BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is co-leading a coalition of 19 states seeking to join litigation to defend the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) climate disclosure rules (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/03/28/2024-05137/the-enhancement-and-standardization-of-climate-related-disclosures-for-investors) against challenges brought by industry entitie  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 10 -- Akamai Technologies, a provider of content delivery network services, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud company that powers and protects life online, today announced the launch of Akamai Shield NS53, a product that protects on-premises (on-prem) Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure from resource exhaustion attacks. These attacks overwhelm servers to the point that they can no longer re  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- DataRobot, an artificial intelligence that enhance business transactions and human interactions, issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: DataRobot, the AI lifecycle platform, today announced new integrations and accelerators with Google's Gemini models, enabling organizations to jumpstart AI solutions and deliver immediate impact. Building on the previously announced DataRobot and Google Cloud partnership to accelerate generative AI solutions, cus  more

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, issued the following news on April 9, 2024: DNV has awarded HD Hyundai Mipo Dockyard an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of ammonia dual fuel 45,000 m3 LPG carriers. The presentation took place at the HD Hyundai Global R&D Center (GRC) in Seongnam, Korea. HD Hyundai Mipo (HMD), who have developed the basic ship design, provided detailed eng  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) today announced its plans to provide Massachusetts children and families with fun, educational and affordable programming at parks and watershed properties across the state during April school vacation week. From guided hikes and bike rides to painting, birding, and animal demonstrations, the agency  more

CHELSEA, Massachusetts, April 10 -- MassDevelopment issued the following news release: MassDevelopment has issued a $24.5 million tax-exempt bond on behalf of TND 170 Cottage LLC, an affiliate of The Neighborhood Developers, Inc., which will use proceeds to buy a parcel at 170 Cottage Street in Chelsea where it will build a new 66-unit affordable rental housing facility. The approximately 76,000-square-foot building will include 11 three-bedroom units, 43 two-bedroom units, and 12 one-bedroom u  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, April 10 (TNSres) -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance, a life insurance company, issued the following news release: Despite persistent economic headwinds, Americans are largely more confident about their financial futures than they were last quarter, according to the latest Consumer Spending & Saving Index from MassMutual. The quarterly survey captures consumers' financial habits, beliefs and predictions in the current environment. "It is heartening to observe ho  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 10 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news on April 9, 2024: Today the MBTA announced a pilot that began yesterday, April 8, and will continue through May 3, 2024, to redesign bus stop signs in an effort to improve their accessibility and findability. The MBTA will also host eight pop-up events at pilot bus stops to gather rider feedback. This bus stop signage pilot comes in advance of anticipated bus service changes to come as pa  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 9 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on April 8, 2024: By Zach Winn, MIT News The stars and other celestial objects truly aligned on MIT's campus Monday. After a weekend of rain, the community was treated to clear skies and high temperatures to view the only partial eclipse for the next 20 years. Community members took in the interstellar anomaly in gatherings large and small. Although many traveled north to view the full ec  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 9 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * New modular, spring-like devices maximize the work of live muscle fibers so they can be harnessed to power biohybrid bots. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News Our muscles are nature's perfect actuators -- devices that turn energy into motion. For their size, muscle fibers are more powerful and precise than most synthetic actuators. They can even heal from damage and grow st  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 9 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Iwnetim Abate aims to stimulate natural hydrogen production underground, potentially unearthing a new path to a cheap, carbon-free energy source. * * * By Jason Sparapani | Department of Materials Science and Engineering It's commonly thought that the most abundant element in the universe, hydrogen, exists mainly alongside other elements -- with oxygen in water, for exam  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 9 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A new study finds sustained pattern changes -- with a lot of regional variation. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News The prevalence of remote work since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed urban transportation patterns in the U.S., according to new study led by MIT researchers. The research finds significant variation between the effects of remote w  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 9 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * She says one question drives her work: "Which pillars of gravitational physics are just not true?" * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News As Netta Engelhardt sees it, secrets never die. Not even in a black hole. Engelhardt is a theoretical physicist at MIT who is teasing out the convoluted physics in and around black holes, in search of the fundamental ingredients that shape o  more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, April 10 -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: The Department of Defense SMART Scholarship awards full tuition and a stipend, and guarantees employment after graduation. Electrical and computer engineering students Christopher Brunette '24, '25 and James Bourgeois '24, '25 were recently awarded the prestigious Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship from the U.S. Department of Defense (  more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, April 10 -- The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus issued the following news release: UMass Dartmouth's graduate programs took another step forward this morning as the U.S. News & World Report ranked UMassD programs in 15 different categories, highlighted by the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree's 44-spot rise. Ranked 76th in the U.S., the College of Nursing & Health Sciences' DNP program is the second highest-rated program in Massachusetts and second   more

NATICK, Massachusetts, April 10 -- MathWorks, developer of mathematical computing software, issued the following news release: Natick, MA, USA and Odense, Denmark - Universal Robots, the Danish collaborative robot (cobot) company, has further strengthened its partnership with MathWorks, the leading developer of mathematical computing software, by joining the Mathworks Connections Program. The program supports organizations that develop and distribute complementary, commercially available prod  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 10 -- The University of Baltimore issued the following news release: In the newly released 2024 edition of the Best Graduate Schools in Public Affairs from U.S. News & World Report, The University of Baltimore's College of Public Affairs has been ranked #70, tied with Auburn University, Northeastern University, Penn State University, the University of Massachusetts and the University of Oklahoma. With 271 schools ranked in total, the College of Public Affairs is in th  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 10 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news release: * * * Coronary artery disease and major depression may be genetically linked via inflammatory pathways to an increased risk for cardiomyopathy, a degenerative heart muscle disease, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital have found. * * * Coronary artery disease and major depression may be genetically linked via inflammatory pathway  more