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Maine Public Radio
Sandy Hook ‘set in motion’ a decade of work on gun reform, Senator Chris Murphy says
About half of the nation’s guns are owned by 3% of America’s population, according to a 2016 by study Harvard and Northeastern universities.
Al Jazeera
Shrinking natural habitats push wildlife and cities into contact
Urban rewilding can’t return landscapes to pre-settlement times and doesn’t try, said Marie Law Adams, a Northeastern University associate professor of architecture.
Nieman Journalism Lab
“We all we got”: How Black Twitter steered the spotlight to Shanquella Robinson’s death
“We’ve relied on the connections that we have in Black communities to spread the word of issues that are of importance to us for centuries,” said Dr. Meredith Clark, an associate professor of journalism and communication studies at Northeastern University who researches Black Twitter and Black resistance online.
We need punitive damage awards to protect public health
Article by Richard A. Daynard, president of the Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University in Boston. He is also the university distinguished professor of law at Northeastern University.
The Associated Press
Extinctions, shrinking habitat spur ‘rewilding’ in cities
Urban rewilding can’t return landscapes to pre-settlement times and doesn’t try, said Marie Law Adams, a Northeastern University associate professor of architecture.
US Supreme Court hears challenge to state lawmakers’ authority in elections
Critics warn that adopting an extreme version of this principle could allow state lawmakers to disregard voters and install their own set of electors, whose votes are counted by Congress to certify US presidential elections. “It’s got the doomsday 2024 drama lurking behind it — that’s another reason this is a huge case,” said Daniel […]
The National
Scientists discover why colds are more common in winter
A 2018 study led by Dr Bleier and Prof Mansoor Amiji, a specialist in pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern University, uncovered an innate immune response triggered when bacteria is inhaled through the nose.
Scientists finally know why people get more colds and flu in winter
To understand why this occurs, Bleier and his team and coauthor Mansoor Amiji, who chairs the department of pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern University in Boston, went on a scientific detective hunt.
WGBH
Swift justice: What’s behind Taylor Swift fans’ lawsuit against Ticketmaster?
GBH News legal analyst and Northeastern University law professor Daniel Medwed joined GBH’s Morning Edition co-hosts Paris Alston and Jeremy Siegel to talk about whether the recent legal challenge to the ticket fiasco will result in swift justice. This transcript has been lightly edited
Gizmodo
Why Do You Get Sick in the Winter? New Science Points Up Your Nose
The study comes from scientists at Northeastern University as well as Mass Eye and Ear, a teaching hospital affiliated with Harvard Medical School.
Cold temperatures could make our respiratory systems more vulnerable to infection
“We’ve uncovered a new immune mechanism in the nose that is constantly being bombarded, and have shown what compromises this protection,” said Mansoor M. Amiji, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern University and co-author, in a statement.
The Telegraph
The real reason you’re more likely to get a cold in the winter
Researchers at Boston’s Mass Eye and Ear hospital and Northeastern University in the US have discovered a previously unidentified immune response inside the nose that fights off viruses responsible for upper respiratory infections.