When Phillip Phillips won “American Idol” last Wednesday night, a team of researchers from Northeastern University was not surprised. The scientists had risen early that morning to analyze about 100,000 messages posted overnight on the social network Twitter and made the prediction that despite his competitor’s greater worldwide support, the eligible population — residents of […]

As an alternative to receiving brain implants for robotic arm dominance assistance, check out this surprisingly cheap eye-tracking solution developed by six electrical engineering students at Northeastern University. Labeled iCRAFT, for eye Con­trolled Robotic Arm Feeding Tech­nology, the award-winning senior project drew its inspiration from one team member’s difficulty syncing spoonfuls with the eating pace of elderly and disabled patients.

Etan Patz’s disappearance haunted his family for decades. The arrest Thursday of a man who reportedly confessed to killing the 6-year-old back in 1979 may finally end their uncertainty.

Republican presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Wednesday laid out a plan to overhaul the country’s educational system, proposing a voucher-like system that would give parents of low-income students and students with disabilities more choice over where to send their children.

The Greek people have spoken—they can’t agree on who will lead them out of the economic crisis they now face. The two main parties (a center-right and a center-left party) lost votes and don’t have enough seats to form a coalition government. The variety of far left and far right parties that each got a small share […]

The National Security Agency is partnering with select universities to train students in cyber operations for intelligence, military and law enforcement jobs, work that will remain secret to all but a select group of students and faculty who pass clearance requirements, according to Reuters.

The shocked family of a New Hampshire man held yesterday in Chicago as a domestic terrorist said his life was upended by Occupy Boston, which inspired him to quit his job and leave everything behind to protest across the country before his arrest for a Windy City plot to hit landmarks with Molotov cocktails ahead […]

As the big headliners for economic growth lose their appeal, the search for new stars has begun.

The National Security Agency is trying to expand U.S. cyber expertise needed for secret intelligence operations against adversaries on computer networks through a new cyber-ops program at selected universities.

Education reform is headed to the ballot box in Massachusetts. This November, voters will likely decide a ballot initiative that aims to make teacher effectiveness a key component of school-staffing decisions. But the proposal has drummed up opposition from local teachers’ unions, leaving the initiative’s prospects for success uncertain.

Sixty years after their country came under military dictatorship, Egyptians are for the first time freely electing their president.

When scientists publish their research, they also make the underlying data available so the results can be verified by other scientists.