CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 28 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * A high-fat diet sets off metabolic dysfunction in cells, leading to weight gain Consuming a high-fat diet can lead to a variety of health problems -- not only weight gain but also an increased risk of diabetes and other chronic diseases. At the cellular level, hundreds of changes take place in response to a high-fat diet. MIT researchers have now mapped out some of those changes, w more PR

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, May 28 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * Alex Levy Awarded 2025 ICOET Legacy Award The International Conference on Ecology and Transportation (ICOET) awarded Alex Levy, VHB Ecology Practice Lead, the 2025 Legacy Award in honor of his more than 35 years of leadership in transportation ecology and 24 years  more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 28 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Amy Jane Longo Named One of Los Angeles Business Journal's "Women of Influence" Litigation & enforcement partner Amy Jane Longo has been included in the Los Angeles Business Journal 's annual "Women of Influence: Attorneys" special section to showcase top women leaders in law across the Los Angeles region. Amy was recognized for her more than 25 years' experience in securit more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 28 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * An anomaly detection framework anyone can use Sarah Alnegheimish's research interests reside at the intersection of machine learning and systems engineering. Her objective: to make machine learning systems more accessible, transparent, and trustworthy. Alnegheimish is a PhD student in Principal Research Scientist Kalyan Veeramachaneni's Data-to-AI group in MIT's Laboratory for Info more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Americans United for Separation of Church and State issued the following news: * * * AU: Multifaith group sue City of Quincy, MA to stop religious statues on public building QUINCY, MASS. - A multifaith group of Quincy, Massachusetts residents and taxpayers filed a lawsuit today in Norfolk Superior Court to halt the planned installation of two large religious statues of Catholic saints at the entrance of the city's new public safety building. The plaintiffs are residents more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on May 27, 2025, from Economics Daily: * * * 34 states had job openings rates equal to or higher than the national rate of 4.3 percent in March Job openings rates decreased in 3 states and were little changed in 47 states and the District of Columbia in March 2025. The decreases in job openings rates occurred in Massachusetts (-1.5 percentage points), New Mexico (-1.2 points), more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 28 [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: * * * Ceres Calls on Canada to Support Policies for a Resilient, Low-Carbon Economy BOSTON : In a letter sent to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the global sustainability nonprofit Ceres urged the new leader to support a forward-l more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 28 [Category: BizHospital] -- The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute issued the following news release: * * * EQUAL Study Launches Lung Cancer Screening Trial for People at High Risk Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators launch a first-of-its kind study to use a novel blood test to identify people who have never used tobacco but are at a high risk of lung cancer and offer them complimentary lung cancer screening. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers have launch more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 29 (TNSjou) -- The Broad Institute issued the following news: * * * Gene editing disrupts Huntington's mutation in mice Making single-letter edits in stretches of repeated DNA stopped or reversed the genetic change that causes Huntington's disease and Friedreich's ataxia. Broad Institute researchers have developed a way to edit the genetic sequences at the root of Huntington's disease and Friedreich's ataxia. The conditions are two of more than 40 severe neurol more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: DOGE Social Security Service Changes Force Long, Unnecessary Travel Costs Trump, DOGE service cuts will require people to make nearly 2 million additional trips to understaffed Social Security field offices each year In 31 states, over 25% of seniors must travel over an hour to access nearest Social Security field office Washington, D.C. - A new analysis from the Center on Budget  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: In Revere, Massachusetts, Warren Lays Out the Dangers of Republican Bill to Cut Health Care for Millions Boston, MA - Yesterday, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) joined state and federal leaders at the Cambridge Health Alliance's Revere Care Center to sound the alarm about Republicans' planned cuts to health care for Massachusetts children, families, seniors, veterans and peopl more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Moulton Raises Alarm about Hegseth's Military Purge in new Politico Feature Interview Washington, D.C. -- Rep. Seth Moulton is raising serious concerns about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's sweeping removal of senior military leaders - and about Hegseth's complete lack of transparency in doing so. In a new interview with POLITICO Magazine (link is external), Moulton criticized Hegseth' more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 28 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Luciano Lliuya v. RWE AG Decision Affirms Polluter Accountability for Climate Damages CAMBRIDGE, Mass (May 28, 2025)--Today the German Higher Regional Court in Hamm made a long-awaited ruling on a lawsuit filed by Saul Luciano Lliuya, a Peruvian farmer, against RWE, a German energy company and one of Europe's largest emitters of planet-warming CO2. The case ce