UK plan to cut energy bills for industrial firms threatens to leave small businesses out in the cold

The government wants to motivate manufacturers to electrify their energy use.

Jan Rosenow, Leader of the Energy Programme, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, University of Oxford • conversation
June 24, 2025 ~7 min

MIT announces the Initiative for New Manufacturing

The Institute-wide effort aims to bolster industry and create jobs by driving innovation across vital manufacturing sectors.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
May 27, 2025 ~9 min


Q&A: A roadmap for revolutionizing health care through data-driven innovation

A new book coauthored by MIT’s Dimitris Bertsimas explores how analytics is driving decisions and outcomes in health care.

Sara Feijo | MIT Open Learning • mit
May 5, 2025 ~7 min

Money from food companies could make what you eat safer

Additional resources would enable the FDA to better monitor our food supply and keep unsafe ingredients out of it.

Rachel Harrison-NYU • futurity
April 30, 2025 ~9 min

How the UK’s microchip industry is bouncing back after a quarter of a century

A new wave of companies are focusing on microchips designed for clean energy technology.

Peter Gammon, Professor of Power Electronic Devices, School of Engineering, University of Warwick • conversation
April 29, 2025 ~8 min

Infant abuse goes down when parents get paid family leave

Infant maltreatment drops significantly when parents gain access to paid family leave, according to a new study.

Georgia Tech • futurity
April 24, 2025 ~4 min

Supersize me

Political scientist Kathleen Thelen’s new book explains how America’s large retailers got very, very large.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News • mit
April 8, 2025 ~8 min

AC use to surge as world gets hotter. Harvard startup has a solution.

Novel system works like a coffee filter to dry, cool air more efficiently

Harvard Gazette • harvard
April 2, 2025 ~10 min


From Capasso lab to your living room

Rob Devlin helped develop innovative new mini-lens as grad student. Now startup he runs produces millions of them for consumer electronics.

Harvard Gazette • harvard
March 25, 2025 ~8 min

What’s behind the billon-dollar business of March Madness?

Sports management expert Michelle Brimecombe takes a deep dive into the massive business engine behind the NCAA’s biggest tournament.

Eric Stann-Missouri • futurity
March 20, 2025 ~7 min

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