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Police Investigate Suspect's Ties to Brown, MIT
What We Know About
the MIT, Brown Suspect
the rundown
Dec 19, 2025 11:46 AM CST

What We Know About the MIT, Brown Suspect

Police trying to unravel motives of Claudio Neves Valente, accused in dual shootings

(Newser) - Investigators are still trying to piece together the motives they say led Claudio Neves Valente to stage a mass shooting at Brown University , then kill an MIT professor days later. The 48-year-old took his own life at a storage facility in New Hampshire before investigators could speak to him. Neves...

Report: MIT Killing May Be Linked to Brown Shooting

Sources tell AP that a person of interest has been identified

(Newser) - Authorities are investigating a possible connection between the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor, the AP reports, citing three people familiar with the matter who were not authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity. Two of the sources said...

MIT Nuclear Science Professor Fatally Shot at Home
MIT Professor
Fatally Shot at Home
Dec 16, 2025 2:44 PM CST

MIT Professor Fatally Shot at Home

Nuclear science, engineering professor Nuno Loureiro led one of MIT's largest labs

(Newser) - A leading MIT physicist who studied how to harness fusion energy was fatally shot at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts, on Monday night, authorities say. Police responding to reports of gunfire around 8:30pm found 47-year-old Nuno Loureiro with multiple gunshot wounds inside an apartment on Gibbs Street, according to...

She Just Became the Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire
She Just Became the Youngest
Self-Made Female Billionaire
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Dec 13, 2025 3:30 PM CST

She Just Became the Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire

Kalshi's 29-year-old co-founder, Luana Lopes Lara, has a net worth of $1.3B

(Newser) - Luana Lopes Lara, cofounder of the Kalshi prediction market, has become the world's youngest self-made female billionaire at age 29. Lopes Lara, who owns 12% of the startup now valued at $11 billion, takes the title from Scale AI cofounder Lucy Guo, 31, who overtook Taylor Swift this past...

Ultrasound Waves Can Turn Air Into H2O
This New Tech
Can 'Shake' Water
Out of the Air
NEW STUDY
Dec 7, 2025 4:25 PM CST

This New Tech Can 'Shake' Water Out of the Air

MIT creates device that uses ultrasound to extract drinking water more quickly than evaporation

(Newser) - MIT researchers have developed a new device that uses ultrasound to extract drinking water from the air, promising a faster, more efficient solution for regions with limited water resources—even in dry climates, reports Live Science . Traditional atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) systems lean on the sun to pull water out...

All but 2 Major Universities Reject Trump's Funding Offer

Schools cite academic freedom in rejecting White House proposal; 7 out of 9 have turned down plan

(Newser) - Seven of the nine universities approached by the Trump administration for a new federal funding plan have declined the offer, with an eighth expressing reservations, the New York Times reports. The plan would provide preferential funding to schools that align with the administration's priorities, including agreeing that "academic...

Trump's Academic 'Compact' for Universities Gets Its 2nd No

Following MIT, Brown turns down deal for priority federal funding

(Newser) - Make that two: Brown University is following MIT's lead in rejecting the Trump administration's offer of preferential access to federal funding, which would have required the school to overhaul its policies in alignment with the administration's college compact. The compact "by its nature and by various...

NY Plane Crash Kills NCAA's Woman of the Year, Her Family

Crash near Catskills killed family of doctors, athletes

(Newser) - A family trip to the Catskill Mountains to celebrate the Passover holiday and a birthday turned tragic Saturday when the family's private plane crashed in upstate New York, killing all six people aboard. The Mitsubishi MU-2B aircraft went down near the Massachusetts line, in a muddy field in...

Yale Reverses Course, Will Require Standardized Tests

It joins Dartmouth in the Ivy League in again focusing on tests such as the SAT and ACT

(Newser) - First, Dartmouth. Now, Yale. The latter has become the second Ivy League institution to reverse course and require standardized testing for incoming students, reports the New York Times . Both were among schools that ditched SAT and ACT requirements during the pandemic. Yale will allow students to submit scores from the...

Here Are the Best Colleges in America

WalletHub looks at everything from post-grad outcomes and campus experience to the cost factor

(Newser) - Deciding on where to attend college doesn't just come down to academic programs and prestige—it also depends on the cost, and whether students and their parents feel they're getting a decent bang for their buck. WalletHub analyzed more than 850 colleges and universities across the US to...

These Colleges Offer the Most Bang for Your Buck

'WSJ'/College Pulse rank higher-ed institutions based on their value

(Newser) - Picking a college or university can be a daunting task—especially when students and their parents have to fork over so much money to attend. Some higher-ed institutions offer more bang for the buck, however. Using research from the Third Way public policy think tank, the Wall Street Journal and...

Here Are the 10 Best Colleges in the US

Princeton University is No. 1, per new 'WSJ'/College Pulse rankings

(Newser) - The Wall Street Journal is out with its annual college rankings , prepared in conjunction this year with College Pulse, and, perhaps unsurprisingly, an Ivy League takes the top spot. Princeton University is No. 1, and the Journal says that instructors, a rigorous curriculum, and ample resources all play a part...

MIT Pulls Apart 1K Oreos in Tasty Experiment

How many twists does it take to achieve the perfect balance between filling and cookie?

(Newser) - As part of a study seemingly designed to drive business to their dentists and dietitians, MIT researchers twisted apart over 1,000 Oreo cookies in an effort to find the perfect filling-cookie split. As the Wall Street Journal reports, Oreo's own vice president, Michelle Deignan, says there's no...

These Are the Top 10 US Colleges and Universities

MIT tops WalletHub's list

(Newser) - Where to go to college is among the biggest decisions we make, affecting not only our future in general, but also our wallets (or our parents' wallets). WalletHub wanted to see which colleges and universities proved the best-performing options at the lowest cost for undergrads, analyzing the data on 900-plus...

Harvard, MIT Sue Over ICE Order on Foreign Students

'Its cruelty surpassed only by its recklessness': Harvard president on order to send students home

(Newser) - Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are suing the Trump administration over its plan to force international students to leave the US or transfer to another college if their schools offer online-only classes this fall. "The order came down without notice—its cruelty surpassed only by its...

A Powerful New Antibiotic Is Found in a Novel Way
A Powerful New Antibiotic
Is Found in a Novel Way
new study
Feb 21, 2020 10:30 AM CST

A Powerful New Antibiotic Is Found in a Novel Way

MIT researchers use artificial intelligence and report a breakthrough

(Newser) - The rise of superbugs means the world needs powerful new antibiotics. A team at MIT says it has just made a major breakthrough using artificial intelligence for the first time. They discovered a compound that looks able to conquer some of the most dangerous bacteria in existence, including some that...

Married Nobel Winners: No Shop Talk During Dinner

Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo of MIT say their 2 kids won't have it

(Newser) - Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo say they're just like any other married couple trying to juggle kids and work. One key difference: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers each won the Nobel Economics Prize Monday , along with Michael Kremer of Harvard, for their work on alleviating poverty. Banerjee and...

Head of Prestigious University Lab Resigns Over Epstein

MIT media lab director Joi Ito is out amid accusations he tried to hide big donations

(Newser) - The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has brought down the head of a prestigious university research lab. Joi Ito resigned Saturday as director of the MIT Media Lab amid accusations that he accepted big donations from the disgraced financier and then tried to cover them up, reports the New York Times . His...

Researchers Find Trick to Growing Tastier Basil

24-hour light is the key, say MIT researchers

(Newser) - Researchers at MIT say they've figured out how to grow the tastiest basil: Expose the plant to light 24 hours a day. The nugget comes out of a project in which scientists grew the herb in a shipping container, a controlled environment that allowed them to precisely monitor every...

10 Best Colleges for the Money
10 Best Colleges for the Money
Oct 24, 2018 9:20 AM CDT

10 Best Colleges for the Money

MIT tops the list

(Newser) - If you're going to fork over close to $50,000 a year to go to college—the top-end average for tuition, room, and board at a four-year school—you want the best ROI on your money. WalletHub looked at close to 1,000 of America's higher-education venues, examining...

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