A few weeks into fall, flowers are still abloom in several plots at the Fenway Victory Gardens. At the Special Needs garden between rows G and H, tomatoes and peppers hang from vines that are flourishing in newly-constructed, raised flower beds, thanks to the work of a group of Northeastern University engineering students.

A recent rise in reports of anti-Semitism in Massachusetts suggests the Internet may be fueling a new and growing breed of hate crime, the Anti-Defamation League says.

Logistics companies experienced improved economic conditions in 2010, with 88 percent of companies surveyed in North America meeting or exceeding their revenue projections, as compared with only 50 percent in 2009, according to the 18th Annual Survey of Third-Party Logistics Providers sponsored by Penske Logistics.

The reality of the 2010 poverty data shows that Millennials are among the most highly affected—in the short term and long term—by public policy’s failure to protect America’s future generations. Data shows that the unemployment rate for people between the ages of 16 and 24 was an astonishing 18.4 percent in 2010. The number of […]

Millions of dollars may be being misspent on threat-detection methods that rely on facial expression recognition, according to a report this month by a noted Canadian researcher.

The Taliban have been forced out of power, Osama bin Laden is dead, and al Qaeda, by many accounts, is not nearly as powerful as it once was.

Looking to improve access for its global student body, Northeastern University College of Business Administration was willing to undergo the hardships of being a beta partner to get the mobile-optimized site it wanted.

A psychologist of Northeastern University and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard School of Medicine, Lisa Feldman Barrett, notified: “Humans are exquisitely sensitive to context, and that can vary dramatically shape what is seen in a face”.

Corporate America is on a hiring binge for people to manage a company’s presence on Facebook, Twitter and similar sites. Once given such titles as social media wizards, ninjas and divas, they take their jobs seriously and are gaining more respect.

Twitter is an excellent tool for sharing news, keeping up with friends, and a quick laugh, but the platform is also apparently an excellent subject for mood and behavioral studies.

We’€™re in the worst economy since the Great Depression -€“ with lower-income families and kids are bearing the worst of it -€“ and what are Republicans doing? Cutting programs Americans desperately need to get through it.

The latest data shows unemployment in Massachusetts is on its way up.