“Unfortunately, there is information out there through the internet and other sources that provide some information and guidance on the construction of devices”, said former Massachusetts State Police chemist Adam Hall. Hall runs the forensics lab at Northeastern University, and has provided expertise on how the bombs set off in Boston were made.

Last week, an independent audit of the Braintree Police Department’s evidence room confirmed that large quantities of drugs, weapons, and cash had gone missing over a period of years. After being confronted with questions about the missing items last May, the officer in charge of maintaining the room—Susan Zopatti—committed suicide. This is not the first […]

Even the club and travel organizations that preach the importance of a year-round commitment acknowledge the issue. “Specialization is causing an injury rate that never occurred when people played three sports and used different muscle groups,” said Dan Lebowitz, executive director of the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University. “And […]

A new survey of gun ownership in America found the percentage of Americans who own guns has decreased, even as Americans buy more guns. NPR’s Robert Siegel talks to Lois Beckett, who covers gun policy and politics for The Guardian, about the Harvard-Northeastern University survey.

Other Influencers who favored the idea agreed that while the critical infrastructure label might lead to more rigorous discussions of voting security and deliver funds to help back that cause, additional resources may still be needed. “Local election boards also need access to top tier security experts to assist them in their selection and implementation […]

First a reality check: Despite these high-profile incidents, if you look at the numbers, Li-ion-powered devices are relatively safe. K.M. Abraham, one of the pioneers of the Li-ion battery and a professor at Northeastern University, says, “There are more than a billion cell phones and computers used in the world every day,” and by comparison, […]

“There’s no question that in a swing state like Florida, the mass influx of the past decade is going to play a major role,” says Amílcar Antonio Barreto, an associate professor of political science at Northeastern University and author of several books on Puerto Rican politics.

Notable movers in the U.S. include the University of California, Berkeley, which returned to the top 10 by tying the University of Chicago at No. 10. Schools that rose into the top 200 this year include the University of Illinois at Chicago, ranked 200, and Northeastern University in Boston, ranked 182. Schools that fell out […]

Researchers from Harvard and Northeastern universities released some of findings from a new study on gun ownership in America this week. One of the more striking results of the study was that half of the guns in the United States are owned just 3 percent of adults in the country. The study has not yet […]

In a 2015 study, researchers at Northeastern University found that passengers with some free time on their hands have a reasonable chance of escaping Uber’s surge pricing simply by waiting it out — or by moving beyond the surge zone. They ran 43 versions of the Uber app pretending to be people in various parts […]

After earning my MA back in 2005, I decided that I wanted a change of pace from academic writing and decided to try my hand at what we in academia sometimes call “public writing.” In short, I became a freelance journalist. Though I wasn’t trained as a journalist, the path to publication seemed clear. I’d […]

Trump’s tactics could backfire with the public, said Alan Schroeder, author of “Presidential Debates: 50 Years of High-Risk TV.” “To me, it feels like whining,” said Schroeder, a journalism professor at Northeastern University. “These people are running to be president of the United States. They have to deal with a lot of pressure and they […]