Authorities say they uncovered a “dungeon” in Portway’s basement. CBS Boston reports the room was sound-proofed and contained handcuffs and a child-sized coffin. Disposable scalpels were also uncovered, the Associated Press reports. “This man looks like he went beyond just having ideas,” Northeastern University criminologist Jack Levin told CBS Boston. “He made plans. He prepared by investing […]

Although there’s no way to know for sure why the researchers did not detect aging in S. pombe under favorable conditions, one likely explanation is that the cellular damage is being repaired at the same rate that it’s being formed, said Eric Stewart, a microbiologist at Northeastern University in Boston, who was not involved in the study. […]

After years of struggle and, most recently, historic protests throughout Romania and abroad, over 20,000 people took to the streets in Romania last week to protest a mining project in the western commune of Roşia Montana. Among the charges brought by the protestors were irrevocable harm to a historic location (the Romans mined gold there […]

So far, only four universities offer full-blown Ph.D. programs: University of California in Santa Cruz, Chicago’s DePaul University, Northeastern University in Boston, and Adelphi University in Garden City.  

High-tech manufacturing accounts for nearly one in every three factory jobs in Massachusetts, and many of those pay high wages — $80,000 a year or more, according to a recent Northeastern University report on the sector. And the Intel jobs would be at the higher end of the industry scale. “In terms of these people […]

So when you’re out looking for a job, the dollar value of your time is a serious issue. But once you shake your new boss’s hand and are led to your workstation, what motivates you to do your bestwork? Whether you admit it or not, money is probably not at the top of the list. “I […]

Hazing is nothing new, but two recent local hazing incidents raise some interesting questions. In one incident, 3 Somerville high school students are charged in the brutal sexual assault of a High School freshman during a summer camp for the junior varsity soccer team. In the other, police are investigating a hazing incident in Chelmsford, N.H. involving […]

I met Soboroff in Boston, where a curated selection of his typewriters is being displayed at Northeastern University. The collection routinely tours, and people can type on their favorite luminary’s machine for a fee that goes towards a fund for journalism scholarships. I brought my camera; the images included here were shot, in keeping with the analog […]

The NSA has run this “cyber operations” program since 2012, working with Northeastern University, Dakota State, the University of Tulsa and the Naval Postgraduate School to design curricula that match the agency’s intelligence and infrastructure needs. (CMU, the Air Force Institute of Technology, Auburn and Mississippi State joined last week.) The purpose, says Carnegie Mellon’s […]

Meanwhile, interest in co-op education has jumped since the job market slumped; co-op powerhouse Northeastern University, for example, received 47,359 applications for 2,800 freshmen seats this fall, 74 percent more than in 2006. “Northeastern’s emphasis on experiential learning and the co-op was the big draw,” says Taylor Hogan, who left in July for his first six-month […]

Among private national universities, Boston University and Northeastern University in Boston each moved into the top 50. Boston University jumped from 51st to 41st, and Northeastern improved from 56th to 49th. Wake Forest University rose four spots from 27th to 23rd.

5. Cybersecurity: Large companies and governments are moving aggressively to protect their computer systems. Between 2014 and 2016, the Pentagon plans to add more than 4,000 experts at its Cyber Command. Specialists in cybersecurity can also expect to find openings in health care, energy and at security services firms. The National Security Agency is identifying centers […]