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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 Chronicle of Higher Education,
"The recent announcement that Massachusetts Institute of Technology would give certificates around free online course materials has fueled further debate about whether employers may soon welcome new kinds of low-cost credentials."
The Boston Globe,
"Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered the secrets behind the strength of spider silk and webs, and it could change the way engineered structures like bridges, planes, and even Internet servers are built."
The New York Times,
"Everyone seems to be talking about a crisis in manufacturing."
The New York Times,
"Since the phenomenon of 'word blindness' was first documented more than a century ago, scientists have searched for the causes of dyslexia, and for therapies to treat it."
TIME,
"Social-media neophytes need not fret. The brains behind a new study have provided a how-to guide in acquiring Twitter-savvy skills and more importantly, avoiding the oh-so irritating tweet habits."
New Scientist,
"(Juergen) Steimle has recently left the Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany, to join the Fluid Interfaces group at MIT's Media Lab. He has developed a range of ways to use the folds in foldable displays to create some quite novel forms of interaction."
NPR,
"Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are replacing boots on the ground in some wars. Commercially, UAVs are being used for things like crop-dusting and flood mapping."
The Wall Street Journal,
"Every day we recall the past, perceive the present and imagine the future. How do our brains accomplish these feats? It's safe to say that nobody really knows," Sebastian Seung (of MIT) writes early in "Connectome," his exploration of how researchers have at least made a start toward understanding how those feats are accomplished.
Forbes,
"Anyone who’s had a blazing insight in the shower or leaped ahead at work after a languorous vacation recognizes that sometimes, the path to creative insight isn’t a direct line."
Popular Science,
"An MIT researcher has developed a method of manufacturing solar panels on the spot from agricultural waste, sidestepping the need for silicon and making ready-to-mix solar cheap and abundant virtually anywhere."
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