CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news : * * * Laureates participated in various Nobel Week events, including lectures, a concert, a banquet, and the Nobel ceremony on Dec. 10. * * * By Maia Weinstock, MIT News MIT-affiliated winners of the 2024 Nobel Prizes were celebrated in Stockholm, Sweden, as part of Nobel Week, which culminated with a grand Nobel ceremony on Dec. 10. This year's laureates with MIT ties include Daron A more PR

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- Clark University issued the following news: * * * An expert in environmental humanities, new Leir Chair champions climate solutions, not despair * * * By Meredith Woodward King Christina Gerhardt, Clark's new Henry J. Leir Endowed Chair of Comparative Literature, recognizes that today's college students face what a colleague has termed a "polycrisis," the confluence of systemic tipping points in historical and economic inequities, and climate ch more PR

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: The enterprise worldwide wireless local area network (WLAN) market grew 5.8% between the second and third quarters of 2024 to reach $2.5 billion, according to results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly WLAN Tracker. The sequential growth in the third quarter follows a 12.4% increase between the f more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 -- Foley Hoag, a law firm, issued the following news on Dec. 12, 2024: Foley Hoag LLP announced today that Christopher Ende has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer. Ende will lead Foley Hoag's business operations team and work with the Executive Committee to design and execute the firm's strategic plan. He is resident in the Boston office. "Chris is a proven leader and innovator," said Managing Partner Jim Bucking. "He has a national reputation for his cut more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 -- G.E. Vernova, an energy company, issued the following news release: * * * * GE Hitachi's BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor completes Step 1 of the Generic Design Assessment process * This approval marks an important step forward in the consenting process to bring GE Hitachi's BWRX-300 SMR technology to market in the UK * * * LONDON (December 12, 2024) - GE Vernova's nuclear business, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), has progressed to the next step of the G more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: The Capital Markets team advised the joint lead book-running managers and underwriting syndicate in the completion of ImmunityBio's (Nasdaq: IBRX) underwritten public offering of 33,333,334 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $3.00 per share for gross proceeds of $100.0 million. ImmunityBio is a vertically-integrated commercial stage biotechnology company developing next-generation th more PR

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * Worldwide Ethernet Switch Market Decreased 7.9% Year Over Year (YoY) in Q32024; Router Market declined 17.4% * * * The worldwide Ethernet switch market recorded $10.8 billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2024 (3Q24), a 7.9% year-over-year (YoY) decline. Despite the annual drop, the market grew 6.6% from the second to the more PR

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, Dec. 13 (TNSres) -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * AI and High-Performance Computing (HPC) will drive growth in advanced chips, 2nm technology, and packaging, reshaping the semiconductor industry in 2025, says IDC. * * * SINGAPORE, Dec. 12, 2024 - The global demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) will continue to rise, growing by over 15%  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative will bring together researchers from across the Institute to deliver health care solutions at scale. * * * By Anne Trafton, MIT News At MIT, collaboration between researchers working in the life sciences and engineering is a frequent occurrence. Under a new initiative launched last week, the Institute plans to strengthen and e more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * The team's detection method, which identified 138 space rocks ranging from bus- to stadium-sized, could aid in tracking potential asteroid impactors. * * * By Jennifer Chu, MIT NewsThe asteroid that extinguished the dinosaurs is estimated to have been about 10 kilometers across. That's about as wide as Brooklyn, New York. Such a massive impactor is predicted to hit Earth ra more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * Chronic diseases like diabetes are prevalent, costly, and challenging to treat. A common denominator driving them may be a promising new therapeutic target. * * * By Greta Friar, Whitehead Institute Chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes and inflammatory disorders have a huge impact on humanity. They are a leading cause of disease burden and deaths around  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT CSAIL director and EECS professor named a co-recipient of the honor for her robotics research, which has expanded our understanding of what a robot can be. * * * By Rachel Gordon, MIT CSAIL Daniela Rus, director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and MIT professor of electrical engineering and computer science, was recently named a co-reci more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A better understanding of construction industry stakeholders' motivations can lead to greater adoption of circular practices. * * * By CK Taylor, Climate and Sustainability Consortium The amount of waste generated by the construction sector underscores an urgent need for embracing circularity -- a sustainable model that aims to minimize waste and maximize material efficie more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Using LLMs to convert machine-learning explanations into readable narratives could help users make better decisions about when to trust a model. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News Machine-learning models can make mistakes and be difficult to use, so scientists have developed explanation methods to help users understand when and how they should trust a model's predictions. Thes more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Dec. 11, 2024: * * * Using high-powered lasers, this new method could help biologists study the body's immune responses and develop new medicines. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News Metabolic imaging is a noninvasive method that enables clinicians and scientists to study living cells using laser light, which can help them assess disease progression and treatment responses. But lig more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 9 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Longtime MIT faculty member used X-ray astronomy to study neutron stars and black holes and led the All-Sky Monitor instrument on NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. * * * By Sandi Miller, Department of Physics MIT Professor Emeritus Hale Van Dorn Bradt PhD '61 of Peabody, Massachusetts, formerly of Salem and Belmont, beloved husband of Dorothy A. (Haughey) Bradt, passed a more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A new technique identifies and removes the training examples that contribute most to a machine-learning model's failures. * * * By Adam Zewe, MIT News Machine-learning models can fail when they try to make predictions for individuals who were underrepresented in the datasets they were trained on. For instance, a model that predicts the best treatment option for someone w more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * A detailed new look at dopamine signaling suggests neuroscientists' model of reinforcement learning may need to be revised. * * * By Jennifer Michalowski, McGovern Institute for Brain Research Dopamine is a powerful signal in the brain, influencing our moods, motivations, movements, and more. The neurotransmitter is crucial for reward-based learning, a fu more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * Research from the MIT Center for Constructive Communication finds this effect occurs even when reward models are trained on factual data. * * * By Ellen Hoffman, Center for Constructive Communication Large language models (LLMs) that drive generative artificial intelligence apps, such as ChatGPT, have been proliferating at lightning speed and have improve more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Dec. 12 (TNSres) -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Driven to solve hard problems, Associate Professor Zachary Hartwig is advancing a new approach to commercial fusion energy. * * * By Zach Winn, MIT News If you're looking for hard problems, building a nuclear fusion power plant is a pretty good place to start. Fusion -- the process that powers the sun -- has proven to be a difficult thing to recreate here on Earth despite more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 13 -- Constangy, Brooks, Smith and Prophete, a law firm, issued the following news release: As we close out 2024 and prepare for the upcoming year, Constangy attorneys Sasha Thaler and Monica Towle provided an in-depth look at labor and employment developments in Massachusetts over the last year. This webinar provided insights into the latest legal precedent, legislative changes, and regulatory guidance, empowering employers with essential knowledge for managing their wor more PR