBA, said that even if there was no draft and players entered the league only through free agency, the salary cap (and the finite number of shots a team can take in a game) would still prevent teams from 'stacking' superstars and creating dynasties."

"A pair of scientists shared the 2012 Shaw Prize in astronomy for their groundbreaking research on the early stages of planet formation."

"Two new initiatives based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could help make Massachusetts a global center for the emerging field of 'big data' — the ability to quickly dissect and understand floods of digital information."

"David Jewitt, at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Jane Luu, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, US, share the astronomy prize for their 'discovery and characterization of trans-Neptunian bodies' — objects in the outer reaches of the Solar System, such as the chilly and mysterious Quaoar."

"'We finally have the tools to watch how bacteria behave in the ocean, which still kind of blows my mind,' said Melissa Garren, a marine microbiologist at MIT."

"MIT recently resurrected App Inventor and expanded it with particular attention to educational use, and the new hub for the tool includes the beginnings of a section of resources aimed at teachers."

"Big data processing and storage has the potential to add an estimated 15,000 jobs to the local economy over the next few years, which is why this new initiative MIT has unveiled, called bigdata@CSAIL, is so important."

"At the recent news conference announcing edX, a $60 million Harvard-MIT partnership in online education, university leaders spoke of reaching millions of new students in India, China and around the globe. They talked of the 'revolutionary' potential of online learning, hailing it as the 'single biggest change in education since the printing press.'"

"You may not notice it - at least not as much as you notice when you smile sarcastically - but you smile when you’re frustrated. It’s more like a surprised grimace than a happy grin, but the difference is subtle. So subtle that humans can hardly detect it, actually - but a computer can."

"It would be a blessing, then, if needles could be done away with and drugs introduced into the body in some other way. And that is exactly what Ian Hunter, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is proposing."

"needleless device that jets medicine through the skin could bring an end to painful injections. It could also provide developing countries with a way to deliver powdered drugs, which do not require refrigeration."

"Beware of your smile: it may betray you. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a way to discern the sincerity—and level of frustration—associated with your grin."

"What makes Sal's videos particularly engaging is just his personality," Agarwal says. "It's his voice. You feel like he's there next to you, explaining things."

"Research offers little support for the idea that listening to music improves concentration, says Robert Desimone, director of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT."

"A team of students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Rhode Island School of Design believe they have created a way to help urban parents get around more efficiently, building a stroller and harness system called BuzzyBaby, which they hope to sell by next spring."