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3M Co (NYSE: MMM) is working with Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers to explore the viability and accuracy of a new rapid test for COVID-19 that could potentially provide accurate diagnosis in minutes and is suitable for mass manufacturing.  What Happened The rapid test has been...

A Mobile, Alabama franchisee of a Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant wants to deliver food to nearby customers' doors by drone. To test the service, Brian Jordan of Potters Wings Mobile partnered with Deuce Drone. The two companies plan to begin local food deliveries by drone in late August. "...

Derq, a predictive analytics solution that leverages deployable cameras, sensors, and AI to increase user safety and awareness, formally announced its partnership with the Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority (DSOA). Empowering Public Safety As part of the partnership, DSOA will have access to a...

While the Massachusetts Institute of Technology accepted $850,000 from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein over several years, there's no evidence Epstein used Bill Gates or Apollo Global Management Founder Leon Black to funnel money to the school, an independent report released Friday found...

Harvard and MIT will receive $4.5 million each for cannabinoid research. The donation comes from the universities' alumnus Charles Broderick, the managing director of Uji Capital, a New York family office with extensive investments in the cannabis industry. What Happened Harvard Medical School...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA) desires to transform itself from a Chinese e-commerce giant into a global e-commerce giant may have been made more apparent after announcing plans to spend $15 billion across the world. Alibaba said Wednesday it will spend billions of dollars over the next...

Imagine an artificial limb that responds to muscle movement and can bend at the knee or elbow almost as deftly as the real deal. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology did just that on rats, and the potential result is a breakthrough in the science of blurring the line between man...

Did you hear about the MIT Media Lab's new proposition? If not, it's simple: win $250,000 by breaking the rules or shaking up the status quo. Yes, that's right. The MIT Media Lab's "Disobedience Award" will be presented to "a person or group engaged in what we believe...

The Peeptrade University Challenge kicks off Monday, where graduate students from nine top business schools will manage competing portfolios of $10,000 for 2 months. As the contest gets underway, Benzinga caught up with one of the members of the MIT and Princeton teams to find out how they...

Education giant Pearson PLC (ADR) (NYSE: PSO) plummeted nearly 9 percent Friday after missing earnings and revenues estimates in Q2. A major reason for the decline was the drop in testing revenue in the U.S. and the U.K., according to Seeking Alpha. Pearson has lost several U.S. testing contracts...

The cover story in this weekend's Barron's offers five reasons why the stock market is unlikely to crash any time soon. The key to the outlook is the historical relationship between crashes and recessions. Other featured articles include the latest Alternatives Monthly report. With the markets...

CNBC's Jim Cramer has a plan to save Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) if he were ever to become its chief executive officer. During Cramer's Wednesday night segment of "Mad Money," he said that there "seems to be a lot to like" about Twitter, including a pickup in users, a positive cash flow and a loss...

A team of researchers at MIT believe they have pinpointed several key traits that could help policymakers and investors identify the next Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) or Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB). According to the researchers, not all tech startups...

A new study conducted by MIT and Harvard has found that Volkswagen AG (ADR) (OTC: VLKAY) vehicles violating EPA emissions standards will cause 59 U.S. deaths. In addition, the study found that emissions from the vehicles will cause 210,000 collective days of lower respiratory symptoms in the...

Parchment’s 5th Annual Student Choice College Rankings is the only study that reveals college preferences and enrollment decisions as reported from actual college-bound students. For 2016, several small liberal arts colleges were significantly higher rated choices. Stanford remains number...