CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * 3 Questions: How to launch a successful climate and energy venture * In 2013, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship Managing Director Bill Aulet published "Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup," which has since sold hundreds of thousands of copies and been used to teach entrepreneurship at universities around the world. One MIT course where it's use  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Ahead of Tax Filing Season, Warren, King, 15 Senators Warn of Tax Filing Chaos After Trump Admin Attacks on IRS * Broad coalition of lawmakers call 2026 tax filing season a "huge test for the IRS" September Inspector General report warned that IRS is woefully unprepared for upcoming filing season, largely due to Trump admin gutting IRS workforce Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C.   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Anything-goes "anyons" may be at the root of surprising quantum experiments * In the past year, two separate experiments in two different materials captured the same confounding scenario: the coexistence of superconductivity and magnetism. Scientists had assumed that these two quantum states are mutually exclusive; the presence of one should inherently destroy the other. Now, the  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 22 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * CAMP4 Therapeutics Enters GSK Collaboration to Advance RNA-Based Therapies * Ropes & Gray advised CAMP4 Therapeutics in a strategic research, collaboration and license agreement with GSK to identify and develop antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) drug candidates for multiple gene targets for neurodegenerative and kidney diseases. The deal was announced on December 18. Under t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Following IG Response, Warren and Slotkin Press for Full Investigation into Extent of Donald Trump, Trump Family, and Senior Trump Administration Officials Cashing in on Foreign Crypto Deals State Department Inspector General Refers Warren and Slotkin Request to Office of Investigations Lawmaker's request followed a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 22 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Genes Aren't Destiny for Inherited Blindness, Study Shows * Key takeaways: * Inherited retinal degenerations (IRDs) were found by Mass General Brigham researchers to occur in only 28% of people who carry IRD genetic variants. * Findings challenge conventional models of rare disease genetics, with implications for genetic testing and treatment. A new study challenges  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and determined cultural affiliation with multiple Tribal Nations in Arizona and New Mexico. The action is being carried out under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and involves ancestral remains representing at least 148 individuals, along with 30 associated  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains collected from two federal Indian boarding schools and determined a cultural affiliation with the Gila River Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona, and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona. The inventory covers human remains representing at   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has announced its intent to repatriate a collection of Native American cultural items after completing a review under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. The museum determined that the materials meet the definitions of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony and are culturally affiliated with multiple Indian Tri  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Harvard University Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains collected at the Sherman Institute in Riverside County, California, and determined a cultural affiliation with the Tejon Indian Tribe. The inventory covers human remains representing at least two individuals, consisting of hair clippings taken from students at the Sherman Institute, a federal off-reservation boar  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 22 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * In Law360, Michael Lee and Peter Laybourn Discussed Private Equity Deal Trends and Market Recovery in 2025 * Michael Lee, global co-chair of the firm's private capital transactions practice, and Peter Laybourn, co-head of the firm's global asset management group, shared their perspectives in a recent Law360 article examining how private equity firms adapted to market uncert  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 22 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * In Pensions & Investments, Ropes & Gray Partners Discuss 2026 SEC and DOL Priorities * In a Pensions & Investments article, Ropes & Gray asset management partner Alyssa Horton and litigation & enforcement partner Amy Jane Longo share perspectives on 2026 regulatory priorities affecting DC plans and digital assets. Alyssa observes that Commissioner Caroline Crenshaw's depa  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 22 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Is Red Wine Good for Your Heart? * Can drinking moderate amounts of alcohol, such as red wine, improve the health of your heart? Earlier research showed that moderate drinkers had a lower risk of heart disease, leading some to believe that light alcohol consumption could help protect against heart disease. Shady Abohashem, MD, MPH, a Mass General Brigham researcher, says   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news: * * * It's All in the Packaging: The Engineering Behind MRE Freshness * Hungry individuals don't put much thought into the packaging of their food. When people grab a snack, they generally rip into it and toss it aside to get to the good stuff. But at the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center's Combat Feeding Division in Natick, Massachusetts, about a half-dozen engineers spend their days foc  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (TNSFR) -- The International Trade Commission (ITC) voted to begin an investigation into allegations of trade secret theft involving cancer treatments. The decision follows a complaint filed by AbbVie Inc., North Chicago, Illinois, ImmunoGen Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, and ImmunoGen Switzerland, Zug, which claims that several companies imported products using misappropriated technology. The dispute centers on antibody drug conjugates, specifically a product known as Rina-S  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * LCV, ELM, and NYLCV Statements on Trump Administration Announcement to Halt 5 Offshore Wind Projects In response to the Trump administration ordering to halt five offshore wind projects, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV), Environmental League of Massachusetts (ELM), and New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV), released the following statements: "This order o  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (TNSFR) -- Boston College McMullen Museum of Art, Massachusetts, has received a federal determination from the U.S. Department of State that clears the way for the temporary exhibition of the "Collaborating in Conflict: The Yeats Family and the Public Arts." The determination applies to the objects being imported from abroad pursuant to an agreement established with their foreign owner or custodian. The State Department determined that the imported objects possess cultural   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * MIT in the media: 2025 in review * "At MIT, innovation ranges from awe-inspiring technology to down-to-Earth creativity," noted Chronicle, during a campus visit this year for an episode of the program. In 2025, MIT researchers made headlines across print publications, podcasts, and video platforms for key scientific advances, from breakthroughs in quantum and artificial intelligenc  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * MIT's top research stories of 2025 * In 2025, MIT's research community had another prolific year filled with exciting scientific and technological advances. To celebrate the achievements of the past 12 months, MIT News highlights some of our most-read stories from this year. * More powerful concrete "batteries" : MIT researchers combined cement, water, ultra-fine carbon black, a  more

