Mass. has regained jobs lost in last recession Massachusetts has regained all the jobs lost in the last recession after a steady recovery that has progressed faster than the nation’s. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported Thursday that employment in Massachusetts reached 3.3 million jobs, about 14,000 more than in April 2008, when employment peaked before the recession. “That is a significant […]
Praised but Fire-Prone, Battery Fails Test in 787 Still, safeguards for lithium-ion batteries have progressed to the point that a fire on an airplane should never have happened, said Sanjeev Mukerjee, a chemistry professor at Northeastern University and an expert on batteries. “If a battery of that size catches fire, then a whole bunch of mechanisms didn’t work,” Mr. Mukerjee said. “Whoever is […]