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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 New York Times,
"If you need help getting out of a crashed car, or if you're a soldier maneuvering around an active land mine field, space shuttle-derived technology may have saved your life."
Boston.com,
"Voters who watch a lot of TV but aren’t well versed on the issues are most likely to be influenced by the physical appearance of political candidates, an MIT study released today shows."
The New York Times,
"Medicaid is under assault these days from nearly every direction."
The New York Times,
"The reaction underscored the stakes involved in shale gas."
Reuters,
"Cheaper generic drugs will continue to hold down costs for the U.S. government, insurers and patients enrolled in the federal prescription drug benefit, according to a report released on Friday."
NPR,
"Think of the find-and-replace function in your word processor, but they're doing it with short sequences of DNA instead of words."
Forbes,
“The most obvious perhaps is the IT industry where this technology can be applied to automation, maintenance and support. For instance, our algorithm for automatic instruction interpretation can convert computer trouble shooting and configuration instructions from text into executable scripts, thus helping ordinary computer users with maintenance tasks.”- Regina Barzilay
The Boston Globe,
"These remotely operated aircraft are being used for tracking wildlife, scanning the skies for developing tornadoes, patrolling the border, and getting video footage after or during disasters - for example, to gauge the spread of forest fires in the Southwest."
Boston.com,
"No thicker than a piece of paper - because it practically is a piece of paper - a solar panel created by an MIT researcher can be shoved into a pocket or made into a paper airplane, and it will still create energy when exposed to sunlight."
Bloomberg,
"Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Susan Hockfield called on governors to make education more affordable, support changes in the U.S. immigration system for highly educated workers, press for federal research funding and support entrepreneurial cultures at their state institutions."
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