CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Demo Day features hormone-tracking sensors, desalination systems, and other innovations * Kresge Auditorium came alive Friday as MIT entrepreneurs took center stage to share their progress in the delta v startup accelerator program. Now in its 14th year, delta v Demo Day represents the culmination of a summer in which students work full-time on new ventures under the guidance of  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * DoE selects MIT to establish a Center for the Exascale Simulation of Coupled High-Enthalpy Fluid-Solid Interactions * The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (DoE/NNSA) recently announced that it has selected MIT to establish a new research center dedicated to advancing the predictive simulation of extreme environments, such as those encountered in  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT software tool turns everyday objects into animated, eye-catching displays * Whether you're an artist, advertising specialist, or just looking to spruce up your home, turning everyday objects into dynamic displays is a great way to make them more visually engaging. For example, you could turn a kids' book into a handheld cartoon of sorts, making the reading experience more imme  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (TNSdok) -- Eversource Energy, Boston, Massachusetts, has filed a petition with the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission, Concord, to increase its "Regulatory Reconciliation Adjustment" rates, potentially leading to higher bills for customers. The company's petition, titled "Petition for Approval of Change in Regulatory Reconciliation Adjustment Rate" (Docket No. DE 25-016), was submitted on September 2, 2025, and requests the Public Utilities Commission's approval for   more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, Sept. 10 -- Pennsylvania State University posted the following news: * * * Sept. 17 seminar: Environmental, market effects of commercial organic waste ban * UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Yuhui Jeong, a fourth-year doctoral candidate in energy, environmental and food economics at Penn State, will lead a seminar on housing prices amid regulations on food waste. Her free talk -- "The localized effects of food waste regulation on odor and property values: evidence from  more

ST. BONAVENTURE, New York, Sept. 11 -- St. Bonaventure University issued the following news release: * * * History professor presents paper on pirate Thomas Pound Dr. Steven Pitt, associate professor of History, presented the paper "The Pirate Thomas Pound and the Machiavellian Scheme of a Royal Navy Captain" at the Problem of Piracy IV: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Plunder by Sea across the World from the Ancient to the Modern at the University of Exeter, England, June 19-20. He also   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Study explains how a rare gene variant contributes to Alzheimer's disease * A new study from MIT neuroscientists reveals how rare variants of a gene called ABCA7 may contribute to the development of Alzheimer's in some of the people who carry it. Dysfunctional versions of the ABCA7 gene, which are found in a very small proportion of the population, contribute strongly to Alzheim  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Ten years later, LIGO is a black-hole hunting machine * The following article is adapted from a press release issued by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) Laboratory. LIGO is funded by the National Science Foundation and operated by Caltech and MIT, which conceived and built the project. On Sept. 14, 2015, a signal arrived on Earth, carrying informati  more