In the Media

"The spectacular high-resolution photos and video that have been beamed down from the International Space Station (ISS) in recent months have become an internet staple."

"Dr. Varanasi’s day job is developing water-repelling compounds that can be painted on to things like aeroplane wings, in order to stop them becoming covered with ice. It is not far from that to stopping hydrate accumulating inside oil pipes."

"Neri Oxman, the director of the Mediated Matter research group at the MIT Media Lab, designs skins and body armors inspired by human tissue. 'Most patterns in nature—whether scales or spiderwebs—have some kind of logic that can be computationally modeled,' she says."

"'(MIT's Todd) Rider's basically hot-wiring your cells so that as soon as they get infected by a virus, that trips a switch,' says Zimmer."

"By combining massive amounts of diverse data, scientists from NASA and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have created a beautiful high-resolution model of the Earth's ocean currents."

"The Affective Computing Research Group is working on computers that can read facial expressions and track basic states like confusion, liking or disliking. Wearable devices, such as electronic bracelets, can detect stress or excitement by measuring minimal changes in the sweat level."

"'If you want to learn how to read a balance sheet ... or if you want to remind yourself what the four Ps of marketing are, online is a great way to do that. You don't need someone standing in front of a class and saying product, price, place and promotion,' says David Schmittlein, dean at MIT Sloan."

"How much should you worry about the level of federal government debt in 2075?"

“If you believe the government has a role in helping improve the health of our society, then this is a really small amount of money to pay to do it...And in fact there is no cheaper way to do it.” -MIT's Jonathan Gruber

"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has received $1.5 million to support a new center seeking to integrate the arts into university curriculum and research."

"Read these pages and you'll never un-see a parking lot again."

"Usually, universities interview 6-10 candidates per position. Most candidates are fresh PhDs from other universities, though some are faculty looking to move, or well known people from industrial labs."

"The world’s largest banks have been accused of many things in recent years, including taking excessive risk in the run-up to 2008, doing great damage to the American economy by blowing themselves up and then working hard to resist any sensible notions of financial reform." -MIT's Simon Johnson

"A study out Wednesday in the journal Neuron found that medication could correct the health and behavior problems of mice with a genetic condition known to lead to autism in people."

"According to a survey of administrators, career-services advisors and published reports from top-tier MBA programs, roughly 5% of full-time 2011 business school students founded their own companies right after graduation, with notable jumps at places like Wharton, Stanford and MIT-Sloan."