CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 18 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A shape-changing antenna for more versatile sensing and communication * MIT researchers have developed a reconfigurable antenna that dynamically adjusts its frequency range by changing its physical shape, making it more versatile for communications and sensing than static antennas. A user can stretch, bend, or compress the antenna to make reversible changes to its radiation prope  more

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, Aug. 19 -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * IDC: India's Wearable Device Market Declined by 9% YoY in 2Q25 to 27 Million Units INDIA, August 18, 2025 - According to International Data Corporation's (IDC) India Monthly Wearable Device Tracker, India's wearable device market declined 6.3% year-over-year (YoY) in the first half of 2025 (1H25), reaching 51.6 million units. The market  more

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts, Aug. 19 -- Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. issued the following news release on Aug. 18, 2025: * * * New Study by EVERFI and the MassMutual Foundation Underscores the Critical Importance of Multiple Financial Educational Interventions 2023-2024 Academic Year outcomes reflect continued financial education advancement as MassMutual Foundation's FutureSmart celebrates goal of reaching 6 million learners by 2025 * SPRINGFIELD, MA and WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today,  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Aug. 18 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Researchers glimpse the inner workings of protein language models * Within the past few years, models that can predict the structure or function of proteins have been widely used for a variety of biological applications, such as identifying drug targets and designing new therapeutic antibodies. These models, which are based on large language models (LLMs), can make very accurate   more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 19 -- The University of Nebraska issued the following news: * * * Lu's expertise helps high school students reach national competition By Joan Barnes Suping Lu, professor of Libraries, recently received an update from Matthew and Tommy Mahoney, high school students from Bedford, Massachusetts, that their project on the Nanjing Massacre for National History Day had advanced from the regional contest to the national competition. "[We] will be competing against the bes  more