CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, issued the following news release: * * * - GE Vernova's LM6000VELOX/* package is expected to become its first aeroderivative gas turbine solution to operate on 100 percent renewable hydrogen enabling power generation with less or zero CO2 emissions/** - GE Vernova selected as preferred turbine supplier for the Whyalla hydrogen power plant as part of the South Australian Government's Hydrogen Jobs Plan - The first-of-its-ki  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Acclaimed keyboardist Jordan Rudess's collaboration with the MIT Media Lab culminates in live improvisation between an AI "jam_bot" and the artist. * * * By Nicole Estvanik Taylor, Arts at MIT A crowd gathered at the MIT Media Lab in September for a concert by musician Jordan Rudess and two collaborators. One of them, violinist and vocalist Camilla Backman, has performed   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz advised Aspen Aerogels, Inc. (NYSE: ASPN), a technology leader in sustainability and electrification solutions, on a registered follow-on offering of 4,887,500 shares of its common stock, which included 637,500 shares pursuant to the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares of its common stock. The price to the public in the offering was $20.00 per share and the gross proceeds to Aspen from t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz advised Charlesbank Capital Partners (Charlesbank), a middle-market private equity firm with more than $22 billion in total assets, on a strategic investment with IMPLAN Group LLC (IMPLAN), a leading provider of economic impact data and analytical software. The investment will help IMPLAN accelerate its development of new product capabilities, expansion of datasets, and growth of geographic coverage.  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz has partnered with Lineal, a leader in legal technology and data review solutions to assist with client services delivery. The collaboration brings Lineal's Amplify Suite--an advanced RelativityOne integration--into Mintz's practice to enhance early data assessment (EDA), streamline modern data review, and manage strategic decision calls. With Amplify, Mintz gains access to AI tools for improving chat  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 18, 2024: * * * New work suggests the ability to create fractionalized electrons known as non-Abelian anyons without a magnetic field, opening new possibilities for basic research and future applications. * * * By Elizabeth A. Thomson, Materials Research Laboratory MIT physicists have shown that it should be possible to create an exotic form of matter that could be manip  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 19, 2024: * * * MIT CSAIL researchers used AI-generated images to train a robot dog in parkour, without real-world data. Their LucidSim system demonstrates generative AI's potential for creating robotics training data. * * * By Rachel Gordon, MIT CSAIL For roboticists, one challenge towers above all others: generalization -- the ability to create machines that can adapt   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 18, 2024: * * * New research reveals what it takes for a protein that is best known for protecting cells against death to take on the opposite role. * * * By Jennifer Michalowski, McGovern Institute for Brain Research From early development to old age, cell death is a part of life. Without enough of a critical type of cell death known as apoptosis, animals wind up with t  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 19, 2024: * * * Professor of the practice Alan Lightman's new book digs into the wonder of striking visual phenomena in nature. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News When we gaze at nature's remarkable phenomena, we might feel a mix of awe, curiosity, and determination to understand what we are looking at. That is certainly a common response for MIT's Alan Lightman, a traine  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Progress on the energy transition depends on collective action benefiting all stakeholders, agreed participants in MITEI's annual research conference. * * * By Leda Zimmerman, MIT Energy Initiative To fend off the worst impacts of climate change, "we have to decarbonize, and do it even faster," said William H. Green, director of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and Hoyt   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 18, 2024: * * * Physicists surprised to discover electrons in pentalayer graphene can exhibit fractional charge. New study suggests how this could work. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News MIT physicists have taken a key step toward solving the puzzle of what leads electrons to split into fractions of themselves. Their solution sheds light on the conditions that give rise to  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 19, 2024: * * * Alumni and founders of MIT Washington Summer Internship Program reflect on three decades of impact. * * * By Leda Zimmerman, MIT Political Science Anoushka Bose '20 spent the summer of 2018 as an MIT Washington program intern, applying her nuclear physics education to arms control research with a D.C. nuclear policy think tank. "It's crazy how much three  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Members of MIT's School of Engineering were honored in recognition of their scholarship, service, and overall excellence in the summer of 2024. * * * By Jordan Silva, School of Engineering Faculty and researchers receive many external awards throughout the year. The MIT School of Engineering periodically highlights the honors, prizes, and medals won by community members w  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The Lincoln Laboratory-developed laser communications payload operates at the data rates required to image these never-before-seen thin halos of light. * * * By Ariana Tantillo, Haley Wahl, MIT Lincoln Laboratory In April 2019, a group of astronomers from around the globe stunned the world when they revealed the first image of a black hole -- the monstrous accumulation of  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The MIT spinout Emvolon is placing its repurposed engines next to methane sources, to generate greener methanol and other chemicals. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News Reducing methane emissions is a top priority in the fight against climate change because of its propensity to trap heat in the atmosphere: Methane's warming effects are 84 times more potent than CO2 over a 20-yea  more

BEDFORD, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- MITRE, a company that advances national security and serve the public interest as an independent adviser, issued the following news release: * * * $10.5 million cooperative agreement funded by the National Science Foundation will create research environment for dynamic spectrum sharing * * * McLean, Va., & Bedford, Mass., Nov. 19, 2024 - A MITRE-led team of spectrum engineers, academics, and radio astronomy researchers from across the country will   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- Pegasystems, a software company empowering digital transformation, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: * * * Rethink and replace legacy systems fast with new Pega GenAI Blueprint features * * * Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the Enterprise Transformation Company, today announced the availability of new AI-driven legacy discovery capabilities in Pega GenAI Blueprint to accelerate the daunting task of modernizing legacy systems th  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- Worcester Polytechnic Institute issued the following news release: * * * Researcher Tian Guo Receives $799,995 Award to Bring Cutting-Edge Tools and Education to Students * * * To prepare her students for the future of computer science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Tian Guo is launching a project that will put the power of quantum computing in their hands. Guo, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, wil  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 20 -- Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha issued the following statement on Nov. 19, 2024: * * * Attorney General Peter F. Neronha today issued the following statement about the future of Roger Williams and Fatima hospitals and the recovery of more than $45 million to help fund the two local safety-net hospitals. "Over the last six months, we have seen what has happened to community hospitals owned by private equity next door in Massachusetts - closur  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray has advised global investment firm Sixth Street on a new joint venture with Copley Point Capital ("Copley Point") to assemble a portfolio of UK industrial and logistics real estate assets. The initial pipeline portfolio comprises pound sterling180m of transactions, with Sixth Street and Copley Point intending to grow the venture significantly through both single-asset and portfolio acquisition  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray advised Bain Capital on the close of its latest Global Special Situations Fund, bringing the total amount raised for its second vintage of funds to $9 billion. This capital base includes Global Special Situations Fund II, which received $5.7 billion in total commitments, inclusive of co-investments and separately managed accounts, and $3.3 billion from the firm's previously closed Special Situ  more

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSres) -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: Worldwide spending on telecommunications and pay TV services will reach $1,544 billion in 2024, representing an increase of 2.4% year-on-year, according to the Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker published by International Data Corporation (IDC). The latest prediction is 1.0 percentage points higher than the version published  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, issued the following news: * * * MBD enhanced efficiency, accuracy, and collaboration. * * * VHB partnered with the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) to spearhead the agency's first full utilization of Model-Based Design (MBD) for digital delivery of the new Chester Town Highway Bridge project using the model as th  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNsres) -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, issued the following news: * * * Study aims to enhance mobility and foster regional connectivity. * * * VHB is excited to collaborate with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and community stakeholders in undertaking the Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge Long-term Strategic Planning Study, also  more