Science & Technology

Five things we learned about inequity in public transportation

“Public transportation should be studied through the lens of income inequality,” said Democratic congressional nominee Ayanna Pressley, one of a group of community activists, city…

Debora Almeida October 19, 2018

How an idea from a lab may change cancer treatments

Quad Technologies started in a Northeastern lab with an idea of how to improve cancer treatments. Now the researchers who created the startup are joining…

Laura Castañón and Greg St. Martin October 17, 2018

Should I really burn my burner phone, and other data destruction dos and don’ts

It turns out you shouldn’t actually burn a burner phone. If you really want to cover your tracks, you should grind it up. Good thing…

Emily Arntsen and Matthew Modoono October 15, 2018

Two Northeastern startups named MassChallege Boston finalists, competing for $1.5M in cash prizes

Boston Materials is making carbon fiber composite materials that could be used to make lightweight but durable bicycles, hockey sticks, and wind turbines. Mobile Pixels…

Greg St. Martin October 15, 2018

A tiny antenna could be good for your health. All you have to do is stick it in your brain.

Hwaider Lin, a doctoral student at Northeastern, recently received an award for designing a nano-antenna that is 100 times smaller than the one that’s currently…

Laura Castañón October 11, 2018

What happens if a robot writes something libelous?

Who gets sued if a robot writes something libelous? Learn the answer to that question on Friday at Northeastern, where journalists, law experts, and computer…

Emily Arntsen October 11, 2018

Everything the human body does is guided by chemistry we don’t fully understand. Yet.

Your body runs on chemical interactions. Northeastern’s new Systems Bioanalysis and Chemical Imaging Institute will focus on finding ways to image this chemistry to help…

Laura Castañón October 10, 2018

These patients aren’t real. Why are they giving birth?

Fake people, known as human patient simulators, populate a suite of labs on Northeastern’s Boston campus to help students prepare to take care of real…

Aria Bracci October 9, 2018

Researchers receive $13.2 million to continue study of health challenges facing women, children in Puerto Rico

For the past 10 years, Northeastern-led research teams have been studying how the environment affects the health and development of mothers, infants, and children living…

Aria Bracci October 5, 2018

Understanding climate change is hard work. These robotic mussels are doing the heavy lifting.

As water and air temperatures rise, mussel populations fall. Northeastern researchers are tracing these trends with mussel-inspired technology, allowing them to measure the lethal limits…

Aria Bracci October 3, 2018