Despite previous research suggesting that most scientists make their biggest discoveries early in their career, Sinatra argues in a paper in Science today that a scientist’s most impactful publications—those with the largest numbers of citations, in this instance—could happen at any point in your career. Visualized, this phenomenon looks a lot like Sinatra’s waves. Or […]

For one, between health and engineering, “we are different cultures, we have different languages, different norms, different languages, different incentives. Probably the greatest challenge in deployment is partnering,” said James Benneyan, director of the Healthcare Systems Engineering Institute at Northeastern University. “What is missing is this sensei,” he added. “What is missing is individuals who […]

The conventional wisdom this final week before the 2016 election is that the presidential race is tightening because Republicans are “coming home.” Polling suggests many GOP voters who once insisted they would never vote for Donald Trump have decided to do just that. How can they justify voting for a man with a long record […]

For years, scientists who study achievement have noted that in many fields the most electrifying work comes earlier in life rather than later. After all, younger people can devote their life to a project in a way that more senior people cannot, and young stars attract support, mentors and prestigious appointments. Now, a big-data analysis […]

“What is different about the here-and-now is the impact that those editorials have,” Charles Fountain, an associate professor at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism, previously told The Christian Science Monitor. “Those editorials would have had a profound influence on voting habits 100 years ago, maybe even 50 or 60 years ago, but today they move the […]

The trend of checking in at Standing Rock is a “perfect example” of the way that social media “allows people to take part in protests or political activity at a distance,” generating a wider sense of engagement, excitement, and “a feeling of collective identity on the part of the movement that can help make the movement […]

“This data supports the idea that Gleevec has not been the only drug for which Novartis has, historically, overcharged,” said Brook Baker, a professor at Northeastern University School of Law and a senior policy analyst for Health GAP, a group that advocates for wider access to medicines. “And it shows the unilateral power of companies […]

Out in a bed of mussels, off the Monterey coast in California in a space exposed at low tide, a handful of green LEDs blink, indicating the location of a cohort of robomussels.  The little black data loggers, formed from polyester resin, have been precisely engineered by Brian Helmuth and his lab at Northeastern University […]

“This promised handover of J-village would serve as a symbol of progress,” Daniel Aldrich, professor and director of the security and resilience studies program at Northeastern University in Boston, said by e-mail. “Tepco clearly hopes that this will show the nation that it is on track in the Fukushima accident clean up process,” Aldrich said. […]

In unpublished work, they’ve applied it to thousands of pathology reports on breast biopsies, where it has learned to extract text explaining the bases for the pathologists’ diagnoses. They’re even using it to analyze mammograms, where the first module extracts sections of images rather than segments of text. “There’s a lot of hype now — […]

Researchers found that people who receive and accept the most “friend” requests lived longer. But, the same benefit wasn’t seen for people who initiated the friend requests. “People who are more popular live longer, but we can’t say the same of people who are more social — (those who reach out to others more),” said […]

“We find that people with more friends online are less likely to die than their disconnected counterparts,” the paper says. “This evidence contradicts assertions that social media have had a net-negative impact on health.” The study’s methods are detailed at length in the paper, and it was approved by three university and state review boards. […]