NSF grants to some 50 professors across the country are now being investigated by the Republican-controlled committee. More than a dozen of the researchers, in comments to The Chronicle, said they had little idea what the politicians were seeking, but warned of a dangerous precedent in what they described as a witch hunt.

The announcement came after Wednesday’s meeting of the Boston Foundation’s board of directors. At the meeting, the board approved about $1.63 million in discretionary grants that the foundation plans to make during the next quarter. Among other groups in line for grants is Northeastern University. Northeastern is in line for a one-year, $50,000 grant for […]

The U.S. experience, where generic drugs made up 85 percent of the market, showed that high IP standards were compatible with “fulsome access to medicines,” said Mark Elliot from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Intellectual Property Center. But Northeastern University law professor Brook Baker said there were several proposals in the draft which would […]

Stocks plummeted Wednesday amid heavy waves of selling as jittery investors responded to a broad array concerns, from disappointing economic data in the United States to slowing European and Asian economies to the spread of the Ebola virus. With the Federal Reserve unwinding stimulus policies that supported the recovery, investors are becoming uncertain about the […]

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has claimed the lives of at least 4,033 people so far, including, last week, Thomas Eric Duncan in the United States. The toll is likely greater because many cases go unreported, according to the World Health Organization. Here are charts and maps that will help you understand the path […]

Before interstate highways and air travel, the federal government would use its authority to set up quarantine stations along U.S. rivers and detain sick people traveling between states, Wendy Parmet, a public-health law professor at Northeastern University in Boston, said. But in modern times, that authority scarcely has been used. “This shows part of the […]

Breakfast may be the most important meal of the day, but for some it’s that morning cup of joe they can’t live without. But Northeastern University sophomores Ali Kothari and Johnny Fayad may have found a new way to get that morning fix. “We were constantly running late for our 8 a.m. classes and never […]

The key, all of these writers say, is to counter something that is emotionally “hot” — desire, temptation, emotion — with something “cool” — the brain’s executive function. Forcing yourself to remember the negative effects of smoking rather than savoring the experience in the present requires the rational part of our minds (the prefrontal cortex) to […]