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Connie Phong wants to know how an animal adapted to live in a highly specialized environment — just below the freezing point for seawater — responds to warming oceans.
How Northeastern scientists are using Antarctic sea spiders to study life on the edge
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Fleury Augustin Nsole Biteghe has identified a way to target two of the deadliest cancer types with chemotherapy drugs but without the harms associated with chemotherapy.
Northeastern researcher uses light to target and kill cancer cells
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Want to experience creative flow? Here’s how to change your perspective.
Writers, athletes, gamers—they’re all hoping to experience “the zone” where hard work comes easily and the most satisfying results are flowing.
That often mythical goal is the subject of a study by David Melnikoff, a Northeastern visiting research scholar in psychology, who has assembled a formula that can help people establish a sense of flow and achieve goals of all kinds.
Why is Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ so popular? It starts with Sigmund Freud.
Why have people fallen head-over-heels for “Stranger Things”? William Sharp, an associate teaching professor of psychology at Northeastern, has an idea–and it starts with Sigmund Freud.
The Science of Nostalgia: Why Audiences Can’t Get Enough of Star Wars, Top Gun and Stranger Things
Pop culture is full of instantly recognizable iconography, images and sounds that reach into our brains and pull us back in time. Hollywood has been mining the past for cinematic gold, increasingly relying on reboots, remakes and sequels. The latest Star Wars show, “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” the super-sized fourth season of ‘80s homage “Stranger Things,” and “Top […]
Advancing Women in Science 2022 Scholars
Congratulations to the five undergraduate students who have been named 2022 Advancing Women in Science Scholars!
How do you know not to laugh at a funeral? This region of the brain is key.
The ability to evaluate your feelings can be an important tool for regulating your emotions. Northeastern researchers uncovered where this process happens in the brain in a new study.
Celebrating our COS 2023 TIER1 Awardees
11 are faculty members of the College of Science are 2023 TIER1 Awardees. The TIER 1 Seed Grant/Proof of Concept Program awards are supported by the colleges and the Senior Vice Provost for Research.
Millions of research papers are published in a year. How do scientists keep up?
Keeping up with the latest developments in their field is a challenge for researchers at all points of their careers, but it especially affects early-career scientists, as they also have to read the many papers that represent the foundation of their field.
Fulbright-funded research will have grad student studying the impact of virtual learning on kids
Nicole Occidental, BS in Behavioral Neuroscience, recently received a full scholarship from the U.S. Fulbright Students Program to begin her master’s degree in cognitive neuroscience at Maastricht University in the Netherlands next year.
Are we part of nature, or separate from it? How you answer matters.
Recent research by John Coley reveals that decreasing the psychological distance between a person and the environment increases their likeliness to want to take care of it.
The spiritual joys of Ramadan
First-year behavioral neuroscience major Laila Kibodya discusses the Islamic celebration of Ramadan, and how the practice of fasting connects to higher spiritual principles.
What’s it like to compete at the Olympics? Northeastern athletes share their stories.
Northeastern students Devon Levi (Ice Hockey, Team Canada), COS student Alina Müller (Ice Hockey, Team Switzerland), and Sabrina Cass (Freestyle Skiing, Team Brazil), detail their incredible experience participating in the 2022 Winter Olympics.
A Guide to Mindful Meditation
Aaron Daniels, psychology professor and mindfulness fellow at Northeastern, explains how meditation can lead to living life more intentionally, and how it’s benefited him on his own personal journey.