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 22 -- Mitsubishi Electric, a manufacturer of electrical and electronic products and systems, issued the following news release: * * * Mitsubishi Electric Invests in Tulip Interfaces And Signs Strategic Alliance Agreement * TOKYO, December 22, 2025 \- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that it has invested in and signed a strategic alliance agreement with Tulip Interfaces, Inc., a Massachusetts, USA-based leader no-code platforms for system operat  more

BEDFORD, Massachusetts, Dec. 22 [Category: BizConsulting] -- MITRE, a company that advances national security and serve the public interest as an independent adviser, posted the following news release: * * * NIST Launches New Artificial Intelligence Centers, Expands Collaboration with MITRE * McLean, Va., and Bedford, Mass., December 22, 2025 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced (link is external) two new national initiatives, expanding its long-standing  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and determined a cultural affiliation with Hui Iwi Kuamoo in Hawaii. The action is being carried out under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and concerns three burial-related objects originating from Hawaii that are currently held in the museum's collections. The funerary objects consist of three fragments of dark brown, patterned buri  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Markey Leads Senate Democrats Requesting Answers from SBA on Draconian Immigration Policies SBA policy changes have led to a 46% reduction in small business lending * Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) led 18 of his Democratic colleagues, including every Democratic member of the Small Busines  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, Massachusetts, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and determined that they are culturally affiliated with the Shawnee Tribe. The inventory identified human remains representing at least one individual, along with 20 associated funerary objects consisting of chipped stone tools and ground stone tools. The remains and objects originated from Big Bone Cre  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, Massachusetts has completed an inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary objects held in its collections and determined that they are culturally affiliated with the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. The inventory documents human remains representing at least two individuals, along with 25 associated funerary objects. These objects include faunal remains, ceramic sherds, pipe fragments, mixed  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Markey and Warren Slam Trump Administration's Attempt to Kill Jobs and Raise Energy Prices by Moving to Suspend Active Vineyard Wind 1 Offshore Wind Project * Boston (December 22, 2025) - Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), member of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) released the   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2025: * * * Statement from Senator Warren on New Lawsuit from States Challenging Russ Vought's Fringe Attempt to Starve CFPB of Funding 21 States and DC Challenge Illegal Attempt to Shut Down CFPB and Consumer Complaint Database * Today, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of Senate Committ  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 (TNSFR) -- The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, has received a federal determination from the U.S. Department of State that clears the way for the temporary exhibition of the "Giorgio Griffa: Paths in the Forest." The determination applies to the objects being imported from abroad pursuant to an agreement established with their foreign owner or custodian. The State Department determined that the imported objects possess cultural signif  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Study: High-fat diets make liver cells more likely to become cancerous * One of the biggest risk factors for developing liver cancer is a high-fat diet. A new study from MIT reveals how a fatty diet rewires liver cells and makes them more prone to becoming cancerous. The researchers found that in response to a high-fat diet, mature hepatocytes in the liver revert to an immature,   more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 22 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news: * * * Study: More eyes on the skies will help planes reduce climate-warming contrails * Aviation's climate impact is partly due to contrails condensation that a plane streaks across the sky when it flies through icy and humid layers of the atmosphere. Contrails trap heat that radiates from the planet's surface, and while the magnitude of this impact is uncertain, several studies suggest   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 22 -- The Texas Public Policy Foundation issued the following news release: * * * TPPF Celebrates Pause of Vineyard Wind Project * AUSTIN - The Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) applauds the U.S. Department of the Interior for announcing that it is pausing the construction on all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction in the United States, including the Vineyard Wind 1 Project off the coast of Massachusetts. This is welcome news for the offshore fishing  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Marshals Service issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Marshals Join Search, Offer up to $7,500 Reward for Brockton Double Murder Suspect * Boston, MA - The U.S. Marshals in the District of Massachusetts, working with the Massachusetts State Police and Brockton Police Department, are offering a reward of up to $7,500 and asking for the public's help in locating a man suspected of killing two people in a March 22, 2025, shooting in  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2025: * * * Warren and Meeks Invoke Power Under Statute to Require Trump Administration Turn Over Information on Its Decision to Greenlight the Sale of H200 Chips to China U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Congressman Gregory   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- The Yale Peabody Museum, New Haven, Connecticut, has completed an inventory of Native American human remains in its care and determined that the ancestors are culturally affiliated with the Stockbridge Munsee Community. The determination establishes the basis for repatriation under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act following review of historical records and consultation. The inventory covers human remains representing at least 13 individua  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (TNSFR) -- Yale University Peabody Museum, New Haven, Connecticut, has announced its intent to repatriate Native American cultural items under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, following a determination of cultural affiliation. The notice, published in the Federal Register, states that the museum has identified a connection between the cultural items in its collection and the Stockbridge Munsee Community. The notice covers a total of 14 unassociated  more