In the Media

"A recent report by MIT found that the school has made substantial advances in eliminating gender bias in the past decade."

"A new device that can detect single cancer cells in blood, potentially telling doctors if cancer has spread, has been developed jointly by professors at Harvard Medical School and MIT."

"Drawing from nature, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Daniel Nocera thinks he can draw cheap and clean energy from water."

"The Malaysian government has announced a partnering with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to set up a new supply-chain education and research center in Shah Alam outside of Kuala Lumpur."

"Decision day at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was set for Pi Day — since pi is equal to 3.1415926, the decisions were announced on 3/14 for the Class of 2015 at 9:26 p.m."

"The largest element of the sound sculpture should be up and working by April 30, when a celebration will be held at the station as part of a campus-wide open house celebrating MIT’s 150th birthday."

“There is a mystery afoot, and scientists at MIT and the Smithsonian are investigating. But they project that before the next full moon, they will need the help of middle-schoolers across the country to understand an impending environmental disaster, secrets that they alone can uncover.”

"Scientists at MIT are working on devices, including web cams and special wristbands, that help measure emotions in people."

"A 2003 study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the future of nuclear energy ... concluded that while nuclear power was facing “stagnation and decline,” it should remain an important way to provide carbon-free energy at relatively low cost."

"Ryan Chin, a research specialist in the Smart Cities group of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told New Scientist at the MIT Energy Conference last week that in the last four years, 'We've developed almost all of the core elements [for the car], including the folding mechanism, the wheel motors, and the control system for the vehicle.'"

“Composer Tod Machover heads the Opera of the Future project at MIT's Media Lab, and that term nicely describes his ‘Death and the Powers: The Robots' Opera,’ which was given its U.S. premiere by the American Repertory Theater in Boston last week.”

“In an interview with Yale Environment 360, (MIT professor Michael) Golay, an authority on nuclear power safety and innovation, said it’s still too early to tell just how bad the situation may get at the Fukushima complex.”

“Sherry Turkle, an MIT sociologist and author of ‘Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other,’’ said these trains put people physically together, in rows of seats that make it easier to converse and put down the cellphone.”

“So who exactly is Josef Oehmen and why did he write about the nuclear accidents in Japan?”

“Today MIT is releasing a new report on the status of women, finding ‘remarkable progress.’"