'Boomerang' earthquake simulations suggest ricocheting ruptures may be more common than previously thought

An earthquake typically sets off ruptures that ripple out from its underground origins. But on rare occasions, seismologists have observed quakes that reverse course, further shaking up areas that ...
InfoQ

MIT's Recursive Language Models Improve Performance on Long-Context Tasks

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Cory Benfield discusses the evolution of ...
Los Angeles Times

How the Brown-MIT shootings unfolded: A brief encounter, two attacks and then a break

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A former Brown University student opened fire in a campus lecture hall on Dec. 13, killing two students and ...
The New York Times

Slain M.I.T. Professor Was Renowned and Respected Physicist

Nuno F.G. Loureiro, the professor, and the man suspected in his killing attended the same physics program in Portugal during the 1990s. By Pooja Salhotra Francesca Regalado Azam Ahmed and Sarah ...
The Providence Journal

MIT shooting and Brown shooting may be linked. What to know

Investigators are exploring a potential link between the mass shooting at Brown University Dec. 13 and the murder of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Dec 15, law enforcement sources ...
WPRI 12

Police probe potential ties between Brown University attack and MIT professor slaying

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Police are investigating possible ties between Saturday’s shooting at Brown University and Monday’s slaying of a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the ...
Fox News

Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente responsible for Brown shooting, MIT professor’s murder, authorities say

Authorities say the Brown University mass shooting suspect, 48-year-old Portuguese national Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, is also responsible for the murder of MIT professor Nuno Loureiro.
CBS News

MIT professor's killing remains a mystery as police launch homicide investigation

Authorities were working Wednesday to uncover clues after a prominent professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston. Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old ...
CNN

An MIT professor was fatally shot at his home and police launched a homicide investigation

A professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was fatally shot at his home near Boston, and authorities said Tuesday they had launched a homicide investigation. Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a ...
The College Fix

MIT blames new endowment tax for decision to close multiple libraries

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently announced plans to close two of its five libraries to address a $300 million budget gap, blaming it partly on actions by the Trump administration.
The Boston Globe

Budget cuts come to MIT’s libraries

Facing a $300 million shortfall, MIT is tightening its budget by slashing the quietest corners of its Cambridge campus: the libraries. Three of MIT’s five physical libraries will be shuttered or ...
Los Angeles Times

Nobel literature laureate László Krasznahorkai delivers rare lecture in Stockholm

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Hungarian Nobel Prize laureate László Krasznahorkai delivered a rare lecture in Stockholm, presenting ...