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

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Committee Vote on His Nomination, Warren Calls on Acting FDIC Chairman Hill to Release Independent Reports on Workplace Culture Blocked by FDIC Leadership Warren reiterates call after obtaining one of the Independent Monitor reports revealing FDIC leadership efforts to address workplace culture have been ham  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Committee Vote, Warren Releases Troubling Responses from Trump's Housing, Treasury, FDIC Nominees Ahead of the committee vote, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the troubling responses from President Donald Trump's no  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Amid Attacks on Trans Rights and Access to Health Care, Sen. Markey, Rep. Balint Introduce Legislation to Protect Gender-Affirming Health Care for Transgender Americans * Washington (November 19, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, introduced the Transgender Health Care Access Act on the final day of Transgender Awarene  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * At Hearing, Warren Sounds Alarm on Rising Health Insurance Premiums, Slams Republicans' "Concepts Of A Plan" For Lowering Health Care Costs * Warren: "Donald Trump may be absorbed on having bulldozers tear down the East Wing and put[ting] up a new ballroom, but American families are facing real cost increases." Video of Exchange (YouTube) Washington, D.C. - At a hearing of the Senate F  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (TNSLrpt) -- The Boston Foundation, Massachusetts, issued a report analyzing the current state of housing in Boston, shedding light on the critical challenges facing residents, policymakers, and developers. The comprehensive assessment provides an in-depth look at housing affordability, availability, demographic changes, and policy impacts shaping the city's housing landscape, offering data-driven insights to inform future housing strategies. The report highlights that Bosto  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * California Company and Three Employees Sentenced for Conspiring to Sell Misbranded N95 Masks to Hospital in Early Months of COVID-19 Pandemic * BOSTON - A California company, and three individuals who owned and managed the company, were sentenced last week in connection with the shipment of facemasks that were misbranded as N95 respirators during the ea  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- The Cooperative Credit Union Association Inc., Marlborough, Massachusetts, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury regarding the implementation of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act. This act, which took effect in July 2025, aims to establish a comprehensive regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, a type of digital asset intended as a means of payment with the expectation of maintain  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 20 -- The Conservation Law Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Court Rules That Tracking Lobster Vessels for Conservation and Sustainability is Legal Comprehensive monitoring is required for New England's iconic lobster industry to thrive The 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed that the government is allowed to require electronic vessel trackers on federally permitted lobster fishing vessels. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) filed an am  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Curing an Inoperable Arteriovenous Malformation * The moment something went terribly wrong in her brain, Katrina Arthur said, "It felt like I got hit in the back of the head with a sledgehammer." Katrina, then 41, was working out at the gym when the pain struck. She quickly returned the weights to the rack and headed to her car. As she would later learn, she called her hu  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Fulfills Statutory Obligation, Completes Reviews at Ten Massachusetts Superfund Sites * BOSTON (November 19, 2025) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fulfilled its statutory obligation and completed required comprehensive site cleanup reviews, known as "five-year reviews," for ten Superfund sites on the National Priorities List across Massachusetts during the 2025 Fiscal Year  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

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * In Statement Ahead of Committee Vote, Warren Blasts Hill for Blocking Independent Report on FDIC Workplace Culture * Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, gave opening remarks before an executive session vote on fo  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

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Lung Cancer Screening: So Many More Lives Could be Saved * A new commentary by Alexandra Potter, BS, Lecia Sequist MD, and Chi-Fu Jeffrey Yang, MD, published in JAMA underscores that while screening with low-dose CT has tremendous potential for preventing lung cancer deaths, more than 80% of the approximately 13 million eligible adults in the U.S. are not getting screened.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey Decries Further Dismantling of Education Department, Slams Trump and McMahon for Continued Attacks on Public Education, Students, Educators, Families * Washington (November 18, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement after the Trump administration announced its plan to further dismant  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Markey Joins Hirono, Balint, Fernandez, Colleagues in Urging SCOTUS to Protect Transgender Rights * Washington (November 19, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) joined Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Congressional Equality Caucus Co-Chair Representative Becca Balint (D-VT), and Democratic Women's Caucus Chair Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM) and over 100+ members of Cong  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

