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Cannabis Products Are Everywhere. But What Do They Actually Do?
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Researchers at Northeastern and Loyalist College in Ontario, Canada, are teaming up to train graduate students in the analytical techniques required to investigate cannabis, and help them understand the regulatory landscape in both Canada and the U.S.
He’s Training Computers to Find New Molecules With the Machine Learning Algorithms Used by Facebook and Google
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Using the same techniques that help social media learn about you, Northeastern assistant professor Steven Lopez is training machine learning algorithms to find millions of new molecules to help make materials for cancer therapy, renewable energy, and other important technologies.
What Do the Brains of Children Tell Us about Their Mental Health as Teens?
Psychology
Anxiety and depression in teens can go undetected for too long, says Northeastern psychology professor Susan Whitfield-Gabrieli. Her team is using brain imaging during childhood to spot early symptoms of mental illness.
Superconductor or Not? They’re Exploring the Identity Crisis of This Weird Quantum Material.
Physics
Northeastern researchers are probing a class of copper-based materials that can be turned into superconductors. Their findings offer tantalizing clues for a decades-old mystery, and a step forward for quantum computing.
Spotlight
This summer, Professors Emanuela Barberis and Toyoko Orimoto will be co-chairing the meeting of the Division of Particles & Fields of the American Physical Society
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Meet the New Dean of the College of Science
College of Science
An accomplished leader in the scientific community, Sive is also a passionate innovator in higher education. She comes to Northeastern from MIT, where she has held leadership roles within the institute’s research enterprise.
You are What You Eat. But What are You Eating?
Physics
The USDA tracks only a fraction of the chemical compounds in our food. Giulia Menichetti, an associate research scientist at Northeastern’s Center for Complex Network Research, is trying to map all of them, to help us live longer, healthier lives.
The Secret Formula That Will Keep Your Produce Fresher
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Chemistry major Kevin Coghlan is on co-op developing silk-based solutions to extend the shelf life of foods at Cambridge Crops.
The Deep Ocean Is Not on Fire. So What’s All That Soot Doing in There?
Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Marine and Environmental Sciences
Aron Stubbins, an associate professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern, teamed up with a group of researchers who tested the long-established idea that rivers eventually transport black carbon into the ocean.
The Popularity of ‘ok boomer’ May Well Just ‘ok boomerang’
Linguistics
Before we consider how the phrase “ok boomer” might die, we should consider how it was born.
A New Antibiotic Has Been Hiding in the Gut of a Tiny Worm. It May Be Our Best Weapon Against Drug-resistant Bacteria.
Biology, Biotechnology
After two years of work, a team of researchers led by Kim Lewis, University Distinguished Professor of biology, announced their discovery of darobactin, which can kill resistant microbes known as gram-negative bacteria.