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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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  • What is a blue supermoon and how rare is the Aug. 30 event?

    What is a blue supermoon and how rare is the Aug. 30 event?

    There’s a blue supermoon in the astronomical forecast for Wednesday, Aug. 30.
  • Meet Northeastern’s new astrophysics professors who hope to shed light on dark matter and dark energy

    Meet Northeastern’s new astrophysics professors who hope to shed light on dark matter and dark energy

    Astronomers are pulling out all the stops: A telescope tethered to a football-stadium-sized balloon, a camera the size of an SUV and twice as heavy nestled in the Chilean mountains, a tiny blue cube filled with chilled liquid argon sitting in a Northeastern lab destined for balloon flights. And, of course, the James Webb Space Telescope.
  • Long COVID clinical trials a step in the right direction, but scale doesn’t match the need, researchers say

    Long COVID clinical trials a step in the right direction, but scale doesn’t match the need, researchers say

    “There is now a shift of acknowledging it’s not in people’s heads. And that’s progress,” says Kostka, director of the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) at Northeastern’s Roux Institute.
  • Crashed UFOs? Non-human ‘biologics’? Professor asks: Where’s the evidence?

    Crashed UFOs? Non-human ‘biologics’? Professor asks: Where’s the evidence?

    Congressional testimony this week about reverse engineering from crashed UFOs and the recovery of non-human “biologics” sounds like science fiction.
  • Network Science Institute expansion to London creates new European hub for trail blazing academic field

    Network Science Institute expansion to London creates new European hub for trail blazing academic field

    Northeastern University has expanded its world leading Network Science Institute to the university’s campus in London in a move that will establish a new European hub in the fast-growing research field of network science. As part of the expansion, the university has recruited a team of researchers to join its faculty in the United Kingdom. […]
  • Bronny James, son of LeBron James, suffers cardiac arrest. What are his chances for recovery?

    Bronny James, son of LeBron James, suffers cardiac arrest. What are his chances for recovery?

    Bronny James, the 18-year-old son of NBA star LeBron James, suffered a cardiac arrest on Monday while practicing with his University of Southern California basketball team in Los Angeles.
  • Why you probably won’t see the Northern Lights in New England—despite early forecasts

    Why you probably won’t see the Northern Lights in New England—despite early forecasts

    The buzz around predictions that a spectacular display of Northern Lights would illuminate the night skies in 17 states this week is fizzling out.
  • Physicist explains how Titan’s ‘catastrophic implosion’ might have happened

    Physicist explains how Titan’s ‘catastrophic implosion’ might have happened

    The submersible “Titan” that had garnered much of the world’s attention for the past week experienced a “catastrophic implosion,” according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
  • How the annihilation of Ukraine’s agricultural production affects the world

    How the annihilation of Ukraine’s agricultural production affects the world

    The Russia-Ukraine war causes not only stark losses in the supply of staple grains and dietary oils to parts of the world, but also a significant reduction in the production of other foods dependent on them such as poultry and pork, a new study shows.
  • More Than 50% of COVID-19 Deaths Could Have Been Prevented

    More Than 50% of COVID-19 Deaths Could Have Been Prevented

    Better access to vaccines could have prevented more than 50% of COVID-19 deaths in 20 lower income countries, according to a new paper in Nature Communications co-authored by Northeastern professor Alessandro Vespignani.
  • Will NASA’s UFO Panel Reveal Any Extraterrestrial Secrets?

    Will NASA’s UFO Panel Reveal Any Extraterrestrial Secrets?

    Northeastern University physics professors Jacqueline McCleary and Jonathan Blazek doubt a NASA panel studying UFO sightings will reveal evidence of extraterrestrial life in its final report this summer.
  • Want to know how processed your food is?

    Want to know how processed your food is?

    Northeastern researchers have been busy trying to better understand the links between “ultra-processed foods” and human health through the university-sponsored Foodome project.