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Big Ideas from a Small Scale: Professor Alexander Ivanov is Changing the Power of Proteomics
Proteomics will revolutionize the medical and pharmaceutical fields. Professor Alexander Ivanov and his ongoing research will be a part of that revolution.
December 15, 2020
Researchers Observe the Bizarre Sexual Behavior of Shipworms for the First Time
New sexual behavior is observed for the first time in shipworms by Northeastern scientists.
December 10, 2020
Your Brain Is the World’s Most Proficient Accountant. Here’s How.
Lisa Feldman Barrett, distinguished professor of psychology, has a new book out.
December 01, 2020
Faculty Research Talks: Exploring the Smallest Scales with the World’s Biggest Science Experiments with Toyoko Orimoto
Learn how Professor Orimoto is breaking down the Standard Model in particle physics to understand how our universe is built.
November 30, 2020
Faculty Research Talks: Sex Differences in Fearful Behavior with Rebecca Shansky
Hear from Hazel Sive, Dean of the College of Science, and Peter Bex, Chair of the Psychology Department, introduced Professor Shansky to speak about her revolutionary research in how sex affects brain structure and function.
November 30, 2020
Four Northeastern Researchers Named to 2020 List of ‘Highly Cited Researchers’
Each year, the researchers most cited by their peers are recognized for their achievements in science. This year the College of Science has four faculty with the distinction.
November 30, 2020
Geoffrey Trussell Honored as AAAS Fellow
Geoffrey Trussell is a director, chair, and professor at Northeastern who was recently named as a fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
November 30, 2020
Two Northeastern Leaders Receive Lifetime Fellowships for Exceptional Contributions to Their Fields
Geoffrey Trussell joins university president and COS colleagues in AAAS fellowship honor.
November 25, 2020
To Predict Our Future Climate, They’re Digging Into The Mud Of The Past
Samuel Muñoz searches for answers about what future warming climates in an unusual place- ancient mud layers.
November 25, 2020
Mapping Black Mangroves Along the Gulf: MSC Researchers Receive Grant to Grow Coastal Resilience
Thanks to a grant from the National Academies Gulf Research Program, Randall Hughes and Steven Scyphers will embark on a research project to examine range expansion of the black mangrove in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
November 16, 2020
They’re Cute. They’re Furry. And They’re the Unsung Heroes of Wildfire Protection Efforts.
Professor Benjamin Dittbrenner researchers wetlands, and the important ecological roles they have. But one wetland animal in particular has caught his eye for the work its doing to engineer itself a home- and a healthier ecosystem.
October 05, 2020
Why Does Covid-19 Hit Hard and Fast in Some Places, but Not Others?
Samuel Scarpino reveals important population density variables that change how fast COVID spreads.
October 05, 2020
He’s Back in the Lab with His Salamanders
Working with axolotls, a regenerative Mexican salamander, has defined James Monaghan's adult life. But an international pandemic put a stop to his work.
October 01, 2020
Intestinal Bacteria Could Give Doctors an Objective Test for Chronic Lyme Disease
Chronic Lyme disease is a relatively unknown to the general public, but horrific fact of life for many. A new way of identifying this mysterious syndrome doesn't involve any bulls-eye rashes, but your gut.
September 26, 2020