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Our preference for certain foods may be impacted by early life stress, research shows

March 2, 2026

Northeastern University research finds a correlation between acute stress in infancy and an increased preference for inflammatory foods in subjects’ late teens and 20s.

Someone steers a car while their car display shows an icon representing their car and other icons for the other cars. They are also listening to music and going 23 km/h. — The image shows the interior of the new Tesla Model 3. Photo by Matteo Della Torre/NurPhoto via AP

Connected cars can be hacked, research finds

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February 27, 2026

Northeastern researchers have uncovered security vulnerabilities in Tesla’s Model 3 and Cybertruck, demonstrating that hackers could intercept the vehicles’ wireless connectivity stack.

A gloved hands picks up a lab instrument. — 02/17/26 – BOSTON, MA. – William Gasparrini and Guanyu Zhou, doctoral students in Professor Ben Woolston’s lab, are researching a novel approach that could make biofuel production more efficient on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 in the Mugar Life Science Center. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

These microbes don’t always play well together, but the combination could cut cost of biofuel

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February 25, 2026

“The core technology we’re working on here can be summed up by asking the question — can it be that two microbes are better than one?” said Northeastern Chemical Engineering Professor Ben Woolston.

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The ICE hiring boom

Matthew Ross is an economist at Northeastern University who studies police training.

Northeastern prof: The state’s AI momentum faces a regulatory threat

Dr. Saiph Savage is an assistant professor at Northeastern University in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, where she directs the Northeastern Civic A.I. Lab.

Why Sierra the Supercomputer Had to Die

“As you age—just like humans—you are likely to get more disease,” says Devesh Tiwari, who researches high-performance computing at Northeastern University.

N.F.L. Careers Scarred Their Brains. Could Mushrooms Provide Relief?

Last year, researchers at Northeastern University, trying to simulate the velocity of an N.F.L. collision, repeatedly struck the heads of rats and then provided them with psilocybin.

Does String Theory Explain the Wiring of the Brain?

Senior author Albert-László Barabási, a distinguished professor and network scientist at Northeastern University, emphasizes that the paper isn’t claiming any profound, direct relationship between string theory and neuroscience.

There’s no mass shooting epidemic, but fear epidemic is real | Opinion

As someone who has studied mass killings for more than 40 years and manages the Associated Press/USA TODAY/Northeastern University Mass Killing Database, I’ve kept a close eye on the social factors and public policies that have contributed to upward and downward swings in mass killings.

Octopuses can become invisible. And now scientists are discovering their secrets.

How cephalopods achieve this instant camouflage is a mystery that has fascinated humans since at least 350 B.C., when Aristotle made observations on the subject, says Leila Deravi, an associate professor at Northeastern University whose BioMaterials Design Group specializes in biomimicry.

Local Study asks what it will take to get more Boston commuters to take the bus

Northeastern University PhD candidate Nail Bashan believes public transit is the best thing we can have in our cities. Bashan’s research focuses on urban mobility and the urban experience.

The Flu Really Is That Bad

Flu seasons, as a rule, differ drastically from one another, and “we don’t have a great understanding of why one ends up being more severe than another,” Samuel Scarpino, an infectious-disease-modeling researcher at Northeastern University, told me.

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