In the Media

"Their 'smart sand' is made up of individual grains that are really one centimetre square cubes with microprocessors inside and switchable magnets on four of their six faces which can talk to each other electronically and sense their neighbors."

"How will voters know their votes will be counted accurately?"

"My name is Jose Gomez Marquez and I use toys to make affordable medical devices."

"Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are bridging the gap between military robots and their human counterparts, by teaching drones to understand human gestures."

"When Samuel Ting got up to give his plenary talk at the opening session of the American Physicial Society’s spring meeting here in Atlanta on 31 March, the vast hotel ballroom was close to standing-room only."

"With its share price soaring as the latest iPad storms the market, Apple might be tempted to forget about the fuss over its labour practices. But that would be a mistake."

"MIT researchers, however, look to be turning that model on its head, unveiling interesting new research that suggests 3-D designs could dramatically increase the solar power generated from a given area."

"America's debt is $15.6 trillion and growing. Instead of raising taxes, here's an idea: Let's try capitalism."

"Duflo and her co-author Abhijit Banerjee run MIT’s Poverty Action Lab, where they use randomized control experiments – a model borrowed from drug testing – to evaluate the effectiveness of development projects."

"MIT Professor Donald Sadoway’s lectures were good enough to convince Bill Gates to invest in his startup called Liquid Metal Battery."

"The origins of the Federal Reserve System lie in an emotional debate, conducted more than 100 years ago, about whether the government should seek to affect interest rates – and support the credit of Wall Street firms during times of crisis – and, if so, how."

"The leaders of Russia’s top technology, venture capital and nanotechnology initiatives gathered at the Global Technology Symposium in Menlo Park, Calif., on Wednesday with the goal of deepening ties with the power brokers of the U.S. tech economy."

"During this year’s 10-day Cambridge Science Festival, the MIT Museum will host a free daily lunchtime series called 'Culinary Chemistry.'”

"What makes green opposition to its own cause so uncommon is that such interests already have their share of critics who argue that without generous subsidies, their fuels would not be economically viable."

"In 2004, when state and federal universities began implementing affirmative action policies, Brazil closed one chapter of its history and began another." -MIT's Melissa Nobles