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State Tipoffs Involving Massachusetts Newsletter for Friday September 12, 2025 ( 8 items )  

A better understanding of debilitating head pain
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A better understanding of debilitating head pain * Everyone gets headaches. But not everyone gets cluster headache attacks, a debilitating malady producing acute pain that lasts an hour or two. Cluster headache attacks come in sets -- hence the name -- and leave people in complete agony, unable to function. A little under 1 percent of the U.S. population suffers from cluster heada  more

Boston Consulting Group: Security and Affordability Will Shape Energy's New Era
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 12 (TNSrep) -- Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm, presented the following news release: * * * Security and Affordability Will Shape Energy's New Era * New BCG Report Outlines Seven Macro Shifts Reshaping the Energy Transition and Explores Four Major Implications of These Shifts * Natural Gas and Nuclear See Revival Amid Push for Firm, Dispatchable Power * Electricity Demand Enters Structural Supercycle, Driven by AI Datacenters and Growing Ne  more

Boston University School of Public Health: Improving Policy Language to Reduce Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 12 (TNSjou) -- The Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * Improving Policy Language to Reduce Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance By Jillian McKoy A new study analyzes policy messaging around antimicrobial use in food-producing animals, providing recommendations on how to reframe this language in a way that motivates farmers to curb this use and help reduce the global threat of antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial resistan  more

Integrating Asia's Carbon Markets Critical to Global Net Zero Goals, WEF-Bain Reports
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 (TNSrep) -- Bain and Co., a management consulting firm, issued the following news release: * * * Integrating Asia's carbon markets critical to global net zero goals, WEF-Bain reports China's ETS market could cover 8.7-10.6 billion tonnes of emissions during 2028-2029 with market size of $56-84 billion by 2030 * HONG KONG - Asia accounts for more than half of global emissions and over 55% of global GDP, yet its carbon markets cover only 28% of regional emissio  more

Technology originating at MIT leads to approved bladder cancer treatment
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Technology originating at MIT leads to approved bladder cancer treatment * At MIT, a few scribbles on a whiteboard can turn into a potentially transformational cancer treatment. This scenario came to fruition this week when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a system for treating an aggressive form of bladder cancer. More than a decade ago, the system started as an i  more

TPG to Acquire GE Vernova's Proficy Software Business
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 12 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release on Sept. 11, 2025: * * * TPG to acquire GE Vernova's Proficy Software business * Transaction will establish manufacturing software business as leading independent industrial technology solutions provider. * Proficy software technology portfolio solves some of the toughest challenges in manufacturing, infrastructure, and other industries. * GE Vernova retains its Electrification Software   more

VHB Honored Again as Top Charitable Contributor in Massachusetts
WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 11 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Honored Again as Top Charitable Contributor in Massachusetts * VHB has once again been recognized with the Boston Business Journal 's Corporate Citizenship Award, which honors the most charitable companies in Massachusetts. Attending the ceremony to accept t  more

Worldwide Ethernet Switch Market Grew 42.1% in the Second Quarter of 2025, According to IDC's Quarterly Ethernet Switch Tracker
NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, Sept. 12 -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * Worldwide Ethernet Switch Market Grew 42.1% in the Second Quarter of 2025, according to IDC's Quarterly Ethernet Switch Tracker Fueled by AI infrastructure buildouts, the datacenter portion of the Ethernet switch market increased 71.6% from the same period a year earlier * The worldwide Ethernet switch market recorded $14.5 billion i  more