WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Advanced Energy United issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * "Bill Promoting a Clean Energy Grid, Advancing Equity and Protecting Ratepayers" includes comprehensive permitting and siting reforms for clean energy infrastructure, along with key advancements on grid-enhancing technologies and energy storage * * * BOSTON, MA - Today, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed into law a landmark clean energy bill that promises to streamline permitting and s  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 16 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Yiming Chen '24, Wilhem Hector, Anushka Nair, and David Oluigbo will start postgraduate studies at Oxford next fall. * * * By Julia Mongo, Distinguished Fellowships Yiming Chen '24, Wilhem Hector, Anushka Nair, and David Oluigbo have been selected as 2025 Rhodes Scholars and will begin fully funded postgraduate studies at Oxford University in the U.K. next fall. In additi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 22 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * Proposal Aims to End Search Engine Monopoly; Hearing Scheduled in April 2025 * * * Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today announced that she, along with a coalition of 38 attorneys general and the Justice Department, has proposed a robust package of remedies to end Google's unlawful monopoly over internet search engines and to restore competition to   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 22 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz advised Seen Health, a health care organization enabling seniors to age at home through a culturally-focused care model built upon the proven Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), on its $22 million Series A which will allow increased access to care for over 10 million eligible seniors nationwide. Seen Health's Series A funding, led by 8VC with participation from Basis Set, Primetime   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The technique could make AI systems better at complex tasks that involve variability. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News Fields ranging from robotics to medicine to political science are attempting to train AI systems to make meaningful decisions of all kinds. For example, using an AI system to intelligently control traffic in a congested city could help motorists reach their   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 21 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A: * * * The MIT sophomore and award-winning memory champion explains what these competitions are all about and why you might want to build a "memory palace." * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News On Nov. 10, some of the country's top memorizers converged on MIT's Kresge Auditorium to compete in a "Tournament of Memory Champions" in front of a live audience. The competition was split into four even  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The Tree-D Fusion system integrates generative AI and genus-conditioned algorithms to create precise simulation-ready models of 600,000 existing urban trees across North America. * * * By Rachel Gordon, MIT CSAIL The Irish philosopher George Berkely, best known for his theory of immaterialism, once famously mused, "If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 20, 2024: * * * The needle-free device could be used to deliver insulin, antibodies, RNA, or other large molecules. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News Inspired by the way that squids use jets to propel themselves through the ocean and shoot ink clouds, researchers from MIT and Novo Nordisk have developed an ingestible capsule that releases a burst of drugs directly into the  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The MIT Sloan professor has become a leading energy economist through original studies that can inform our global climate response. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News In the mid 2000s, Catherine Wolfram PhD '96 reached what she calls "an inflection point" in her career. After about a decade of studying U.S. electricity markets, she had come to recognize that "you couldn't   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The Certificate in Aerospace Innovation gives students the tools and confidence to be aerospace entrepreneurs during an inflection point in the industry. * * * By Marisa Demers, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics At age 22, aerospace engineer Eric Shaw worked on some of the world's most powerful airplanes, yet learning to fly even the smallest one was out of reach  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The startup Alsym Energy, co-founded by Professor Kripa Varanasi, is hoping its batteries can link renewables with the industrial sector and beyond. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News Lithium-ion batteries are the workhorses of home electronics and are powering an electric revolution in transportation. But they are not suitable for every application. A key drawback is their fl  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 20, 2024: * * * Study finds many climate-stabilization plans are based on questionable assumptions about the future cost and deployment of "direct air capture" and therefore may not bring about promised reductions. * * * By Nancy W. Stauffer, MIT Energy Initiative In 2015, 195 nations plus the European Union signed the Paris Agreement and pledged to undertake plans desig  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 21 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * New framework advances experimental capabilities, including design and characterization, of microscale acoustic metamaterials. * * * By Anne Wilson, Department of Mechanical Engineering Acoustic metamaterials -- architected materials that have tailored geometries designed to control the propagation of acoustic or elastic waves through a medium -- have been studied extensi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 21 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Nov. 20, 2024: * * * Newly expanded financial aid will cover tuition costs for admitted students from 80 percent of U.S. families. * * * By Steve Bradt, MIT News Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting next fall, thanks to newly expanded financial aid. Eighty percent of American households meet this income threshold. And for the  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * New research shows that a grasp of grammar helps even very young children figure out when they must acquire new words. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News As young children, how do we build our vocabulary? Even by age 1, many infants seem to think that if they hear a new word, it means something different from the words they already know. But why they think so has remained   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 22 -- Nutter, a law firm, issued the following news release: Nutter advised Agilyx Corporation and its parent company Agilyx ASA (OSE: AGLX; OTCQX: AGXXF) in connection with the U.S. portion of a successful placement of a senior secured green bond issue of $50 million (USD). The net proceeds from the private placement and bond issue will be used to fund capital calls related to the development and construction of Cyclyx Circularity Center No. 2, as well as for genera  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 22 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: Governor Dan McKee appointed Deborah J. Goddard to serve as Secretary of the Rhode Island Department of Housing. Goddard has more than 40 years of housing experience in the private and public sectors. She currently leads the Massachusetts-based DJ Goddard Consulting, which advises and provides organizational and process analysis for public, quasi-public, and nonprofit   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 22 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray has advised AEA Investors' Middle Market Private Equity team and Battery Ventures on their sale of Process Sensing Technologies to DwyerOmega. The transaction announcement can be found here. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Ropes & Gray team was led by private equity transactions partners Dan Oates and Angela Becker. Other members of the team included private equity associat  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 22 (TNSres) -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray issued a white paper titled State ESG Update and Analysis for Asset Managers and Financial Institutions. This white paper includes selected commentary on some of the state developments tracked this year and addresses what has happened in each of the states in 2024. The first part of this paper includes a roundup of Ropes & Gray thought leadership covering a variety of state ESG-relate  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, Nov. 22 -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release: * * * New LINC Partner Builds on University Expertise in Human Performance * * * Home Base, a National Center of Excellence dedicated to providing lifesaving clinical care for the invisible wounds of war, has announced a partnership with UMass Lowell as its next location to expand its regional footprint. This new site, situated within the Lowell Innovation Network Corridor (LINC  more