In 2012, a Northeastern University study discovered that when an unhealthy entrée was accompanied by a healthy side, people consistently underestimated the calories they’d consumed. And in the most striking example, a 2009 study discovered that the mere inclusion of a healthy item on a menu not only increased the likelihood of people ordering an indulgent […]

GUEST MENTOR Marc H. Meyer, founder of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group at Northeastern University D’Amore-McKim School of Business: One-person shows rarely achieve success in new venture creation – and for good reason. Think about the teams behind some of today’s most successful and notable ventures – Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer at Microsoft, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak […]

Imagine that a small group of terrorists deliberately infect themselves with smallpox and then walk around London, spreading it to the populace. How much could the terrible disease proliferate before the world realized something was amiss? This unsettling question is at the heart of new computer model showing how a bioterrorism attack in one city […]

While Congress debates whether publicly supported health care should be available to undocumented immigrants who may be placed on a path to citizenship under immigration reform, the health care needs of already legal immigrants continues to be overlooked. More than 12 million immigrants are lawfully present in the United States. They serve in the military, […]

The keynote speaker at the Ottawa conference was Joseph Aoun, president of Northeastern University. The change he focused on – perhaps the most radical of all – is the shift away from the traditional, full-time, campus-based model of education. In a country identified by big-name private and state schools, Aoun said only 15 per cent […]

Pr.Kamran Dadkhah’s exclusive article for Trend. Iranian origin economist Dadkhah is associate professor in the department of economics at Northeastern University, Boston. Finding reliable data on the Iranian economy has become increasingly more difficult. The data on government debt to Bank Markazi (the central bank) is reported in the annual balance sheet and economic report […]

The Boston Business Journal last week announced the honorees for its annual Champions in Health Care program featuring 13 professionals and organizations at the leading edge of the region’s world-class health care system. Dr. Manuel Guillermo Herrera-Acena, a physician who has been at Brigham and Women’s Hospital for 55 years, has been named the Lifetime Achievement winner for […]

The U.S. Government Accountability Office in 2009 said that more than a third of health practitioners surveyed were asked by company managers to provide treatment that wouldn’t necessarily require a formal injury or illness report. The government doesn’t require that a minor injury, such as a burn treated with a bandage, be recorded but does […]

Teen employment has declined over the years, and the percentage of Massachusetts teens who are working has plunged, according to the Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University. Just over a decade ago, more than 50 percent of Massachusetts teens were working: Last year, only 27 percent had jobs. The demonstration targeted Putnam because the mutual […]

But everything that is known about the job market points to the fact that Mr. Wells and his cohort are feeling the pinch. Many of the country’s largest companies make most of their entry level hires on campus, meaning there are no slots for the hapless person who had the misfortune of graduating in 2011. […]

Researchers at Northeastern University recently discovered that magnesium oxide (MgO) nanoparticles exhibit some valuable properties for orthopedic tissue engineering when dispersed within polymer composites. Findings show for the first time that MgO nanoparticles significantly increase fibroblast and osteoblast cell attachment and growth on poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA). The project, headed by grad student Dan Hickey of […]

In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, researchers from many fields have been trying to salvage something of value from that horrible day, closely following the recovery of people treated for hearing loss and testing how social media could be used as an early, emergency alert system for disasters. In a paper published this […]