COS News

Professor Konstantin Khrapko explains why mitochondria are often hailed as the secret to keeping the ailments of Father Time at bay.

Professor Rebecca Shansky has discovered that chemical changes in the pregnant brain can soften subjects’ fear memories.

What inspired you to pursue your current field of study/research? My inspiration to pursue data science and behavioral science stemmed from lived experiences growing up in Chicago, IL, where I witnessed firsthand the language barrier and information gap between patients and their healthcare providers. At just 9 years old, I found myself becoming my mother’s […]

What inspired you to pursue your current field of study/research? My fascination with the brain and with interdisciplinary thinking led me to pursue Behavioral Neuroscience. I was drawn to the field because it doesn’t isolate biology from behavior. Instead, it asks us to understand complexity: how molecular mechanisms, psychology, and the environment intersect to shape […]

The discovery of a more Earth-like planet beyond our solar system reveals how these objects can help us “understand where we came from and whether we’re also alone,” astrophysicist Jonathan Blazek said.

Brian D’Amico and Rein Kirss share a love for Scouting, mentoring youth and inspiring curiosity in STEM at the National Jamboree.

Experiential learning is an essential part of the Northeastern education, and Anya Tandon is learning that medical services must be provided no matter what the weather brings.

Psychology professor Grayson Kimball says the athletes’ different results demonstrate how the mental pressure of the Games can cut both ways.

Researcher H. William Detrich investigated the potential impact of warming waters in the Southern Ocean on a common species of fish. What he found could be catastrophic for fish populations in the region.

Researcher Brie Reid finds a correlation between acute stress in infancy and an increased preference for inflammatory foods in subjects’ late teens and 20s.

Teaching Professor William Sharp says therapy, once taboo, has now become fashionable thanks to social media and entertainment like Apple TV’s sitcom, but destigmatizing therapy has also distorted it in unexpected ways.

Ryan Sewell completed a co-op at Lilongwe Wildlife Trust, which works to protect Malawi’s wildlife from threats such as deforestation, poaching and the pet trade.