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This secretive Cambridge lab is tackling the world’s daunting challenges. Just don’t ask about the four-legged robot.
Applied Invention is working on mind-boggling initiatives such as a mechanical clock designed to last 10,000 years, or torpedo-like underwater drones to gather data from the ocean.
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‘Miramar’ estate in Newport, first built for Titanic survivor, will eventually become a museum
The property last sold in 2021 to Stephen A. Schwarzman, the chairman and CEO of Blackstone, for $27 million.
Brigham and Women’s nurses union reaches tentative deal to increase wages, averting potential strike
The Massachusetts Nurses Association, the union for 4,000 nurses, said negotiators from Brigham’s parent organization have agreed to a wage increase of up to 30 percent over the next two and a half years.
Astronauts, including one from Needham, may not be able to return from space station until next year
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who grew up in Needham, was originally scheduled to visit the International Space Station for a week or two. Now, she and fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore might remain there until early next year.
R.I. man arrested for allegedly stealing $13,000 worth of chips from Everett casino
Gary Baldelli Hunt, 35, of Woonsocket, R.I., is facing larceny charges after he allegedly reached into a dealer's tray and stole 13 orange chips before fleeing through an emergency exit Tuesday evening, State Police said.