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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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How Teaching Organic Chemistry Can Be Like Teaching a Foreign Language
Oyinda Oyelaran is a teaching professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Science
A Chemistry Co-op’s Field Guide to Mentorship
As an undergrad, co-op Noah Bissonnette never thought he'd get published or run independent experiments. Then he met the right mentors.
Here’s Why Washing Your Hands With Soap for 20 Seconds Protects You From Covid-19
In soap lather, a combination of molecules assemble into bubble-like structures that trap viral matter and other biomaterials—grease, oil, dirt—and rinse them down the drain, says Thomas Gilbert, associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Northeastern.
Recipients of the 2020 College of Science Excellence in Teaching Awards
Congratulations to Oyinda Oyelaran and Prasanth George, who have been named the 2020 COS Teaching Awards Recipients!
On the Front Lines of COVID-19 with COS Alumna Dr. Ali Wallace
The Biochemistry '13 alumna took time out of her busy schedule to give us an on-the-ground look at COVID-19 preparations at MGH and to discuss her formative experience here at Northeastern.
Could Houses of the Future Be Made by Bacteria?
Imagine if we could grow a building the way coral polyps grow a reef, or if living cells in our clothes could break down sweat and body odor. It’s not science fiction, says associate professor Neel Joshi. It’s the future of scientific research.
Cannabis Products Are Everywhere. But What Do They Actually Do?
Researchers at Northeastern and Loyalist College in Ontario, Canada, are teaming up to train graduate students in the analytical techniques required to investigate cannabis, and help them understand the regulatory landscape in both Canada and the U.S.
He’s Training Computers to Find New Molecules With the Machine Learning Algorithms Used by Facebook and Google
Using the same techniques that help social media learn about you, Northeastern assistant professor Steven Lopez is training machine learning algorithms to find millions of new molecules to help make materials for cancer therapy, renewable energy, and other important technologies.
After 42 years, Chemistry professor to retire
After having taught hundreds of undergraduate, master's and PhD students for 42 years, chemistry professor Paul Vouros is retiring.