“They’re poorly staffed. Equipment there often doesn’t work. They have employees who sometimes don’t show up,” says Ravi Ramamurti, professor of international business and director of the Center for Emerging Markets at Northeastern University. “You may have to bribe every employee at every level of system. Medicines supposed to be provided for free are often not […]

Ecologists must understand how marine life responds to changing local conditions, rather than to overall global temperature rise, say Brian Helmuth and 16 colleagues.

“If your body is metabolically compromised, you’re going to feel it in your mind,” says Lisa Feldman Barrett, a Northeastern University psychology professor with appointments at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital.

“There’s definitely symbolic value to people clearly stating their preferences that their untimely passing mustn’t be used as an excuse for the criminal justice system to devastate the life of another,” said Leo Beletsky, associate professor of law and health sciences at Northeastern University. He added that he doesn’t know how much influence such a […]

They are not only “bad law and bad criminal justice policy,” but have exacerbated a public health crisis that has taken thousands of Americans lives, according to Leo Beletsky, Associate Professor of Law and Health Sciences of the Northeastern University School of Law.

Over the course of that work, the two students realized not only how much photo-based content these bots were sharing, but also just how difficult it was to vet. That’s a challenge afflicting both researchers and platforms, says Onur Varol, a postdoctoral researcher at Northeastern University’s Center for Complex Network Research, who has helped build […]

Daniel Medwed, a professor of law and criminal justice at Northeastern University in Boston, said that despite Argento’s leadership role in #MeToo, the movement is much larger than any one person.

A study conducted by Northeastern University in Boston found no evidence that the apps on your phone are secretly recording you.

The custom skill, which university administrators can update with new questions and answers, was created by Somen Saha and Joel Evans, the founders of a company called N-Powered. Saha and Evans founded N-Powered in March while designing an Amazon Alexa skill for students at Northeastern University, anticipated to roll out this fall.

Older people are particularly vulnerable to infection, and the rise of superbugs that couldn’t easily be killed is even more worrisome. But in a major breakthrough, scientists from Northeastern University recently discovered the first new antibiotic in 30 years. Currently in trials, this drug, called teixobactin, could be available in the next five years, and is effective […]

The amygdala, an almond-shaped structure in the brain, was believed to be central to our experience and perception of fear. But the role of the structure turned out to be a bit more complicated, as research scientist Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett explains in a new paper.

Bill Mitchell, retired journalist and adjunct professor at Northeastern University, and current member of the pastoral council of the Paulist Center, discusses Cardinal Sean O’Malley’s apology for how his office handled a 2015 letter that raised concerns about sexual abuse by another American cardinal.