Gizmag http://www.gizmag.com/custom-3d-printed-supermaterials/43836/ Steel or cement, plastics or carbon fiber, silicon or graphene: Whether in construction, aerospace or electronics, picking the right material for the job involves choosing the best fit among a limited number of options, which often leads to tricky compromises. Now, a development at the Masdar Institute in the United Arab Emirates could mark a […]
NBC News For Trump, Tubman on $20 bill illustrates broader American problem “The real rise of the phrase [political correctness] can be traced to the early 1990’s, when people started to use it to critique or just lament the policing of ideas that are out of step with the hegemony of liberalism in American society, post civil rights and post women’s liberation. In doing so they also […]
ABC News The real ‘Spotlight’: meet team that inspired the Oscar-nominated film Walter “Robby” Robinson Walter has worked at The Globe for more than three decades and is a Boston local, through and through. He grew up north of the city and went to high school right across the street from the paper’s main offices. He often jokes that his friends use to say he hasn’t gone […]
Whistling ‘Dixie’ If anything, even Perot was a latecomer. In the opening pages of Nut Country: Right-Wing Dallas and the Birth of the Southern Strategy (University of Chicago Press), Edward H. Miller takes note of a name that’s largely faded from the public memory: H. L. Hunt, the Texas oilman. Hunt was probably the single richest individual in […]
The Patriot Ledger Why should Americans trust refugee process? Everyone loves a good argument and few questions are more likely to start one right now than “should we allow Syrian refugees into the United States?” Answering the question requires balancing competing concerns. First and foremost is the moral imperative of protecting American citizens versus the humanitarian concerns of providing for refugees. But that isn’t […]
The Patriot Ledger When corporations treat society like casinos People joke that there is no such thing as “business ethics.” They call it an oxymoron – a concept that combines contradictory ideas. Sadly, the critics are right. Changing that may require holding those guilty of unethical behavior personally responsible for their actions. In just the last several weeks a former peanut company owner was […]
Boston Herald Boston Herald: Northeastern restores buzz to sorts program with NCAA Tournament bid Before the thoughts of send-offs or rallies or even answering questions about what it’s like to be in the NCAA tournament, Northeastern players had a moment to realize the importance of making it all come true. Just before the regular season ended, players held a meeting to discuss how important this year had become, not […]
Boston Herald Pressure mounting on NFL big over Ray Rice video The NFL announced the hiring of former FBI chief Robert S. Mueller III to probe how the league handled evidence in the Ray Rice scandal, as pressure on NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell ramped up with the report that a top NFL official had seen the damning knock-out video. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in a […]
No magic bullet for climate change, Swiss scientist says Guzzella, an engineer specializing in energy systems, is accomplished in his own right, with a slew of honors for his accomplishments. He was at Northeastern University on Friday with a delegation of about 70 Swiss to swap ideas with scholars and experts in Massachusetts on how to harness energy to meet the challenges of climate […]
Protestors welcome buffer zone ruling, while state leaders seek action Northeastern University law professor Martha Davis, who was part of a legal team that argued a mid-1990s case before the Supreme Court in support of buffer zones in New York, predicts that Massachusetts abortion clinics will beef up security and experience more confrontations. as a result of Thursday’s ruling. “What I think we’re going to […]
Boston.com First Round Capital’s Dorm Room Fund expands to Boston, with initial investments this fall For entrepreneurial students, there’s a new source of capital on campus this fall: theDorm Room Fund is coming to Boston. The fund, backed by Philadelphia-basedFirst Round Capital, will have $500,000 to invest in student startups over the next two years. And a student investment team will be giving deals the green light. “Students will have a […]
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