“In this acute moment of missing Willard, it feels impossible to overstate the impact this sweet, imposing steer and his brother have had on our community.” The post Beloved Scottish Highland steer dies after 17 years at Allandale Farm appeared first on Boston.com. Events
A new way to temporarily store memory, Gigaflow, helps direct heavy traffic in cloud data centers caused by AI and machine learning workloads, according to a study led by University of Michigan researchers. Events
Graduate engineering program is No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 5. Politics
A student group at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School continued to publicly call for Councilor Paul Toner to resign after he stated he would not do so. The post High school student group holds sexual violence vigil, calls for Cambridge councilor to resign appeared first on Boston.com. Society
Roads and highways are the lifeline of a country. The United States has over 4 million miles of public roads, including the Interstate Highway System. It's critical to prevent damage and maintain roads highways to support the longevity of the U.S.'s sprawling transportation infrastructure. Events
An international research team coordinated at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) has developed mechanical metamaterials with a high elastic energy density. Highly twisted rods that deform helically provide these metamaterials with a high stiffness and enable them to absorb and release large amounts of elastic energy. The researchers conducted simple compression experiments to confirm the initial theoretical results. Their findings have been published in the journal Nature. Politics
EduFi, founded by an MIT alumna, provides low-interest student loans to families in Pakistan so more can attend college. Politics
"I wish I could have those moments back." The post Fired high school girls basketball coach apologizes for pulling player’s ponytail appeared first on Boston.com. Sport
"Luigi Mangione shoots himself," read the BBC News headline. Politics
A research team from the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully developed a new solid adsorbent capable of directly capturing CO from the atmosphere and recovering it at an average high purity of 96.5%. The team, led by Dr. Young Cheol Park also succeeded in demonstrating the recovery of more than 1 kilogram of CO per day, bringing the technology one step closer to commercialization. Politics
