Daniel Medwed, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law, said one concern is that video won’t allow jurors to assess witness’ credibility through demeanor and body language.

Malone thinks he can prove it with a piece of videoconferencing software he built with collaborators at Northeastern University and Seoul National University, called Minglr. 

Slower-than-needed turnaround times is a problem facing states across the U.S. months into the pandemic, according to Harvard and Northeastern University researchers.

Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management and Northeastern University think they’ve found a way to generate the same kinds of accidental meetings in the virtual world.

“You don’t have large crowds of people gathering together— you don’t have concerts, you don’t have crowded restaurants, you don’t have crowded churches. You don’t certainly have schools open until now,” said James Alan Fox, professor of Criminology, Law and Public Policy at Northeastern University and author of the 2019 book, Extreme Killing: Understanding Serial […]

A recent Northeastern University paper (PDF) reports that a surgical mask sealed to the wearer with a band cut from a pair of nylon stockings went from blocking out 50% to 75% of small particles (less than 0.3 micron) to blocking 90%.  “The fit was already good,” said study co-author Loretta Fernandez, an associate professor of civil […]

– Professor David Lazer, Northeastern University, on their new study that shows not everyone will be clamoring to get a Covid vaccine once it becomes available.

The chair is “an essential component” for body support, said Michelle Robertson, a lecturer at Northeastern University and the director of the Office Ergonomics Research Committee.

David DeSteno, professor of psychology at Northeastern University, discovered four gestures that can indicate someone is lying or hiding something.

“Apps were automatically taking screenshots of themselves and sending them to third parties,” sad Christo Wilson, a PhD student at Northeastern University, after examining multiple Android apps. 

In a recent poll, conducted by researchers at Harvard University, Northeastern University, Northwestern University and Rutgers University, 62 percent of Republican respondents said they are likely to seek a vaccine, with 42 percent saying they are extremely likely and 20 percent saying somewhat likely.

According to a new national survey by researchers from Harvard University, Northeastern University, Northwestern University and Rutgers University, Americans tested for COVID-19 in July reported waiting an average of four days for their results.