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Does TikTok pose ‘data espionage’ concerns for the US? The answer is complicated

The fear surrounding so-called data espionage is that social media apps collect users’ data in vast quantities, which can be used by adversarial governments for harmful purposes.

by Jackson Cote - contributor June 14, 2022

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Here’s what you should know about the mysterious, severe hepatitis reported in over 100 U.S. children

An expert at Northeastern breaks down some facets of the baffling illness even as the medical community races to get to the root of the puzzling infections as more potential cases get reported.

by Jackson Cote - contributor May 18, 2022

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Commencement 2022

It’s all here: The events, the speakers, the previews, the details you were wondering about, and all of the news around Northeastern University’s 120th Commencement.

by News@Northeastern May 12, 2022

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. U.S. stocks opened low after rallying to start the week. Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Experts not bullish on members of Congress trading stock

Some Northeastern professors well-versed in the economy and Legislature say a ban is warranted for members and other top government officials, but added that it’s a delicate balancing act.

by Jackson Cote - contributor April 21, 2022

Deepfakes and fake news pose a growing threat to democracy, experts warn

With social-media users apt to believe information that reinforces their biases, deepfakes pose an increasingly significant threat, Northeastern experts say.

by Jackson Cote - contributor April 1, 2022

Commencement 2020

Full coverage of Northeastern University’s 2020 Commencement excercises

by News@Northeastern November 12, 2021

To safeguard key coastal ecosystems, this scientist starts by talking to the local anglers

“Fishermen spend the bulk of their year, if not every day, on the water and the vast majority of scientists only get to spend a small number of days on the water,” says Steven Scyphers, assistant professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern. “But we’re both trying to understand the same system.”

by Halle Marchese - contributor September 13, 2021

Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Carla Mattos works in Hurtig Hall at Northeastern. Photo by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

This mysterious on-off switch holds clues to new cancer treatments

One-third of all human cancers are caused by mutations found on a protein called RAS, explains Carla Mattos, professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Northeastern. “The ultimate goal is to make drugs that stop this type of cell proliferation,” she says. “But the problem is, we don’t even know how RAS works normally.”

by Emily Arntsen - contributor September 7, 2021

Women pay theirs respects at a memorial in honor of the victims of the shootings in Atlanta, where eight people were killed the week before, during a candle vigil in Monterrey Park, Calif., late Saturday, March 27, 2021. The shootings at three Georgia massage parlors and spas that left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent, come on the heels of a recent wave of attacks against Asian Americans since the coronavirus entered the United States. AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes

‘There’s no epidemic of mass shootings. There is an epidemic of fear.’

Are mass shootings involving four or more fatalities on the rise in America? “There’s no epidemic of mass shootings in my mind,” says James Alan Fox, a criminologist at Northeastern University and an international expert on mass murder. “Really there is an epidemic of fear.”

by Tanner Stening - contributor June 30, 2021

Nian Sun, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, and Hongwei Sun, a professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, work in their lab.

Can wastewater samples predict the next pandemic?

Two Northeastern professors, Nian Sun and Hongwei Sun, have been recognized for a technique developed by their team that can trace infectious disease outbreaks using wastewater as part of the Trinity Challenge, a competition among industry leaders to invent the most effective methods for preventing the next pandemic.

by Emily Arntsen - contributor June 29, 2021

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