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Samuel V. Scarpino, Ph.D., Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Biology, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Physics
Whooping Cough is Back. Here’s the Global Collaboration to Fight It.
Nearly 50 scientists collaborated with Physics Professor Sam Scarpino to develop a compendium on pertussis and dispute the reasoning for its resurgence worldwide.
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Graphic by Hannah Moore/Northeastern University
Behavioral Neuroscience, Biology, Psychology
You Want To Manage Your Anger Better. Your Brain Wants You to Stay Alive. Here’s How You Can Do Both.
Can you discern the differences among all the subtle shades of your anger? Lisa Feldman Barrett explains how emotion and the brain are linked.
Photo courtesy of Ella Brunsting
Biology
Building the Perfect Co-op, Cell by Cell
Second year cell and molecular biology student Ella Brunsting designed her own co-op, ultimately placing her in Belgium at the GIGA Institute.
Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Biology
Research Grants Awarded to Two Undergraduate Students
Two undergraduate students working in Professor Rebecca Shansky’s lab were awarded research grants from the Mindlin Foundation and Northeastern University.
01/09/19 – BOSTON, MA. – Professor Dagmar Sternad studies human movement with Boston ballet dancers in her lab on January 9, 2019. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Behavioral Neuroscience, Biology, Biotechnology
What Can Ballet Dancers Teach Us About Balance?
Biology Professor Dagmar Sternad takes a deeper look at the human body's ability to balance.
Photo by Brooks Canaday
Biology
Fall Defenses in the Biology Department
Three doctoral candidates - Meining Carly Ching, Tommy Tashjian, and Antonia Vitalo, - have all successfully defended their dissertations.
Elizabeth Curtis, Biology ’19, pulls a sample of a beer during the brewing process at Boston Beer Company in Jamaica Plain. Photo by Tim Briggs
Biology, Psychology
The Science (and Co-ops) Behind Boston Beer
An exploration of Boston Beer Company's R&D Brewery, through the eyes of three College of Science co-ops.
Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Biology, Biotechnology, Physics
Six Northeastern Professors Named to List of ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ Around the Globe
Six Northeastern University professors have been featured in the "The 2018 Highly Cited Researchers" list, which ranks researchers around the world who have produced papers that come in at the top 1 percent by citations in their fields between 2006 and 2016.
Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Biology
These bacteria may be the key to treating clinical depression
Scientists estimate that we share our bodies with 38 trillion organisms that play an integral part in keeping us healthy and making us who we are. They crawl across our skin, cling to our intestines, and generally call our bodies home. Now, a study led by researchers at Northeastern shows that there is a potential link between the bacteria that live in our gut and clinical depression.
Kyle Kornack and David Cooch, Northeastern alums were recently honored by Forbes 30-under-30 for co-founding Green Gas, which enables customers at gas pumps to donate 10 cents per gallon to environmental causes. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
Biology, Marine and Environmental Sciences
Sometimes you have to jump out of a bus to make it to the Forbes “30 under 30” party
Among the five Northeastern graduates recognized by Forbes as notable entrepreneurs were Kyle Kornack and David Cooch, who co-founded a nonprofit that enables drivers to offset their carbon emissions by making donations to environmental causes at the gas pump.