BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 15 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: * * * 3D printers could become more precise because of this Northeastern professor's research on water droplets By Cesareo Contreras Xiaoyu Tang and her team will soon begin the process of developing a new framework to better understand the fluid dynamics at play when droplets of water filled with particles are dropped into bodies of liquid. Inkjet printers have been around since the late 1980s, but they've  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 15 -- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center issued the following news: * * * Beth Israel Lahey Health Heart Transplant Program Certified by Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services Certification Confirms Program's Commitment to Quality and Patient Safety * BOSTON - The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) has certified the Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) Heart Transplant Program based at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), marking another m  more

ERLANGER, Kentucky, Aug. 14 [Category: National Defense] -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news: * * * Former Massachusetts secretary of veterans' services elected to lead nearly 1 million-member DAV * LAS VEGAS - Gulf War veteran and Boston native Coleman Nee was unanimously elected national commander of the nearly 1 million-member DAV (Disabled American Veterans) today at the organization's 103rd national convention in Las Vegas. "For more than a century, service to our   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 14 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Goodwin Collaborates with AI-Powered Side Letter Management Platform ProVision * Goodwin is pleased to announce its partnership with Intelligent Legal Solutions (ILS), the company behind ProVision, to elevate how the firm delivers side letter management services to its fund formation clients. ProVision is an AI-powered platform purpose-built to automate side letter extract  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 14 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Goodwin Guides BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics in Debut as a Publicly Traded Company * The Life Sciences and Special Purpose Acquisition Companies teams guided BridgeBio Oncology Therapeutics, Inc. ("BBOT") on the closing of its previously announced business combination with Helix Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by affiliates of  more

MIAMI, Florida, Aug. 14 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Greenberg Traurig's A. John Pappalardo Named to Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly's Hall of Fame * BOSTON - Aug. 14, 2025 - A. John Pappalardo, a shareholder in Greenberg Traurig, LLP 's Boston office, was selected as a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 2025 Hall of Fame honoree. The Hall of Fame recognizes top Massachusetts lawyers who have been practicing for 30 or more years a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The Hyde Park Historical Society (HPHS), Massachusetts, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concerning the ongoing evaluations related to the Lower Neponset River Superfund Site. This letter commended the efforts of the agency and emphasized the importance of addressing environmental contamination stemming from the site's industrial history. In its correspondence, HPHS expressed gratitude for the work undertaken by the project  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release on Aug. 14, 2025: * * * Lynn Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Armed Robbery of Two Drug Dealers Defendant robbed drug customer of approximately $24,000 in drug proceeds at gunpoint during home invasion BOSTON - A Lynn man pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Boston to two armed robberies which took place in March 2020 and January 2023, targeting drug deale  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Massachusetts Man Who Threatened to Kill Members of Jewish Community and Bomb Synagogues Sentenced to Prison Defendant facing state charges for allegedly threatening to blow up a storage facility in Upton, Mass., while on release pending sentencing in federal case * BOSTON - A Millis, Mass. man was sentenced today for threatening to kill members of the  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton, Houlahan, Ryan, Panetta, Deluzio, Vindman Urge Israel to Expand Humanitarian Aid to Gaza * Washington, DC -- Representatives Seth Moulton (D-MA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Pat Ryan (D-NY), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Chris Deluzio (D-PA), and Eugene Vindman (D-VA) - all U.S. military veterans - sent a letter to Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter expressing "serious concern with the dire human  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The Neponset River Watershed Association (NepRWA), Canton, Massachusetts, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing gratitude for the completion of the Engineering Evaluation and Cost Analysis (EE/CA) regarding the Lower Neponset River Superfund Site. This milestone is particularly significant for the community as notification of the cleanup plan sets the stage for restoring the contaminated river section, known for   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 15 -- Northeastern University issued the following news: * * * Descendant of the only German officers who survived a plot to kill Hitler tells her family's fascinating story By Cody Mello-Klein Northeastern Hillel's Rabbi Sara Paasche-Orlow is descended from German resistance fighters, spies and post-war Nazi hunters whose stories of fighting against the Nazi regime impact her spiritual practice today. The plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944, had fa  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Orpheus Ocean Inc., New Bedford, Massachusetts, has submitted a public comment letter to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) regarding potential mineral leasing activities on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore American Samoa. The company, which specializes in deep-sea exploration technologies, emphasizes the importance of incorporating its advanced autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in future leasing processes to promote safe and responsible mineral dev  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- President Trump issued the following statement on Aug. 14, 2025, on the 260th anniversary of the formation of the Sons of Liberty: * * * On this day 260 years ago, a small but mighty cohort of American patriots banded together in the streets of Boston, Massachusetts, united by one righteous goal: to resist the mounting persecution of the British Crown and defend their sacred birthright of freedom. On August 14, 1765, five months after Great Britain's imposition of the   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley, Lieu, Ocasio-Cortez Reintroduce Bill to Fight Workplace Sexual Harassment and Discrimination * Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Congressman Ted Lieu (CA-36), and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) announced the reintroduction of the Protections and Transparency in the Workplace Act to combat sexual harassment and discrimination in the   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 15 (TNSrpt) -- Reproductive Equity Now, an organization that says it advances reproductive justice and eliminates barriers to safe and legal abortion care, issued the following news release: * * * Reproductive Equity Now Publishes Comprehensive White Paper on Abortion Throughout Pregnancy BOSTON - Reproductive Equity Now has authored a new resource for reporters and advocates who are interested in reporting or researching abortion care that occurs later in pregnanc  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 14 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Study sheds light on graphite's lifespan in nuclear reactors * Graphite is a key structural component in some of the world's oldest nuclear reactors and many of the next-generation designs being built today. But it also condenses and swells in response to radiation -- and the mechanism behind those changes has proven difficult to study. Now, MIT researchers and collaborators have  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * This Week in Climate Action - August 14, 2025 * Your weekly resource to learn what the environmental movement is saying about the news of the day and the political fight of our generation. This week, we're covering the fight to protect public lands, climate protections, and democracy. Be sure to follow LCV on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, BlueSky, and TikTok. QUOTES   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Trahan, Gardner Mayor Nicholson Celebrate $1.8 Million Federal Investment in Emergency Vehicles * LOWELL, MA - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03) joined Gardner Mayor Mike Nicholson, Fire Chief Greg Lagoy, and local officials to celebrate the arrival of three new emergency response vehicles purchased with $1,800,410 in federal funding through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). "When w  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 15 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas issued the following news release: * * * Helping Others Shown To Slow Cognitive Decline AUSTIN, Texas -- In the latest evidence that meaningful social connections bolster health, a team from The University of Texas at Austin and University of Massachusetts Boston has found that frequent helping outside the home significantly slows cognitive decline in middle-age and older adults. The new study of more than 30,000 adults in the U.S. l  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 14 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Using generative AI, researchers design compounds that can kill drug-resistant bacteria * With help from artificial intelligence, MIT researchers have designed novel antibiotics that can combat two hard-to-treat infections: drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae and multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Using generative AI algorithms, the research team designed more th  more