more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 29 (TNSjou) -- The Broad Institute issued the following news: * * * Making antibiotics more potent against drug-resistant bacteria Scientists find combinations of known antibiotics and other molecules that, together, have greater bacteria-killing power. Researchers have created a pipeline for discovering unique combinations of molecules that increase the effectiveness of antibiotics against drug-resistant bacteria. The team, led by scientists at the Broad Instit more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 28 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT D-Lab students design global energy solutions through collaboration This semester, MIT D-Lab students built prototype solutions to help farmers in Afghanistan, people living in informal settlements in Argentina, and rural poultry farmers in Cameroon. The projects span continents and collectively stand to improve thousands of lives -- and they all trace back to two longstanding MI more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 28 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * MIT mechanical engineering course invites students to "build with biology" MIT course 2.797/2.798 (Molecular Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics) teaches students about the role that mechanics plays in biology, with a focus on biomechanics and mechanobiology: "Two words that sound similar, but are actually very different," says Ritu Raman, the Eugene Bell Career Development Professor of more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 28 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * New Explosive Cores for Nuclear Weapons Unnecessary, Scientists Say As the United States prepares to spend as much as $38 billion to produce hundreds of new explosive cores, called plutonium pits, to arm new nuclear weapons, a new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) argues new pits aren't necessary to maintain the existing U.S. nuclear arsenal. more PR

BEDFORD, Massachusetts, May 28 [Category: BizConsulting] (TNSrpt) -- MITRE, a company that advances national security and serve the public interest as an independent adviser, posted the following news release: * * * Post-Quantum Cryptography Coalition Unveils PQC Migration Roadmap McLean, Va., and Bedford, Mass., May 28, 2025 - The Post-Quantum Cryptography Coalition (PQCC) released its Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) Migration Roadmap (link is external) to assist organizations of all sizes  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Markey, Sen. Warren, Reps. Neal and McGovern Condemn Shuttering of Springfield SBA Office, Demand Accountability for Harms to Western Mass. Small Businesses Letter Text (PDF) Boston (May 28, 2025) \- Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today led his colleagues Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Ri more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ranking Member Markey, Sen. Warren, Reps. Neal and McGovern Condemn Shuttering of Springfield SBA Office, Demand Accountability for Harms to Western Mass. Small Businesses (Boston, May 28) - Ranking Member Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) today led his colleagues Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representatives Richa more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 28 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Rationale engineering generates a compact new tool for gene therapy Scientists at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have re-engineered a compact RNA-guided enzyme they found in bacteria into an efficient, programmable editor of human DNA. The protein they created, called NovaIscB, can be adapted to make precise changes to th more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Rep. Pressley's Statement on Five-Year Anniversary of George Floyd's Murder Ahead of Anniversary, Pressley Introduced Suite of Bills to Transform Criminal Legal System, Improve Police Accountability BOSTON - Today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) released the following statement marking the five-year anniversary of George Floyd's murder. Last week, ahead of the anniversary, Congresswoman Pres more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Appoints Edward Davidian to Serve as State Executive Director for USDA's Farm Service Agency in Massachusetts WASHINGTON, May 28, 2025 -- The Trump Administration recently appointed Edward Davidian as the new State Executive Director (SED) for the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Massachusetts. Davidian joined the Massachusetts FSA team on May 5, 2025.  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 28 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Cuts to NOAA, FEMA Could Make Hurricane Season Doubly Dangerous The outlook forecasts 13 to 19 named storms of which six to 10 could become hurricanes, with three to five major hurricanes expected. Check out the latest blog post by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), " Trump Administration Slashes NOAA, FEMA, Making 2025 Hurricane Sea more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 27 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Goodwin, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Trump's Drug Price Plan Seeks Leverage with FDA Withdrawal Power (Bloomberg Law) President Donald Trump's proposal to peg US drug prices to those paid abroad includes granting the FDA legal authority to revoke drug approvals if manufacturers don't meet pricing targets under the plan, a provision that is likely to face fierce legal resistance from industry if applied. Trump's more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Questions Hegseth on DoD AI Contracting, Pushes for Competition, Protection of Government Data Warren's bipartisan bill on AI defense contracting overlaps with recent White House guidance, presents opportunity to protect national security Text of Letter (PDF) Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wrote to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth asking him to explain more PR