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Live Science

Jan 18, 2026

Could There Ever Be a Worldwide Internet Outage?

Professor George Cybenko is quoted in an article about the possibility of a worldwide internet outage. "It is possible but would require significant resources and/or huge coincidences, which makes it a highly unlikely, but possible, event," Cybenko said.

Yahoo Tech

Jan 13, 2026

Eric Fossum earns the prestigious Draper Prize for pioneering the CMOS image sensor

Professor Eric Fossum, director of the PhD Innovation Program, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Charles Stark Draper Prize for Engineering, one of the most prestigious honors for engineering achievement. "Eric Fossum is a pioneering semiconductor device physicist and engineer whose invention of the CMOS active pixel image sensor, or 'camera on a chip,' has transformed imaging across everyday life, industry, and scientific discovery," the NAE said in announcing the prize.

The Guardian

Jan 07, 2026

We study glaciers. 'Artificial glaciers' and other tech may halt their total collapse

Professor Colin Meyer co-authors an opinion piece about technology advancements that can help stop total collapse of the world's glaciers. "Technologies we can bring to bear include satellite-based radar, solar-powered drones, robot submarines, lab-based 'artificial glaciers,' and advanced computing technologies, including artificial intelligence," he writes.

The African Exponent

Jan 06, 2026

How Sim Shagaya Built Konga Into One of Africa's Leading E‑Commerce Platforms

Simdul Shagaya Th'99, who earned his master of engineering management from Thayer, is featured in a storya bout how he launched his company Konga to be one of Africa's leading e‑commerce platforms.

New Hampshire Public Radio

Dec 26, 2025

New Research From Dartmouth Shows How Underwater 'Storms' May Shape Glacier Melt

Professor Yoshihiro Nakayama is quoted about his research into storm-like ocean circulation patterns beneath Antarctic ice shelves that are causing glaciers to melt. "In oceanography, we normally look at time scales like months or years, because these processes are not super fast," Nakayama said. "But when we look into these processes over a few days, we realize that there are some processes that pick up the melt."

MIT Sloan Management Review

Dec 18, 2025

AI Coding Tools: The Productivity Trap Most Companies Miss

Professor Geoffrey Parker, faculty director of the Irving Institute for Energy and Society, talks about the effects of using generative AI in coding, particularly the creation of complex code that can have more bugs and be more difficult to fix. "The danger is you sort of push the accelerator and then you're getting a lot of things done and then all of a sudden the complexity starts to go up. And then things start to entangle and you get a lot of spaghetti, and then you bog down," Parker said.

Noticias Ambientales

Dec 12, 2025

Unprecedented Underwater Storms Accelerate the Collapse of Key Glaciers in Antarctica

Professor Yoshihiro Nakayama is quoted about his research into storm-like ocean circulation patterns beneath Antarctic ice shelves that are causing glaciers to melt. "We are observing the ocean in very short time scales, similar to those of the weather. This is unusual for Antarctic studies," Nakayama said.

CNN

Dec 10, 2025

Underwater 'storms' are eating away at the Doomsday Glacier. It could have big impacts on sea level rise.

Professor Yoshihiro Nakayama speaks about the storm-like ocean circulation patterns under Antarctic ice shelves that is causing glaciers to melt. "We are looking at the ocean on very short 'weather-like' timescales, which is unusual for Antarctic studies," Nakayama says.