CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * A "seating chart" for atoms helps locate their positions in materials * If you think of a single atom as a grain of sand, then a wavelength of visible light -- which is a thousand times larger than the atom's width -- is comparable to an ocean wave. The light wave can dwarf an atom, missing it entirely as it passes by. This gulf in size has long made it impossible for scientists to  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Oct. 22 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * An Interview with Peyton Ackerman: From Internship to Impact * On October 20, Menchville High School in Newport News, VA, celebrated a major milestone with the ribbon cutting for its new courtyard project--a vibrant, flexible space designed to bring students and   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 23 -- Boston University issued the following news: * * * COM Students Help Fill Local News Gap Through Partnership with Boston Neighborhood Network Broadcast journalism reporters, led by BU's Tina McDuffie, produce content covering 26 local communities By Amy Laskowski At a time when local journalism is vanishing across the country--a phenomenon that media experts call "news deserts"--a partnership between students in the Boston University College of Communicatio  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Charts can be social artifacts that communicate more than just data * The degree to which someone trusts the information depicted in a chart can depend on their assumptions about who made the data visualization, according to a pair of studies by MIT researchers. For instance, if someone infers that a graph about a controversial topic like gun violence was produced by an organizat  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 21 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Creating AI that matters * When it comes to artificial intelligence, MIT and IBM were there at the beginning: laying foundational work and creating some of the first programs -- AI predecessors -- and theorizing how machine "intelligence" might come to be. Today, collaborations like the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, which launched eight years ago, are continuing to deliver expertise for  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Five with MIT ties elected to National Academy of Medicine for 2025 * On Oct. 20 during its annual meeting, the National Academy of Medicine announced the election of 100 new members, including MIT faculty members Dina Katabi and Facundo Batista, along with three additional MIT alumni. Election to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) is considered one of the highest honors in t  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 23 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release on Oct. 22, 2025: * * * GE Vernova Releases Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results This week, GE Vernova shared two important updates, both of which we will discuss on today's call. Yesterday, we announced that we will acquire the remaining fifty percent stake of Prolec GE, our joint venture with Xignux, for $5.275 billion. The transaction strengthens our company's position as a global grid   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 23 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release on Oct. 22, 2025: * * * GE Vernova reports third quarter 2025 financial results and reaffirms guidance - Strong 3Q'25 results with robust orders and backlog, continued margin expansion and positive free cash flow - Third Quarter 2025 Highlights: = Orders of $14.6B, +55% organically, led by equipment at Power and Electrification = Backlog1 growth of $6.6B sequentially from equipment and  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 21 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Neural activity helps circuit connections mature into optimal signal transmitters * Nervous system functions, from motion to perception to cognition, depend on the active zones of neural circuit connections, or "synapses," sending out the right amount of their chemical signals at the right times. By tracking how synaptic active zones form and mature in fruit flies, researchers at T  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 23 (TNSrep) -- Bain and Co., a management consulting firm, issued the following news release: * * * Next phase of data center growth to be more disciplined but risks of power constraints and construction delays remain--Bain & Co research The early scramble of generative AI-driven data center demand is giving way to a more disciplined, selective, and execution-focused phase of growth among hyperscalers focused on service delivery. However, the industry will still gr  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 21 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Over 1,000 MIT students inspired to work toward climate solutions * Recently, more than 1,000 MIT students stepped into the shoes of global decision-makers by trying out En-ROADS, a simulation tool developed to test climate policies, explore solutions, and envision a cleaner and safer environmental future. MIT is committed to climate action, and this year's new student orientatio  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 23 (TNSrep) -- Bain and Co., a management consulting firm, issued the following news release: * * * Primary care emerges as cornerstone of US health system strategy, with AI adoption accelerating but gaps persisting, Bain & Company finds * Health systems are accelerating the shift towards value-based and population-focused models, but workforce shortages remain a key constraint * AI and digital tools are scaling fast to ease clinician burden and power new care mod  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Oct. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * The student becomes the teacher * Coming from a small high school in rural South Dakota that didn't offer advanced placement (AP) classes, Titus Roesler '25 didn't have the easiest start at MIT. But when his efforts to catch up academically to his peers led to a job as a teaching assistant, it changed everything. Roesler, who graduated last spring with a bachelor's degree in elec  more