In the Media

"Add this to the growing list of promising innovations in solar energy: photovoltaic cells that capture energy from sunlight but without changing the way sunlight appears to the naked human eye. The kicker: you can paint these virtually invisible cells on everyday window panes used in everyday homes and everyday buildings."

"Two pioneers in bioengineering will share the 2011 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, a $250,000 award that recognizes what the foundation described as their 'extraordinary contributions' to medicine."

"In some cities- New York, for example- many buyers think nothing of paying more than $1,000 per square foot for a home. But how about making one for $1,000?"

"Toyota Motor Corp. has started a series of basic research projects with U.S. universities to better understand key safety issues facing the auto industry, such as reducing driver distraction, cutting teen accidents and protecting pedestrians, children and the elderly in crashes."

"In other words, if Internet companies cannot track what you do online, they find it harder to pitch you stuff that you may be persuaded to buy."

"Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are developing a tool to mine aircraft black boxes for valuable data after every flight, something they say will improve daily operations and prevent accidents."

"Susan Kline, director of Career Development at MIT Sloan, explains why a prospective MBA should consider applying to her school."

"Regina Barzilay, an associate professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is trying to make computers better listeners by making them play Civilization, a 20-year-old strategy game in which players build a city into an empire by vanquishing and absorbing neighboring cultures."

"Researchers at MIT have developed a tiny energy-harvester that is able to harness low-frequency vibrations like those made by a bridge or pipeline and converting them to electricity for wireless sensors."

"MIT bioengineer Robert Langer and Dr. Alain Carpentier of the Hopital European George Pompidou in Paris will share $250,000."

"In a shocking example of how perceptual interpretation of hybrid images varies with viewing distance, Albert Einstein, seen from up close, becomes Marilyn Monroe or Harry Potter, when seen from a few meters away."

"I encourage you to read a Miami Herald Op-Ed article written by Kerry Emanuel, a veteran climate and hurricane researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Peter C. Frumhoff, an ecologist who directs science and policy for the Union of Concerned Scientists." -NYT's Andrew C. Revkin

"The question is: how much of a priority should be placed on the quality of new jobs?"

"In American Anthrax, (MIT's) Jeanne Guillemin provides an intriguing and insightful account of a time in which Americans found it difficult to breathe easily."

"The little black boxes in airplanes provide useful information after a crash has taken place. Now (MIT) researchers have devised a way to use black box info from planes that do not crash—to help prevent accidents from ever happening."