CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 3 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A new generative AI approach to predicting chemical reactions * Many attempts have been made to harness the power of new artificial intelligence and large language models (LLMs) to try to predict the outcomes of new chemical reactions. These have had limited success, in part because until now they have not been grounded in an understanding of fundamental physical principles, such a  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 3 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * Engineering Heritage: Transforming Lincoln School into Senior Housing * Last spring, the Lincoln School in Brockton, Massachusetts, recently celebrated a significant milestone with its grand reopening as "The Lincoln," an affordable senior housing property. Spear  more

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, Sept. 4 -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * Global Smart Vacuum Market Grows 20.5% Year-over-Year in Q2 2025, According to IDC The global smart vacuum market recorded shipments of 6.17 million units in the second quarter of 2025, reflecting a 20.5% year-over-year increase, according to the latest data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home De  more

NEWBURYPORT, Massachusetts, Sept. 4 -- Matter Communications, a public relation and social media firm, issued the following news: * * * Matter Launches Tailored Tech PR Solutions for Fast, Strategic Results Agency's project-based PR offerings for B2B tech brands provide flexible program customization to improve visibility and drive on-message media coverage. * BOSTON, September 3, 2025 - Matter Communications - a Brand Elevation Agency integrating PR, marketing and creative services - toda  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 2 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A with professor of engineering Caroline Uhler: * * * 3 Questions: On biology and medicine's "data revolution" * Caroline Uhler is an Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Engineering at MIT; a professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the Institute for Data, Science, and Society (IDSS); and director of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center at the Broad Institute of MIT a  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 3 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following Q&A with Kalyan Veeramachaneni, a principal research scientist in the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems and co-founder of DataCebo: * * * 3 Questions: The pros and cons of synthetic data in AI * Synthetic data are artificially generated by algorithms to mimic the statistical properties of actual data, without containing any information from real-world sources. While concrete numb  more

BEDFORD, Massachusetts, Sept. 3 [Category: BizConsulting] -- MITRE, a company that advances national security and serve the public interest as an independent adviser, posted the following news release: * * * New Defense Acquisition Framework to Accelerate Technology Transition to Warfighters * McLean, Va., and Bedford, Mass., September 3, 2025 - The National Security Engineering Center ( NSEC ), a federally funded research and development center ( FFRDC ) operated by MITRE, unveiled the Tra  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 4 -- The Oceantic Network, formerly the Business Network for Offshore Wind, issued the following statement on Sept. 3, 2025: * * * Oceantic Statement: Targeted Attack on Offshore Wind is Devastating Assault on U.S. Workers and Businesses Multiple news outlets reported today a continued and targeted effort by the Trump administration to remand permits and approvals for several offshore wind projects off the coast of Massachusetts. In response, Oceantic Network has   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 3 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Soft materials hold onto "memories" of their past, for longer than previously thought * If your hand lotion is a bit runnier than usual coming out of the bottle, it might have something to do with the goop's "mechanical memory." Soft gels and lotions are made by mixing ingredients until they form a stable and uniform substance. But even after a gel has set, it can hold onto "memo  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 2 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Guides First-of-Its-Kind Rezoning for Middle Housing in Knightdale, NC * Zoning approval was unanimously granted by the Town of Knightdale, North Carolina, for D.R. Horton's innovative cottage court community--the first housing development of its kind in the   more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 3 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * Virtual Design and Construction Benefits Alternative Delivery Projects * On alternative delivery and design-build projects, virtual design and construction (VDC) offers a host of benefits. Using advanced digital modeling for real-time visualization, VDC facilitat  more