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The following news clips about MIT, updated on a regular basis, are just a partial selection of our most recent media coverage.
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"Bizarrely, when two of Zwierlein's clouds collide, they bounce off one another like billiard balls."
New Scientist,
"Bizarrely, when two of Zwierlein's clouds collide, they bounce off one another like billiard balls."
The Boston Globe,
"By comparison the marathon that took place on Friday night at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium was decidedly more modest, clocking in at just over five hours and with the bracing collisions kept to the music itself."
Boston.com,
"'We definitely have seen recruiting pick up this year,' said Melanie Parker, MIT’s executive director of career services."
The New York Times blogs,
"Melanie Kenderdine, the executive director of the M.I.T. Energy Initiative, told CNBC on Tuesday that 'there are major scientific organizations that think we should actually extend that hundred-year period, not shorten it.'"
"Coated onto a pane of standard window glass, a potentially revolutionary photovoltaic technology developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology uses organic molecules to capture the energy of infrared light without blocking the flow of light."
Forbes Blogs,
"Coated onto a pane of standard window glass, a potentially revolutionary photovoltaic technology developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology uses organic molecules to capture the energy of infrared light without blocking the flow of light."
Science News,
“They found a design with rear-wheel steering that can be ridden and is self-stable,” says David Gordon Wilson, a retired MIT professor who designed the modern recumbent bicycle in the early 1970s. “That’s quite amazing.” — Story about a paper on the physics of bicycling, co-authored by MIT alumnus Jim Papadopoulos ‘79.
Reuters,
In an echo of Mr. Spence, Mr. Autor finds that technology has had a "polarizing" impact on the U.S. workforce -- it has made people at the top more productive and better paid and hasn't had much effect on the "hands-on" jobs at the bottom of the labor force. But opportunities and salaries in the middle have been hollowed out.
Bloomberg Businessweek,
"It's an unhealthy dynamic, where just because you're admitted to a certain set of schools, companies come to find you," Wilbur says. "This isn't the way the world works."
Financial Times,
"MIT’s Sloan Management Review suggested on the basis of this study that partial benefits might accrue to faking optimism. Appearing to be optimistic even when you are not might get you some of the deep optimism advantage." — (registration required to view)
Wall Street Journal blogs,
"In a speech at an MIT symposium, Berners-Lee compared access to the Web with access to water."
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