BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 16 -- Bain and Co., a management consulting firm, issued the following news release: * * * Bain & Company forms strategic partnership with Dr. Andrew Ng to accelerate AI transformation for clients worldwide * BOSTON - July 15, 2025 - Bain & Company today announced a strategic partnership with Dr. Andrew Ng and his advisory firm, AI Aspire, to help organizations unlock scalable, transformative value from artificial intelligence. Dr. Ng is a renowned British-America  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 15 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Connect or reject: Extensive rewiring builds binocular vision in the brain * Scientists have long known that the brain's visual system isn't fully hardwired from the start -- it becomes refined by what babies see -- but the authors of a new MIT study still weren't prepared for the degree of rewiring they observed when they took a first-ever look at the process in mice as it happene  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 [Category: BizEnergy] -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * GE Vernova Adding 250 New Jobs as Part of Pennsylvania Factory Expansion to Manufacture More Critical Grid Technologies - New jobs at company's Charleroi, PA factory will help manufacture additional high voltage switchgear products essential to operation of the country's electric grids - GE Vernova has now announced plans to create a total of 1,750 new U.S. job  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 16 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: * * * He tried to build a Black state. A Northeastern professor tells his daring, flawed story Northeastern's Caleb Gayle wrote 'Black Moses' because Edward McCabe was one of the first Black Americans elected to political office and he was "deeply flawed." By Kate Rix When Northeastern University professor Caleb Gayle decided to write "Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State" about t  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 16 (TNSjou) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management issued the following news release: * * * The invisible handshake: How friends of friends become friends on social media New MIT Sloan research shows that having shared connections directly contributes to social media users connecting with one another online * CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 15, 2025 - Think about your social network. How many of your friendships started out as a "frie  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 16 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: * * * Northeastern grad takes on China's monopoly of rare earth metals with thriving clean startup China controls more than 90% of the world's rare earth metal production. With Phoenix Tailings, Nick Myers found a way to process them more cleanly and in the US. By Cody Mello-Klein You might not know them by name -- and even if you do, you might not be able to pronounce them -- but rare earth metals are in e  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 15 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Professor Emeritus Daniel Kleppner, highly influential atomic physicist, dies at 92 * Daniel Kleppner, the Lester Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Physics at MIT whose work in experimental atomic physics made an immense mark on the field, died on June 16 at the age of 92, in Palo Alto, California. Kleppner's varied research examined the interactions of atoms with static electric and m  more

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, July 16 -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, posted the following news: * * * PSC CIC 2025 on ballast water management and DNV's PSC Top 18 This year's Port State Control Concentrated Inspection Campaign (PSC CIC), taking place from 1 September to 30 November 2025, will focus on ballast water management. This news also shares some updates of DNV's PSC Top 18 detainable deficiencies list. Relev  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 16 -- Wentworth Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Tetris CEO Rogers, VHB CEO Carragher Named Keynote Speakers for Wentworth Commencement By Greg Abazorius Wentworth Institute of Technology has announced that Michael J. Carragher, President and CEO of VHB, and Maya Rogers, President and CEO of Tetris, will deliver the keynote addresses at the university's two Summer Commencement ceremonies on Thursday, August 14. Carragher will speak at the  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, July 16 -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news: * * * Can Fiber Supplements Help Remove PFAS From the Human Body? Pilot Studies Show a Promising Decrease of "Forever Chemicals" By Karen Angelo Found in everything from food and water to the air we breathe, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), or "forever chemicals," are difficult to avoid. An analysis conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported PFAS in  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 16 (TNSrep) -- Liberty Mutual Insurance Group issued the following news release: * * * US Companies Spend $50.87B per Year on the Top Ten Causes of Serious Workplace Injuries According to 2025 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index 25th Annual Index Helps Employers Improve Safety to Better Protect Employees and the Bottom Line * BOSTON (July 15, 2025) - Liberty Mutual Insurance has released its 2025 Workplace Safety Index (https://business.libertymutual.com/workpl  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 15 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * Why Is Everyone So Obsessed with Protein? BU Nutrition Expert Has Some Answers As far as food fads go, protein is having a moment. This one may just stick around, and for good reason, says Joan Salge Blake By Molly Glass If you've been inside a grocery store lately, you may have noticed something curious. Cereal, once the purview of children's breakfasts, is now "packed with protein!" The small refrigerato  more

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, July 15 -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * Worldwide Smartphone Market Grows 1.0% in Q2 2025, Despite Global Uncertainty and Weak Demand in China, according to IDC Vendors Continue to Push Higher Price Points to Offset the Slowdown in Unit Shipments by Offering AI in More Affordable Devices * NEEDHAM, Mass., July 14, 2025 - According to preliminary data from the International   more