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For ideas about fighting pandemics, look to termites and ants
Social insects like termites and ants have evolved many methods to combat disease. What can we learn from them in fighting human pandemics? A lot, says Rebeca Rosengaus, an associate professor and behavioral ecologist at Northeastern. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
June 01, 2021
Northeastern’s award-winning coastal research campus in Massachusetts faces public vote
NAHANT, Mass. Northeastern students Jaxon Derow and Sahana Simonetti gather mussels for a research project at Northeastern’s Marine Science Center. For ecological forecasters at the center, mussels act as a barometer of climate change, and help researchers understand changing biodiversity in the Gulf of Maine. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
May 14, 2021
A day in the tidal pools with the Three Seas Program
Tara Duffy looked on as a handful of her students waded through tidal pools at the Marine Science Center in Nahant, Massachusetts, searching for algae and invertebrate creatures. It was a sunny day in February, with the kind of weather that arrives in New England to remind you to keep the faith, spring is just […]
February 26, 2021
Shipworms Have No Problem with Bacteria Getting in Their Cells. Studying Them Might Help Explain Why Humans Do.
Caenorhabditis elegans, a transparent, microscopic worm, has evolved a way to take advantage of protection provided by nearby bacteria. This response could provide clues as to how humans coordinate our own cellular defense systems.
August 10, 2020
This Soup Kitchen Needed Help. The Marine Science Center Faculty Delivered.
When the COVID-19 pandemic forced My Brother’s Table, the largest soup kitchen on Massachusetts’ North Shore, to change how it serves guests, the community at Northeastern’s Marine Science Center took note, and stepped up.
June 10, 2020
The Gulf of Maine Cod Fishery Is in Rough Shape. The Fishermen Aren’t Doing Much Better.
Communities affected by contested disasters tend to recover more slowly than those hit by natural disasters.
October 29, 2019
Here’s What Works–and What Doesn't–when It Comes to Coping with Climate Change at the Edge of the Sea
The tanks at the Sai Kung fish market in Hong Kong were brimming with unusual creatures. Buyers chose from live mantis shrimp, sea snails, lobsters, clams, giant groupers, and arrays of other fish and had them cooked on the spot. There was every kind of seafood under the sun. And from all appearances, many of […]
October 11, 2019
Can Nature Reduce the Damage Caused by Hurricanes?
People tend to underestimate the power of non-engineered solutions that may complement seawalls. One of the best defenses against natural forces could be nature itself.
October 09, 2019
How to Breed a Better Oyster
A group of shellfish geneticists, including Northeastern professor Katie Lotterhos is trying to help the oyster industry select for the traits that will make oysters both thrive in their environment and melt in your mouth.
October 08, 2019
Marine Organisms Can Evolve and Adapt to New Climates. But Will They?
A new United Nations report warns that the oceans have sponged up about a quarter of the total atmospheric carbon dioxide released from burning fossil fuels since the 1980s, changing the chemistry of the ocean at different depths and creating dangerously acidic and oxygen-depleted conditions for marine life.
September 30, 2019
This Discovery Could Be the Key to Managing New England’s Cod Population
Although fisheries managers treat cod in the Gulf of Maine as a single population, the fish can be divided into two, genetically distinct subgroups.
June 24, 2019
This Website is a Science Teacher’s Dream Come True
Northeastern’s Marine Science Center has created a new series of online educational resources for science teachers to use to inside and outside their classrooms.
April 10, 2019
This Website is a Science Teacher's Dream Come True
Northeastern’s Marine Science Center has created a new series of online educational resources for science teachers to use to inside and outside their classrooms.
April 10, 2019