BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 -- Brown Rudnick, a law firm, issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024: LONDON, 3 December 2024 - International law firm Brown Rudnick announced today that Angus Ford has joined the firm as head of UK & European Real Estate in London. Ford joins from Eversheds Sutherland, where he led the Logistics practice globally and co-led the Investment Management Services Product Group, bringing with him over 20 years of legal experience in the real estate field. He  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 -- Circle Internet Financial, a financial technology firm, issued the following news release: * * * USDC to remain available on registered crypto asset trading platforms that meet the CSA's Value Referenced Crypto Asset requirements * * * NEW YORK - December 4, 2024 - Today, Circle Internet Group, Inc. a global financial technology company, announced that its regulated subsidiary is the first stablecoin issuer to commit to comply with the Ontario Securities Comm  more

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, issued the following news: * * * Report urges Nordic governments to help close the fuel transition cost gap * * * The Nordic Roadmap project has unveiled the Fuel Transition Roadmap for Nordic Shipping ('the Roadmap'), a comprehensive document outlining a decarbonization strategy for the region. The report urges Nordic ministers to take imme  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Dec. 3, 2024: * * * As a child, a civil war drove Mlen-Too Wesley out of Liberia. As an adult, he has returned and is applying what he learned in an MITx MicroMasters program to help the West African nation thrive. * * * By Marisa Demers, MIT Open Learning Mlen-Too Wesley has faded memories of his early childhood in Liberia, but the sharpest one has shaped his life. Wesley was 4 years  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: Goodwin Paris advised Biomunex Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company with operations in Paris (France) and Cambridge (MA, USA), on its exclusive global licensing agreement with Ipsen for the BMX-502 program. BMX-502, a MAIT cell activator (also known as a "MAIT engager"), represents a new therapeutic class in immuno-oncology. Ipsen, a global biopharmaceutical leader, focuses on developing innovative  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz advised Artemis Capital Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm focused on partnering with differentiated industrial tech companies, on its acquisition of Diamond Antenna and Microwave Corporation, a developer of advanced radio frequency rotary joints and rotating subsystems serving mission critical ground, shipboard, submarine, aircraft, commercial, and space applications. The addition of Diamond  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 -- Mintz, a law firm, issued the following news release: Mintz represented T-Mobile before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) related to the company's provision of supplemental coverage from space (SCS) in cooperation with its partner in this venture - SpaceX. The new service will give T-Mobile customers the ability to communicate in areas where there is no traditional cell phone coverage. The FCC signed off on SpaceX providing this service using its St  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Volha Charnysh's new book examines refugees and state-building in Germany and Poland after World War II, as new residents spurred economic and civic growth. * * * By Peter Dizikes, MIT News Migrants have become a flashpoint in global politics. But new research by an MIT political scientist, focused on West Germany and Poland after World War II, shows that in the long term,  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Dec. 3, 2024: * * * The new balloon can be expanded before a meal to prevent overeating, then deflated when no longer needed. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News Gastric balloons -- silicone balloons filled with air or saline and placed in the stomach -- can help people lose weight by making them feel too full to overeat. However, this effect eventually can wear off as the stomach  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT chemical engineers have devised a way to capture methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and convert it into polymers. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News Although it is less abundant than carbon dioxide, methane gas contributes disproportionately to global warming because it traps more heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide, due to its molecular structure. MIT chemical eng  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Researchers propose a simple fix to an existing technique that could help artists, designers, and engineers create better 3D models. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News Creating realistic 3D models for applications like virtual reality, filmmaking, and engineering design can be a cumbersome process requiring lots of manual trial and error. While generative artificial intelligenc  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A on Dec. 2, 2024, with Josephine Carstensen, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and David McGee, professor in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences: * * * Josephine Carstensen and David McGee discuss the value and impact that MIT Global Seed Funds, which create synergistic partnerships between faculty and peers abroad, added to their rese  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 -- Nutter, a law firm, issued the following news release: Nutter advised Agilyx Corporation and its parent company Agilyx ASA (OSE: AGLX; OTCQX: AGXXF) and Cyclyx International, LLC, a post-use plastic-to-feedstock innovator and joint venture among Agilyx, ExxonMobil, and LyondellBasell, in reaching a final investment decision for a second Cyclyx Circularity Center (CCC2). Located in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas area, the new facility will help to create further ne  more

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, Dec. 5 (TNSres) -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: The global market for personal computing devices, including PCs and tablets, is set to grow 3.8% in 2024, reaching 403.5 million units, according to the latest forecast from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Personal Computing Device Tracker. While PCs have dominated the discussion, driven primarily by the AI   more