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton Statement on the Garcia Resolution of Disapproval * WASHINGTON, D.C. \- Congressman Seth Moulton (MA-06) issued the following statement regarding his decision tonight to vote Yes on the resolution disapproving of Congressman Chuy Garcia's (IL-04) decision to handpick his successor and forego an open primary election for his congressional seat. "Healthy and functioning democracies dep  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service has announced that a collection of historical properties from Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York and Ohio is under consideration for listing in the National Register of Historic Places. These nominations are being evaluated for their historical or cultural importance. The National Park Service is reviewing the properties for potential inclusion in the nation's official list of histo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Neal Statement in Support of Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett * WASHINGTON, DC Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement after the latest Republican attempt to distract from Donald Trump's central role in the Epstein files and their own efforts to keep those records hidden: "Congresswoman Stacey Plaskett has built her career holding peopl  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * Neal Statement on GAO Report Confirming Health Savings Accounts are No Substitute for Affordable Coverage Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Richard E. Neal (D-MA) released the following statement today after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a new report confirming that Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)  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

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 [Category: Sociological] -- Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * Oxfam reacts to Lawsuit Accusing TotalEnergies of Complicity in War Crimes at Mozambique Gas Site * In reaction to the lawsuit, Andrew Bogrand, Senior Policy Advisor for Natural Resource Justice at Oxfam America, issued the following statement: "The newly filed legal complaint by the German NGO European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) alleging that TotalEnerg  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

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Warren Statement on New Trump CFPB Nominee U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren, Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement on President Trump's nomination of Stuart Levenbach to be Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB): "Donald  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 [Category: Medical] -- The Broad Institute posted the following news: * * * Single prime editing system could potentially treat multiple genetic diseases Highlights * The new prime editing strategy addresses "nonsense mutations," a class of mutations that halt protein production too early and can cause about one-third of genetic diseases. * David Liu and his team showed that their strategy restores protein production and function in cell and animal mod  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- State Street Corp., Boston, Massachusetts, has issued a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury regarding the implementation of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, also known as the GENIUS Act. The organization emphasizes the necessity for additional clarity on reserve asset control requirements for permitted payment stablecoin issuers, advocating for regulation that would mandate these assets be held in custody a  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

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts posted the following news release: * * * Trinitarios Gang Member Pleads Guilty to Possession of Machinegun * BOSTON - A Lawrence man pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to possessing a loaded UZI machinegun. Derek Mercado, 20, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a machinegun before U.S. Senior District Court Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton who scheduled sentencing for Feb. 18,  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 19 [Category: ThinkTank] -- Ceres, a non-profit organization that is mobilizing companies and investors to take stronger action on climate change, water scarcity and global sustainability challenges, posted the following news release: * * * Two-thirds of Americans Are Willing to Pay More for Sustainability * BOSTON - Two-thirds of Americans say they're willing to pay more for sustainable products, even when no one else knows they're doing it, according to new nati  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

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Exposes Trump Health Nominee Flip-Flopping, Slams Extreme Anti-Abortion Views Ahead of Confirmation Vote * Washington, D.C. - Ahead of the Senate Finance Committee's confirmation vote for Thomas M. Bell, Donald Trump's nominee for Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General (IG), U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) exposed Bell's flip-flopping and slammed his extreme anti-  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Releases New Pentagon Data on Military Aviation Accidents, Pushes Reforms to Protect Service Member Safety New data shows mishaps killed 90 service members, and cost billions; 55% increase in severe mishaps from 2020-2024 Warren-Sullivan amendment to NDAA would force release of root-causes and safety issues related to accidents "In the face of increasing rates of costly and deadly   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Blumenthal, Booker, Duckworth, Hirono Press Buy Now, Pay Later Companies for Data on Rapidly Growing Industry as Trump's Attack on CFPB Leaves Consumers Vulnerable "Consumers are depending on BNPL to pay for essentials such as groceries, healthcare, and to make payments on other forms of consumer debt, furthe  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Sanders, Blumenthal Warn that Warner Bros. Sale May Be Tainted by Political Favoritism and Corruption * Paramount Skydance made deals with Trump prior to gaining merger approval, now reportedly admin favorites to take over Warner Bros. Senators warn that botched merger review could raise costs, reduce choices for Americans "The American people deserve full confidence that the f  more