New Scientist Forget the dentist’s drill, use lasers to heal teeth Open wide, this won’t hurt a bit. That might actually be true if the dentist’s drill is replaced by a promising low-powered laser that can prompt stem cells to make damaged hard tissue in teeth grow back. Such minimally invasive treatment could one day offer an easy way to repair or regrow our pearly whites. […]
Campus Technology Exploring new frontiers with Google Glass The precedent for teaching students to build applications for wearable technology doesn’t exist. “There’s no textbook, ” said Rupal Patel, an associate professor in Northeastern University’s Department of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology. “Building [wearable] technology for health issues is a whole new area.” There isn’t even a reliable Google Glass manual. “The devices are […]
Already tough on gun control, Massachusetts aims to get tougher In the months after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., some 40 gun control bills were filed in Massachusetts. Many expected a crackdown that would have gone further and faster than other states. Instead, a special commission spent a year carefully crafting an omnibus bill that DeLeo, who is considered a conservative Democrat in Massachusetts, […]
DeLeo pushes tighter gun law House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo unveiled a proposal Tuesday for the most comprehensive changes to Massachusetts gun laws in 16 years, saying that the state cannot wait for federal action to curb gun violence. Under the bill, local police would be given expanded discretion to consider a person’s “suitability” to own a gun, the state […]
The Health Care Blog Tending to the health care workers of America Given the attention now paid to implementing national health reform, the bulk of which is now upon us as 7 million new individuals now have health insurance, one important issue remains largely ignored by policy makers and industry leaders–health care workers are very unhappy. A 2012 national survey of 24,000 physicians across all specialties found that if […]
CommonWealth Magazine Middle-of-road Speaker takes on gun violence House Speaker Robert DeLeo, regarded as the most conservative Democratic leader on Beacon Hill, ventured into one of the most divisive political issues in American politics on Tuesday by unveiling what he is calling gun violence legislation. DeLeo’s bill, based on the recommendations of a commission he appointed last year, eschews more radical approaches to […]
American engineers share ingenuity to boost world’s poor WITH HIS column reporting on the work of engineers from UMass Lowell in Haiti (“Truly civil engineering,” Metro, May 19), Adrian Walker has touched on a significant transformation within American society. Quietly but surely, through the confluence of social responsibility, ingenuity, and youthful energy, the profession of engineering is becoming a prime instrument of fundamental change for […]
CNBC Doris Buffett manages donation of brother’s funds When Warren Buffett announced in 2006 that he would give away his billions, he was flooded with individual requests for help that still flow in today. Doris Buffett attends the Women for Afghan Women 12th Anniversary protecting women’s rights beyond 2014 at Tribeca 360 on May 30, 2013 in New York City. Instead of tossing the letters […]
Focus on Isla Vista killer is criticized Although mass murderers attempting to express their motivation in writing isn’t new, Northeastern University criminology professor Jack Levin said technology has changed the way that their messages are delivered. In the case of the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007, Seung-Hui Cho went to a post office and mailed videos to NBC, which eventually released them. […]
Experts: Mass murderers are hard to predict Colorado movie theater shooter James Holmes. Sandy Hook school attacker Adam Lanza. And now Elliot Rodger. All were young loners with no criminal history who went on shooting sprees, leaving devastated families in their wake. Mass murderers tend to have a history of pent-up frustration and failures, are socially isolated and vengeful, blaming others for […]
Late goal gives Real Madrid life – and ignites a city’s passions MADRID — Outside City Hall late Saturday night, a man is on his knees, hands over his face, head pointed toward the sky as if in prayer. The screaming fans running past barely notice. They’ve got enough to think about. Real Madrid has won the championship in one of the most unexpected and anticipated contests […]
Why mass killers need to explain their plan: Column Thanks to a seven-minute YouTube video and a 141-page autobiographical tale of a troubled life, we have a fairly clear idea of why 22-year-old Elliot Rodger took to the streets of an ordinarily tranquil oceanside community in Southern California with enough guns and ammo to carry out a bloodbath. Even before the names of the six victims killed and […]