CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 25 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT engineers have developed a fast and sustainable method for producing hydrogen fuel using aluminum, saltwater, and coffee grounds. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT News A sustainable source for clean energy may lie in old soda cans and seawater. MIT engineers have found that when the aluminum in soda cans is exposed in its pure form and mixed with seawater, the solution b  more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, July 26 -- Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: Today Ameresco Sunel Energy SA announced its role in the construction of Lightsource bp's 560 MWp Enipeas solar project in Greece. This flagship project, one of the largest solar sites in Europe, underscores Greece's commitment to sustainable energy and economic resilience. Ameresco Sunel Energy SA is a joint venture b  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 26 -- Flagship Pioneering, a bioplatform innovation company, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * Partnership will Leverage Complementary Expertise in Applied Biology and Engineering to Create and Enhance Multiple Digital Biology Platform Companies * * * Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI), a global semiconductor leader, and Flagship Pioneering, the bioplatform innovation company, today announced a strategic alliance to accelerate the develo  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- Boston Public Schools issued the following news: * * * 500+ Of BPS' 750 Buses Run on Either Electric Power or Propane Gas * * * Boston Public Schools (BPS) celebrates its recent accolade as the winner of the Green Fleet Award - Large Public Fleet Category at the 2024 Green Bus Summit. The Green Fleet Awards, presented by School Transportation News (STN) in collaboration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), recognize school districts for thei  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- Circle Internet Financial, a financial technology firm, issued the following news release: * * * Upcoming competitions in DC and New York present projects and startups a chance to win $100K USDC * * * Circle, a global financial technology firm and the issuer of USDC and EURC, has announced two new stops in the Unlocking Impact Pitch Competition Roadshow Series, with returns this fall to both New York and Washington, D.C. on September 22 and October 26, respe  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, July 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release: * * * Criminal Justice Authority Can Discuss Sonya Massey Case, Mass. POST Commission * * * The case of Sonya Massey, the 36-year-old Black woman fatally shot in her Illinois home by a law enforcement officer July 6 is the latest tragic example of why policing needs to be overhauled, according to a UMass Lowell expert available for interviews. Massey was shot and kille  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 26 (TNSres) -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: * * * * Strong 2Q'24 results with margin expansion & substantial cash flow improvement; raising 2024 guidance * * * Second Quarter 2024 Highlights: * Total orders of $11.8B exceeded revenue by 1.4X * Total revenue of $8.2B, +1%, +2% organically*, led by services growing +7%, +9% organically* * Net income of $1.3B, +$1.4B; net income margin of 15.6%, +1,740 b  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented Genstar Capital in a significant investment in AffiniPay, a leading provider of practice management software, integrated payments and embedded fintech for the legal, accounting and professional services end markets. The transaction was announced in a July 17 press release. Genstar Capital is a San Francisco-based private equity firm that has been actively investing in high quality   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: Governor Maura T. Healey today signed into law An Act Modernizing Firearms Laws (H.4885) (https://www.mass.gov/doc/h4885-an-act-modernizing-firearm-lawsthe-gun-bill-has-been-signed-and-chaptered-scanned-copy-attached-here/download), the state's most significant gun safety legislation in a decade. The bill was passed by the Legislature as a result of the Supreme Court's decis  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: Chelsea -- Today at Chelsea City Hall, Governor Maura Healey, Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll and Secretary of Housing and Livable Communities Ed Augustus were joined by members of the Legislature and municipal leaders from across the state to award $39 million in Community Development Block Grants (CDBG). The awards will go to 65 communities across the state. The CDBG Pro  more

