CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * A new take on carbon capture * If there was one thing Cameron Halliday SM '19, MBA '22, PhD '22 was exceptional at during the early days of his PhD at MIT, it was producing the same graph over and over again. Unfortunately for Halliday, the graph measured various materials' ability to absorb CO2 at high temperatures over time and it always pointed down and to the right. That meant   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, posted the following news release: * * * GE Vernova secures first onshore wind repower upgrade contract outside the United States with Taiwan Power Company * First GE Vernova wind repower upgrade contract outside the United States, following over 6,000 turbines repowered in the United States * Announcement made during the B20 South Africa 2025 Summit in Johannesburg * Repower upgrade kits for 25 GE Vernova 1.5 MW-70.5m tu  more

DEDHAM, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 [Category: BizConsulting] -- The Arc Advisory Group issued the following news release: * * * Industrial Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems Market Growth Fueled by Demand for Reliable and Clean Power * ARC's latest research highlights the continued expansion of the Industrial Uninterruptible Power Supply Systems market, driven by the growing need for reliable, high-quality power in industrial environments. Frequent power disruptions have made it essential for   more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * Massachusetts Healthcare Summit Attendees Brainstorm Solutions to Federal Budget Cuts Nearly 200 people focused on the future of healthcare in the commonwealth at the third annual Massachusetts Healthcare Summit, hosted by the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing on Nov. 12. Held in the UMass Amherst Student Union, the event convened a diverse group of clinicians, educators, healthcare leaders, po  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSjou) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management issued the following news release: * * * How imposter syndrome can be your superpower A new study by an MIT Sloan professor finds that employees who frequently experience impostor thoughts may work harder and perform better when facing high workloads. * From Reddit threads to the wellness pages of The New York Times, a single message has dominated the conversation around impo  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * New AI agent learns to use CAD to create 3D objects from sketches * Computer-Aided Design (CAD) is the go-to method for designing most of today's physical products. Engineers use CAD to turn 2D sketches into 3D models that they can then test and refine before sending a final version to a production line. But the software is notoriously complicated to learn, with thousands of comman  more

FRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSrep) -- The Princeton Review issued the following news release: * * * Princeton Review's 2nd Annual Campus Mental Health Services Survey Finds Double-Digit Gains in College Counseling and Wellness Programs * Conducted in partnership with the Ruderman Family Foundation, the 2025 survey reveals significant national gains in campus counseling, wellness, and student-support programs over the 2024 survey findings * 30 institutions named to the project's Ment  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Quantum modeling for breakthroughs in materials science and sustainable energy * Ernest Opoku knew he wanted to become a scientist when he was a little boy. But his school in Dadease, a small town in Ghana, offered no elective science courses so Opoku created one for himself. Even though they had neither a dedicated science classroom nor a lab, Opoku convinced his principal to br  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * The cost of thinking * Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT can write an essay or plan a menu almost instantly. But until recently, it was also easy to stump them. The models, which rely on language patterns to respond to users' queries, often failed at math problems and were not good at complex reasoning. Suddenly, however, they've gotten a lot better at these things. A new  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 (TNSjou) -- The University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School issued the following news: * * * UMass Chan experts on rising cancer rates and role of alcohol, environment, lifestyle By Hayley Mignacca As global cancer rates continue to rise, researchers and physician-scientists at UMass Chan Medical School are helping to explain why and what can be done to reverse the trend. A new analysis published in The Lancet by the Institute for Health Metrics and Ev  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * IALS Human Magnetic Resonance Center Hosts First Translational MR Imaging Workshop The Human Magnetic Resonance Center (hMRC), a UMass Amherst Core Facility within the Institute for Applied Life Sciences (IALS), hosted a one-day "Translational MR Imaging" workshop on Nov. 3. Over 50 participants from UMass Amherst, Baystate Medical Center, Holyoke Medical Center and UMass Chan Medical School at  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following Q&A on Nov. 18, 2025, by Madeline Bodin with chemistry professor Marina: * * * Nanoscientist Recognized with a Nation-Scale Honor Marina Ruths Combines Cutting-Edge Research with Service to Foster Scientific Communities * Throughout her career, Chemistry Professor Marina Ruths has studied how substances stick or slide at the tiniest scales. Is it any wonder she believes that the smallest act  more

LOWELL, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news: * * * Professor Studies Impact of Trauma on Children's Biology Psychology Assistant Professor Sarah Merrill on Cutting Edge of Epigenetics By Katharine Webster Psychology Assistant Professor Sarah Merrill studies the chemical tags that trauma and other adverse experiences can leave on children's genes - and whether interventions can buffer the effects of stress. Merrill does research  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 -- The University of Massachusetts issued the following news: * * * LARP Students Reimagine Former Hartford Scrapyard as Model for Environmental Recovery Students in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning are taking on one of Hartford, Connecticut's most contaminated properties and envisioning what could one day become a model for urban revitalization and environmental recovery. The 33-acre former scrapyard off Flatbush Avenue in the ci  more

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB Announces Key Leadership Promotions in Georgia * With the recent announcement of VHB's advancement into its new Piedmont Atlantic region, we are excited to introduce the leaders who will guide our Georgia offices in Atlanta, Buford, and Tucker into the next p  more