CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Designing a new way to optimize complex coordinated systems Coordinating complicated interactive systems, whether it's the different modes of transportation in a city or the various components that must work together to make an effective and efficient robot, is an increasingly important subject for software designers to tackle. Now, researchers at MIT have developed an entirely new  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 24 [Category: BizEnergy] -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * Duke Energy and GE Vernova announce significant arrangement for gas turbines and associated equipment CHARLOTTE, N.C. and CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (April 24,2025) - Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) and GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV) announce a significant partnership for natural gas turbines and other associated equipment to meet the growing needs of advanced manufacturing, data center  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 25 -- Flagship Pioneering, a bioplatform innovation company, issued the following news release: * * * Flagship Pioneering Unveils Etiome to Pioneer Preemptive Healthcare Etiome's Temporal Biodynamics AI-powered platform is the first end-to-end solution to detect disease and preempt progression before it becomes too late Company emerges following four years of platform development and an initial commitment of $50 million from Flagship Pioneering CAMBRIDGE, Mas  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, April 25 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * James River Land Improvements Project Receives Governor's Environmental Excellence Award The Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) received a 2025 Governor's Environmental Excellence Gold Medal Award for the first phase of the James River Land Improvements Pro  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Luna: A moon on Earth On March 6, MIT launched its first lunar landing mission since the Apollo era, sending three payloads -- the AstroAnt, the RESOURCE 3D camera, and the HUMANS nanowafer -- to the moon's south polar region. The mission was based out of Luna, a mission control space designed by MIT Department of Architecture students and faculty in collaboration with the MIT Spac  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Martina Solano Soto wants to solve the mysteries of the universe, and MIT Open Learning is part of her plan Martina Solano Soto is on a mission to pursue her passion for physics and, ultimately, to solve big problems. Since she was a kid, she has had a lot of questions: Why do animals exist? What are we doing here? Why don't we know more about the Big Bang? And she has been determi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Robotic system zeroes in on objects most relevant for helping humans For a robot, the real world is a lot to take in. Making sense of every data point in a scene can take a huge amount of computational effort and time. Using that information to then decide how to best help a human is an even thornier exercise. Now, MIT roboticists have a way to cut through the data noise, to help  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, April 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Six from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2025 Six MIT faculty members are among the nearly 250 leaders from academia, the arts, industry, public policy, and research elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced April 23. One of the nation's most prestigious honorary societies, the academy is also a leading center for indepen  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 25 -- Trinity College issued the following news: * * * Shocks to the System By Christine Sanni Maloney Family Distinguished Associate Professor of Economics Hasan Comert talks about his new grant from the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) to pursue his research, "Exchange Rate Shocks, Economic Inequality, and Gender Disparities in Turkey: A History and Context Sensitive Analysis with Lessons for  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, April 24 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Collaborates with Developers to Alleviate Worcester Housing Crisis The Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth recently released a study finding that the City of Worcester will need to produce 8,600 new housing units over the next 10 years to address t  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, April 24 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Expands Coastal Engineering with Two Acquisitions In a strategic move to expand coastal engineering, VHB is thrilled to join forces with two coastal engineering firms effective today: Waterway Surveys & Engineering (Waterway) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and   more