The Homeland Security Department has funded a $1.1 million project at Northeastern University to advance the technique of using medical CT scans for bomb detection.

Patients who have access to doctor’s notes in their medical records are more likely to understand their health issues, recall what the doctor told them and take their medications as prescribed, according to a study published Monday.

Barack Obama is cruising into the presidential debates with momentum on his side, yet he’s still struggling to revive the passion and excitement that propelled him to the White House. Mitt Romney is grasping for his last, best chance to reboot his campaign after a disastrous September.

The candidates have gone through the primaries and caucuses, the delegate counts and the conventions. At this point, they’re traveling the country, trying to make their case. Now comes the most widely anticipated event in the race for the White House: the presidential debates.

President Barack Obama’s most dangerous opponent in the trio of upcoming presidential debates isn’t Mitt Romney.  

Northeastern University students faculty and staff celebrated the official naming of the D’Amore-McKim School of Busi­ness Friday.

If you’re thinking of attending law school, where do you start? A good place might be law school websites. These sites can give you a valuable look inside the school along with practical information including admissions and financial aid. Even if you’re not interested in law school, you may still find the stories on faculty, […]

The Massachusetts economy, which had been expanding faster than the national average, thanks largely to the state’s strengths in technology and medical research, is now barely growing at all because of economic problems around the world, according to a group of nearly a dozen local economists. “It’s a little ugly,” said Northeastern University economist Alan […]

A rail manufacturer based in Illinois is in the final rounds of bidding to build 130 high-speed passenger rail cars for use on Amtrak routes in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri and California. “This is good use of federal money,” said Joan Fitzgerald, interim dean of the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs at Northeastern University […]

Ever thought about how awesome it would be to quit your job and backpack around the world with your buddies? The founders of new local travel company Off the Grid Excursions — a group of friends who met at Northeastern University — did the next best thing: they made globetrotting their job. The twentysomething travel […]

As the simmering controversy over the botched call that marred Monday’s Packers-Seahawks game appeared to be moving National Football League management and the referees’ union toward a new collective bargaining agreement, the head of the NFL players union said Wednesday that his members would consider pursuing legal action against the league over what he called […]

Fight or flight choices are about survival. Knowing when it’s best to make a tactical retreat and when it’s time to fight is baked into our genes. Northeastern University President Joseph Aoun’s strategic investments illustrate the advantage of fighting while others are fleeing – in some cases.