NBC Boston Is ShotSpotter gunfire detection technology actually helping our communities? Dr. Eric Piza is director of Crime Analysis Initiatives and a professor at Northeastern University. He led what is believed to be the largest study about ShotSpotter, analyzing 15 years of data in Kansas City and Chicago.
What the EPA’s ban on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water means for Massachusetts “This is a major move to protect public health that comes after decades of industry coverups and misinformation around the dangers of the PFAS,” said Julia Varshavsky, an environmental health researcher at Northeastern University.
Ginkgo Bioworks aims to use AI to predict measles outbreaks, thanks to the Gates Foundation The grant is meant to fund research that could help mitigate public health crises. Ginkgo’s research will be in partnership with researchers Alessandro Vespignani and Sam Scarpino from Northeastern University, according to a news release from Ginkgo.
Clash of the Patriarchs According to Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, a scholar of Orthodoxy who teaches at Northeastern University, in Boston, the new converts tend to be right-wing and Russophile, and some speak freely of their admiration for Putin’s “kingly” role.
Bloomberg Law Real Estate Commissions Face Added Scrutiny in Justice Probe Equipped with renewed investigative authority, the DOJ will likely seek to compel a complete separation of compensation for buyers’ agents and sellers’ agents, said John Kwoka, an economics professor at Northeastern University and former Federal Trade Commission chief economist under agency Chair Lina Khan.
Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness What Happened To Local Newspapers? Meg Heckman is a journalist, author and educator focused on building a news ecosystem that is robust, diverse and equipped to serve all segments of society. She is an associate professor at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism and Media Innovation.
The Week How Taiwan minimized earthquake damage Taiwan came out relatively unscathed despite experiencing its biggest earthquake in over two decades. “It is quite remarkable that given an earthquake of this magnitude, we have seen so few reported causalities,” Daniel Aldrich, a political science professor at Northeastern University who studies global earthquake resilience, said to NPR.
US Science Agency Debuts Startup Matchmaking Program in Taiwan “You just can’t do everything on your own or within the United States. You have supply chains and other things that are global,” said Michelle Meng-Hsiung Kiang, the co-founder of Impact Science Ventures who helped the US agency conceive the program. She devised the program with David Horsley, a Northeastern University professor and chip researcher.
Newsweek Dachshund, French Bulldog Breeds Suffer From ‘Torture Breeding’ “I don’t know if anyone is breeding to hurt the animal,” Mark Wells, an assistant professor of philosophy at Northeastern University who researches political protection for animals, told Northeastern Global News. “But owners get used to it when every breath their French bulldog takes is labored.”
The Independent Solar eclipse map shows path of totality for 2024 event Jonathan Blazek, an assistant professor of physics at Northeastern University in the US, said even those not directly beneath the path of totality will have the opportunity to gain a few minutes of “cosmic perspective” during Monday’s eclipse.
Mass Live What we know about murder-suicides in Mass. — and how to stop them “Having access to a mode of lethal violence makes it just as easy for them to perpetrate that against others as to perpetrate that on themselves,” Northeastern University criminology professor and psychologist Carlos Cuevas said.
Business Insider A nutritionist who cut down on ultra-processed foods shares what he used to eat for lunch and what he eats now A diet high in UPFs has been linked to numerous health concerns, including certain types of cancer, type two diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Around 73% of the US food supply is ultra-processed, according to a 2024 research paper by Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute.