In the Media

"The reaction underscored the stakes involved in shale gas."

“The most obvious perhaps is the IT industry where this technology can be applied to automation, maintenance and support. For instance, our algorithm for automatic instruction interpretation can convert computer trouble shooting and configuration instructions from text into executable scripts, thus helping ordinary computer users with maintenance tasks.”- Regina Barzilay

"Think of the find-and-replace function in your word processor, but they're doing it with short sequences of DNA instead of words."

"Cheaper generic drugs will continue to hold down costs for the U.S. government, insurers and patients enrolled in the federal prescription drug benefit, according to a report released on Friday."

"Jose Gomez-Marquez has taken an unusual approach to making medical devices for the developing world. Rather than stripping down complex medical equipment, he uses toy guns and Lego."

"Giving voice to the voiceless, a team of Harvard and MIT researchers have developed a synthetic, injectable material that can be implanted into scarred vocal cords to restore their function."

"Abhijit Banerjee, an MIT professor, is ironic, thoughtful and deliberate, ready to cast a cold eye on social issues such as health, education and poverty."

"According to Shah, the kind of star rating systems that are the status quo on the web today are flawed because, well, humans are flawed."

"So we’re teaching the computers how to advance their own interests via global warfare, now. Nice knowing you, fellow humans."

"...it's now possible to print photovoltaic cells on paper almost as you would a document — and almost as cheaply too."

"The Museum of Fine Arts has reinstated its award for local women artists and increased the cash amount that goes with it as preparations continue for the opening of the museum’s new wing for contemporary art."

"But mice implanted with miniature human livers can mimic the ways in which the human body breaks down chemical compounds, to help spot potential problems before drugs are tested in humans."

"Hoffman says that if NASA were starting from scratch today, the shuttle would be entirely different."

"How do businesses co-ordinate the flow of material from suppliers to factories to customers? How do they decide what to produce within their factory? How do airlines schedule their complex systems, or theme parks manage queues? How do hospitals plan capacity and schedule their beds?"

"David is no ivory towered professor who studies bicycling from the safety of the classroom. Although he’s 83 years old, David still rides eight miles from his home in Winchester to his office at M.I.T. several days a week."