MIT team invents efficient shockwave-based process for desalination of water

Post by dannypgh » Fri, Nov 13, 2015, 6:01 AM UTC

x1798DE wrote: post #20

hackuser wrote: post #19

MIT's PR is more amazing than their research. How many science and technology programs are there in U.S. universities, all of them producing new discoveries? How about universities outside the U.S.? The rate and impact of discoveries vary by school, yet it seems like half the discoveries I read about come from MIT, and often via links directly to MIT press releases (i.e., not to coverage in the news). MIT is a great…

Whenever I see one of these MIT press releases, I know to take it with a giant grain of salt. I wonder if HN will eventually start penalizing links from them as low quality.

Post by dredmorbius » Fri, Nov 13, 2015, 7:49 AM UTC

x1798DE wrote: post #20

hackuser wrote: post #19

MIT's PR is more amazing than their research. How many science and technology programs are there in U.S. universities, all of them producing new discoveries? How about universities outside the U.S.? The rate and impact of discoveries vary by school, yet it seems like half the discoveries I read about come from MIT, and often via links directly to MIT press releases (i.e., not to coverage in the news). MIT is a great…

Whenever I see one of these MIT press releases, I know to take it with a giant grain of salt. I wonder if HN will eventually start penalizing links from them as low quality.