EAST BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- The Massachusetts Port Authority issued the following news: * * * Big changes coming for the North Shore and Framingham * * * BOSTON - To improve the customer experience for riders in the North Shore and Metro West, the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is moving the Peabody Logan Express (LEX) to a permanent location in Danvers and adding three levels to the existing Framingham LEX Garage. The Framingham and Peabody LEX services carried more than  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news on July 25, 2024: Today the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) announced performance progress since last year across the heavy rail subway lines, bus service, and RIDE paratransit service, including more scheduled service, less time between trains, and excellent on-time performance of RIDE vehicles. These improvements are a result of the new way the MBTA does business throug  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news on July 25, 2024: The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) today announced the appointment of Jeff Cook as the permanent Chief Administrative Officer and Alicia Gomes as the inaugural Executive Director of Light Rail. "These appointments mark a pivotal moment for the MBTA," said MBTA General Manager and CEO Phillip Eng. "Jeff Cook and Alicia Gomes both bring extensive experie  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority issued the following news on July 25, 2024: * * * The $54 million agreement will advance the acquisition of Battery Electric trains. * * * The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) Board of Directors today approved a $54 million plan to bring battery-electric train service to the Fairmount Commuter Rail Line, which will ultimately result in more frequent service and lower emissions in surrounding com  more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, July 26 -- The University of Massachusetts School of Law issued the following news release: * * * Professor Geoff McDonald was interviewed by MassLive on post-foreclosure evictions. * * * MassLive interviewed UMass Law Professor Geoff McDonald to give his expert take on a story following post-foreclosure evictions. The article follows Jocephus Grant, a man who had his house foreclosed on after a medical accident happened to him while on the job. After being left phy  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 25 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The effort to accelerate climate work at the Institute adds to its leadership team. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News The Climate Project at MIT has appointed leaders for each of its six focal areas, or Climate Missions, President Sally Kornbluth announced in a letter to the MIT community today. Introduced in February, the Climate Project at MIT is a major new effort to change th  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 25 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Four faculty members and four others with MIT ties are recognized for pushing the boundaries of science and for creating highly inclusive and collaborative research environments. * * * The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) today announced its 2024 investigators, four of whom hail from the School of Science at MIT: Steven Flavell, Mary Gehring, Mehrad Jazayeri, and Ge  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 25 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MAIA is a multimodal agent that can iteratively design experiments to better understand various components of AI systems. * * * Rachel Gordon, MIT CSAIL As artificial intelligence models become increasingly prevalent and are integrated into diverse sectors like health care, finance, education, transportation, and entertainment, understanding how they work under the hood   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 25 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: By Austin Chen, MIT News correspondent It's one of the paradoxes of economic development: Many countries currently offer large subsidies to their industrial fishing fleets, even though the harms of overfishing are well-known. Governments might be willing to end this practice, if they saw that its costs outweighed its benefits. But each country, acting individually, faces an incentive to k  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 25 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A on July 24, 2024, with Tristan Brown, the S.C. Fang Chinese language and culture career development professor: * * * MIT historian Tristan Brown describes how China's feng shui legacy can help with confronting today's climate challenges. * * * By Leda Zimmerman, School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences Tristan Brown is the S.C. Fang Chinese Language and Culture Career Dev  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 25 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Scientists created the step-by-step guide to unlock the potential of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope for identifying habitable worlds in the universe. * * * By Paige Colley, EAPS News The launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in 2021 kicked off an exciting new era for exoplanet research, especially for scientists looking at terrestrial planets orbiting sta  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 25 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Genomics and lab studies reveal numerous findings, including a key role for Reelin amid neuronal vulnerability, and for choline and antioxidants in sustaining cognition. * * * By David Orenstein, The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory An open-access MIT study published today in Nature provides new evidence for how specific cells and circuits become vulnerable in A  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 26 -- Pegasystems, a software company empowering digital transformation, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * Pega Cloud for Government designated Ready for FedRAMP High for use in the U.S. Federal Government's most sensitive IT projects * * * Pegasystems Inc. (NASDAQ: PEGA), the leading enterprise AI decisioning and workflow automation platform, today announced its latest milestone in advancing its federal agency capabilities by achieving   more

DARTMOUTH, Massachusetts, July 26 (TNSres) -- The University of Massachusetts School of Law issued the following news release: * * * UMass Law Professor Faisal Chaudhry investigates the legal history of colonial rule in South Asia from 1757 to the early twentieth century in his newly published book. * * * In his newly published book, South Asia, the British Empire, and the Rise of Classical Legal Thought: Towards a Historical Ontology of Law, Professor Faisal Chaudhry provides a re-reading o  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented Genstar Capital in its acquisition of Docupace, a leading provider of software to streamline back-office operations of wealth management enterprises and financial advisors. The announcement was made in a July 23 press release. Financial terms were not disclosed. Genstar Capital is a leading private equity firm that has been actively investing in high-quality companies for over 30 y  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: Ropes & Gray represented TSG Consumer Partners in its investment in Summer Fridays, a clean, premium skincare and hybrid makeup brand. The transaction was announced on July 25 in a press release. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. TSG Consumer Partners is a leading private equity firm with over $16 billion in assets under management. The two co-founders, Marianna Hewitt and Lauren Ire  more

NEWTON, Massachusetts, July 26 -- TechTarget, a provider of data-driven marketing services to business-to-business technology vendors, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: * * * New offering provides Product and Go-To-Market teams with robust first party insights to understand and adapt to dynamic market shifts and changing buyer needs * * * TechTarget, Inc. (Nasdaq: TTGT), the global leader in B2B technology purchase intent data and services today announced the release of Tec  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 25 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Domitilla Del Vecchio and Themis Sapsis of MechE and Mehrdad Jazayeri of BCS will each receive up to $3 million for blue-sky research. * * * By Anne Wilson and Julie Pryor, Department of Mechanical Engineering; McGovern Institute for Brain Research The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has announced three MIT professors among the members of the 2024 class of the Vannevar   more