CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * 3 Questions: Addressing the world's most pressing challenges * The Center for International Studies (CIS) empowers students, faculty, and scholars to bring MIT's interdisciplinary style of research and scholarship to address complex global challenges. In this Q&A, Mihaela Papa, the center's director of research and a principal research scientist at MIT, describes her role as wel  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * 3 Questions: How a new mission to Uranus could be just around the corner * The successful test of SpaceX's Starship launch vehicle, following a series of engineering challenges and failed launches, has reignited excitement over the possibilities this massive rocket may unlock for humanity's greatest ambitions in space. The largest rocket ever built, Starship and its 33-engine "sup  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 1 -- Circle Internet Financial, a financial technology firm, issued the following news release: * * * Deutsche Borse Group and Circle Announce Collaboration to Advance Stablecoin Adoption in Europe First collaboration between a leading European market infrastructure provider and a global stablecoin issuer marks a milestone for regulated digital finance in Europe * Parties aim to deploy Circle's products, including EURC and USDC stablecoins, via Deutsche Borse Grou  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 1 -- Liberty Mutual Insurance Group issued the following news release: * * * Liberty Mutual Insurance Launches Global Cyber Products Both Products Offer Market-Leading Base Forms and Flexible Solutions for Companies in North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Liberty Mutual Insurance has introduced a new flagship global cyber product suite, offering comprehensive first- and third-party cyber coverages and rapid incident response that blend world-wide resource  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT joins in constructing the Giant Magellan Telescope * The following article is adapted from a joint press release issued today by MIT and the Giant Magellan Telescope. MIT is lending its support to the Giant Magellan Telescope, joining the international consortium to advance the $2.6 billion observatory in Chile. The Institute's participation, enabled by a transformational gi  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Responding to the climate impact of generative AI * In part 2 of our two-part series on generative artificial intelligence's environmental impacts, MIT News explores some of the ways experts are working to reduce the technology's carbon footprint. The energy demands of generative AI are expected to continue increasing dramatically over the next decade. For instance, an April 2  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Saab 340 becomes permanent flight-test asset at Lincoln Laboratory * A Saab 340 aircraft recently became a permanent fixture of the fleet at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory Flight Test Facility, which supports R&D programs across the lab. Over the past five years, the facility leased and operated the twin-engine turboprop, once commercially used for the regional transport of passenge  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Study finds key role for non-neural brain cells in processing vision * Cells called astrocytes are about as abundant in the brain as neurons, but scientists have spent much less time figuring out how they contribute to brain functions. A novel study by MIT researchers at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory shows that one function appears to be maintaining the chemical co  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 29 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The first animals on Earth may have been sea sponges, study suggests * A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth were likely ancestors of the modern sea sponge. In a study appearing today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the researchers report that they have identified "chemica  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Hosts Inaugural Pack Leaders Networking Night at NC State * VHB Raleigh, located on NC State University's Centennial Campus, recently hosted the inaugural Pack Leaders Networking Night, bringing together engineering students and industry leaders for an eveni  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 29 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Joins ASCE Infrastructure 2050 Commitment Program * VHB recently joined an exclusive list of industry leading consultants in signing the inaugural American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Infrastructure 2050 Commitment Program. The Program "supports the vi  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Sept. 30 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Projects Using AI Feature * Two VHB transportation projects were recently featured in an Engineering Florida story about how artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) are opening possibilities across the state. The publication spoke to Frank Gros  more