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MIT in the Media

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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The Economist,
"It would be a blessing, then, if needles could be done away with and drugs introduced into the body in some other way. And that is exactly what Ian Hunter, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), is proposing."
The Boston Globe,
"A team of students from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Rhode Island School of Design believe they have created a way to help urban parents get around more efficiently, building a stroller and harness system called BuzzyBaby, which they hope to sell by next spring."
The Wall Street Journal,
"Research offers little support for the idea that listening to music improves concentration, says Robert Desimone, director of the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT."
NPR,
"Did you know most people smile when they are frustrated?"
NPR,
"The needle and syringe are icons of modern medicine. But a device developed at MIT to squirt medicines quickly and pretty much painlessly through the skin suggests that the future of medicine could be needle-free."
The Huffington Post,
"Hamlet may have been able to see through a fake smile, but it's hard for most of us. People smile out of politeness, awkwardness or frustration, so how can we tell if a smile is real?"
CNN,
"Three days after embattled Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko announced his resignation, the White House announced President Barack Obama intends to nominate (MIT alum) Allison Macfarlane, a professor at George Mason University, to the agency's top post."
The New York Times,
"President Obama on Thursday nominated (MIT alum) Allison M. Macfarlane, a professor of environmental science at George Mason University, to serve as chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission."
Popular Science,
"Whether you’re at the doctor’s office or taking medicine at home, future injections could be a lot less painful with this new gadget developed at MIT. Instead of a sterile metal point penetrating your skin, it fires a jet of medicine through your skin at the speed of sound."
WBUR's CommonHealth,
"Now (and may I say it’s about time) researchers at MIT have developed a device that may inject a variety of drugs without using needles."
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