BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Azuria Water Solutions Announces the Acquisition of BLD Services, LLC * Ropes & Gray represented Azuria Water Solutions, a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, in its add-on acquisition of BLD Services, a national pipeline rehabilitation service provider. The acquisition was announced in a press release on June 16. The Ropes & Gray team included private equity partn more PR

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, July 12 -- The Marine Biological Laboratory, an affiliate of the University of Chicago, issued the following news: * * * Do Light and Darkness Shape the Patterns on Shells? A Grass Fellow Investigates Kyra Schapiro knows how to find a good shell. A self-professed sheller - " Yes, it's a noun," she said - Schapiro has amassed hundreds of seashells. "It's the patterns and the beauty" that compels her to shell, she explained. And even at a young age, she could "respect more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Richard E. Neal, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on July 10, 2025: * * * House Democrats' Litigation Task Force Challenges Trump's Unlawful, Chaotic Imposition of IEEPA Tariffs in Appeals Court On Tuesday, House Democrats' Litigation Task Force led 162 Members of Congress and 29 Senators in filing an amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit challenging President Do more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * How an MIT professor introduced hundreds of thousands of students to neuroscience * From the very beginning, MIT Professor Mark Bear 's philosophy for the textbook " Neuroscience: Exploring the Brain " was to provide an accessible and exciting introduction to the field while still giving undergraduates a rigorous scientific foundation. In the 30 years since its first print printing more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: In Joint CBS Interview, Warren, Sheehy Highlight Bipartisan Fight For Military's Right to Repair Its Own Equipment * Warren: "The choice will belong to our military to make the right economic decision to purchase and then the right economic decisions down the line on how to repair it." Sheehy: "We're at a point where we'll have systems that are not ready for missions overseas in w more PR

NEEDHAM, Massachusetts, July 12 -- International Data Corp., a provider of market intelligence and advisory services, issued the following news release: * * * IDC Report: Indonesia's Security Software Market Grows 16.1% Year-on-Year in the Second Semester of 2024 * JAKARTA, 11 July 2025 - The Security software market in Indonesia grew by 16.1% year-over-year (YoY) in 2H24, according to International Data Corporation's (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker. Growth was driven by continue more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Moulton Celebrates GE Aerospace-Local 201 Agreement to Keep Good Jobs in Lynn * LYNN, MA -- Congressman Seth Moulton is celebrating an important labor agreement (link is external) between Local 201 of the IUE-CWA and GE Aerospace that provides new work and strong wages for local workers and keeps critical national security manufacturing in Lynn. "Economic security and national security go ha more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * New AI system uncovers hidden cell subtypes, boosts precision medicine * In order to produce effective targeted therapies for cancer, scientists need to isolate the genetic and phenotypic characteristics of cancer cells, both within and across different tumors, because those differences impact how tumors respond to treatment. Part of this work requires a deep understanding of the more PR

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on July 11, 2025: * * * Reps. Lynch and Waters Announce Anti-Crypto Corruption Week Today, U.S. Representatives Stephen F. Lynch (MA-08), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Digital Assets, and Maxine Waters (CA-43), the top Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee, announced that next week will be "Anti-Crypto Corruption Week" during which they will lead Democrats in opposition to more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 11 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Ropes and Gray, a law firm, issued the following news: * * * Ryan Preston Dahl Speaks with Bloomberg Law on Restructuring Market Impact in 2025 * According to a list of cases compiled by LexisNexis, Ropes & Gray is among the top 5 firms advising on the most "mega" Chapter 11 filings through the first six months of 2025. Bloomberg Law shared the findings in a recent article. Ryan Preston Dahl, chair of Ropes & Gray's business restru more PR

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Warren and Banks Probe Nvidia CEO on Upcoming Trip to People's Republic of China Lawmakers request that Huang doesn't meet with companies that are working with the military or violating U.S. law "Despite the well-established concern that NVIDIA chips could enable Chinese companies to develop and (...)suppor more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Simulation-based pipeline tailors training data for dexterous robots * When ChatGPT or Gemini give what seems to be an expert response to your burning questions, you may not realize how much information it relies on to give that reply. Like other popular generative artificial intelligence (AI) models, these chatbots rely on backbone systems called foundation models that train on bi more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 11 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Study shows a link between obesity and what's on local restaurant menus * For many years, health experts have been concerned about "food deserts," places where residents lack good nutritional options. Now, an MIT-led study of three major global cities uses a new, granular method to examine the issue, and concludes that having fewer and less nutritional eating options nearby correla more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 12 (TNSjou) -- Mass General Brigham issued the following news release: * * * Targeted Radiation Offers Promise in Patients with Metastasized Small Cell Lung Cancer to the Brain * In a phase 2 trial, Mass General Brigham researchers found patients were successfully treated with targeted radiation rather than the historical standard of whole brain radiation. In a phase 2 trial, Mass General Brigham researchers found patients were successfully treated with targeted  more PR

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Asks Court to "Dissolve" Temporary Restraining Order and Allow Enforcement of Law "Defunding" Planned Parenthood BOSTON -- Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, and Planned Parenthood Association of Utah released the following statement after the Trump administration filed a motion to dissolve the temporary restrainin more PR

WATERTOWN, Massachusetts, July 11 [Category: BizEngineering] -- Vanasse Hangen Brustlin Inc., a provider of transportation planning, engineering, design, land development and environmental services, posted the following news: * * * VHB's Creative ATCs Offer Value to Design-Build Clients * When VHB's engineers undertake a design-build (DB) project, they bring our signature passion for finding the right solutions. This starts with developing Alternative Technical Concepts (ATC). On several re more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren Secures Wins on Right to Repair, Service Member Safety, Military Housing, Transparency at Defense Department in Senate Version of FY 2026 Defense Policy Bill * Executive Summary of Senate FY26 NDAA (Website) Washington, D.C. -- During the Senate Armed Services Committee's (SASC) markup of the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (FY26 NDAA) this week, U.S. Senator E more PR