CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * 3 Questions: Applying lessons in data, economics, and policy design to the real world * Gevorg Minasyan MAP '23 first discovered the MITx MicroMasters Program in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy (DEDP) -- jointly led by the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) and MIT Open Learning -- when he was looking to better understand the process of building effective, evidence more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Astronomers discover star-shredding black holes hiding in dusty galaxies * Astronomers at MIT, Columbia University, and elsewhere have used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to peer through the dust of nearby galaxies and into the aftermath of a black hole's stellar feast. In a study appearing today in Astrophysical Journal Letters, the researchers report that for the firs more PR

BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, July 24 -- DNV, a provider of classification, technical assurance, software and independent expert advisory services, posted the following news: [Category: BizConsulting] * * * Ban on discharge of water from open loop EGCSS in coastal waters of the north-west Europe from 1 July 2027 * Relevant for ship owners and managers as well as suppliers. OSPAR is the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, and it is the mechanis more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 25 -- Circle Internet Financial, a financial technology firm, issued the following news release: * * * Circle's USYC Now Supported as Yield-Bearing Off-Exchange Collateral for Binance's Institutional Clients NEW YORK, SINGAPORE -- July 24, 2025 -- Circle Internet Group, Inc. (NYSE: CRCL) today announced a new collaboration with Binance, the world's leading blockchain ecosystem and digital asset exchange. Together, Circle and Binance are accelerating support to meet more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * New machine-learning application to help researchers predict chemical properties * One of the shared, fundamental goals of most chemistry researchers is the need to predict a molecule's properties, such as its boiling or melting point. Once researchers can pinpoint that prediction, they're able to move forward with their work yielding discoveries that lead to medicines, materials,  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Pedestrians now walk faster and linger less, researchers find * City life is often described as "fast-paced." A new study suggests that's more true that ever. The research, co-authored by MIT scholars, shows that the average walking speed of pedestrians in three northeastern U.S. cities increased 15 percent from 1980 to 2010. The number of people lingering in public spaces declin more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 23 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Professor Emeritus Keith Johnson, pioneering theorist in materials science and independent filmmaker, dies at 89 * MIT Professor Emeritus Keith H. Johnson, a quantum physicist who pioneered the use of theoretical methods in materials science and later applied his expertise to independent filmmaking, died in June in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was 89. A professor in MIT's Departm more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Robot, know thyself: New vision-based system teaches machines to understand their bodies * In an office at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), a soft robotic hand carefully curls its fingers to grasp a small object. The intriguing part isn't the mechanical design or embedded sensors -- in fact, the hand contains none. Instead, the entire system re more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Scientists apply optical pooled CRISPR screening to identify potential new Ebola drug targets * The following press release was issued today by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Although outbreaks of Ebola virus are rare, the disease is severe and often fatal, with few treatment options. Rather than targeting the virus itself, one promising therapeutic approach would be to  more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, July 24 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Theory-guided strategy expands the scope of measurable quantum interactions * A new theory-guided framework could help scientists probe the properties of new semiconductors for next-generation microelectronic devices, or discover materials that boost the performance of quantum computers. Research to develop new or better materials typically involves investigating properties that  more PR

MIAMI, Florida, July 24 -- The University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science issued the following news: * * * From boathouse to beacon: The evolution of the Rosenstiel School In the fall of 1940, Frederick George (F.G.) Walton Smith, a 31-year-old British marine scientist tasked by the British government to investigate a sea sponge die-off in the Bahamas, toured U.S. oceanographic labs. His visit to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts proved pivotal more PR