Recognition of a state can occur even if some of the conditions are not met, such as territorial boundaries. As with all legal issues, “interpretation is important,” Zinaida Miller, professor of law and international affairs at Northeastern University, told The New York Times .

Cansu Canca, director of the Responsible AI Practice at Northeastern University, said it’s hard to get reliable answers about religion from AI because the questions users pose are subjective. For instance, the simple answer to “Is lying a sin?” is yes, but many theologians argue that it’s acceptable to lie to save someone’s life.

A new study from researchers at Northeastern University found that, when it comes to self-harm and suicide, large language models (LLMs) such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Perplexity AI may still output potentially harmful content despite safety features. (TIME reached out to both companies for comment.)

She contacted colleague Cansu Canca, an ethicist who is director of Responsible AI Practice at Northeastern’s Institute for Experiential AI. Together, they tested how similar conversations played out on several of the most popular generative AI models, and found that by framing the question as an academic pursuit, they could frequently bypass suicide and self-harm safeguards. 

Professor James Monaghan, Biology Department Chair at Northeastern University College of Science: Does the axolotl salamander hold the key to human limb regeneration?  Professor Monaghan seems to think so!

Ted Landsmark, director of the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University, said that in cities like Phoenix, Savannah, and Charleston, “the presence of students and dormitories had a substantial impact on downtowns” in search of revitalization. 

Attorneys for Tan and Zhang Hao spent much of Wednesday eliciting expert testimony from their first witness, Edmund Yeh, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University.

“We already know that PFAS are associated with preterm birth, low birth weight, reproductive toxicity, preeclampsia, decreased fertility, and single occurrence of miscarriage,” Phil Brown, a professor of sociology and health sciences and the director of the Social Science Environmental Health Research Institute at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.

“Ideally, you would not use philanthropy simply to take away the symptoms of whatever is the problem,” said Patricia Illingworth, a Northeastern University philosophy professor who writes about ethics in philanthropy. “But, rather, you would want to address the root cause.”

The shift in rhetoric on Israel could be because Republicans are “reading the tea leaves in terms of public opinion” on the conflict, Costas Panagopoulos, a political scientist at Northeastern University, told Newsweek.

Now, a new study—led by scientists at Northeastern University—is investigating the next era of transistors that utilize a “hidden metallic state” capable of rapidly transitioning from a conductor to an insulator.

“Social media has certainly had an impact,” said Northeastern University criminology Professor James Alan Fox. “If someone has a grudge, a grievance, they can find other people online who will support them, who confirm their ideology.”