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    A new report from a group of Northeastern researchers explores across disciplines how biotech can ensure safe, sustainable life beyond Earth.

    The key to international space cooperation is developments in biotechnology, Northeastern researchers say

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    The NeuroPRISM lab, led by assistant psychology professor Stephanie Noble, makes tools that pave the way for reliable and reproducible neuroimaging of the brain.

    Precise maps of the brain’s deepest corners are made possible through tools developed by these Northeastern researchers

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  • The pandemic is over but health threats remain. How network scientists are making epidemic modeling more accessible

    The pandemic is over but health threats remain. How network scientists are making epidemic modeling more accessible

    Professor Alessandro Vespignani reveals new data on how Americans move and mingle post-COVID.
  • Feeling stressed? These immune cells might be key to understanding why

    Feeling stressed? These immune cells might be key to understanding why

    New research from Assistant Professor Emeka Okeke shows that neutrophils, the most abundant type of white blood cell, may play an important role in psychiatric diseases.
  • Mitochondria mania: Can supercharging your cells help you live longer?

    Mitochondria mania: Can supercharging your cells help you live longer?

    Professor Konstantin Khrapko explains why mitochondria are often hailed as the secret to keeping the ailments of Father Time at bay.
  • Pregnant? Researchers discover that it may decrease your ‘fear memory’

    Pregnant? Researchers discover that it may decrease your ‘fear memory’

    Professor Rebecca Shansky has discovered that chemical changes in the pregnant brain can soften subjects’ fear memories.
  • What is an exoplanet? An astrophysicist explains why they are vital for finding alien life

    What is an exoplanet? An astrophysicist explains why they are vital for finding alien life

    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.
  • Warming Antarctic waters come with a cost for the normally ‘robust’ rockcod

    Warming Antarctic waters come with a cost for the normally ‘robust’ rockcod

    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.
  • Our preference for certain foods may be impacted by early life stress, research shows

    Our preference for certain foods may be impacted by early life stress, research shows

    Researcher Brie Reid finds a correlation between acute stress in infancy and an increased preference for inflammatory foods in subjects’ late teens and 20s.
  • Will the Winter Olympics run out of snow?

    Will the Winter Olympics run out of snow?

    Because of climate change, organizers will have to be careful about future venues and host events at locations of various altitudes, professor Samuel Muñoz say.
  • Soccer passing is harder, shorter and sharper across pro leagues, new research finds

    Soccer passing is harder, shorter and sharper across pro leagues, new research finds

    Assistant teaching professors Brennan Klein's new research group, NetSi Sport, released research analyzing how professional soccer gameplay has evolved over the last five years.
  • Ashwagandha is having a moment. These researchers opened the door to more life-altering benefits

    Ashwagandha is having a moment. These researchers opened the door to more life-altering benefits

    Ashwagandha, a popular supplement, is known for its effect on stress and sleep. Professor Jing-Ke Weng recreated its compounds in yeast, making a potential factory for its many benefits.
  • How living and working under the sea fills aquanauts with wonder and awe. The phenomenon is called the  “underview effect.”

    How living and working under the sea fills aquanauts with wonder and awe. The phenomenon is called the  “underview effect.”

    Professor Brian Helmuth studies how living underwater can create a mind-blowing effect similar to what astronauts experience in space.
  • These researchers flew a particle detector above Antarctica, hoping to find evidence of mysterious matter

    These researchers flew a particle detector above Antarctica, hoping to find evidence of mysterious matter

    Assistant Professor Tsuguo Aramaki has spent 20 years developing a weather balloon-borne particle detector to record indirect traces of dark matter. It recently launched in Antarctica.