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Northeastern’s Biochemistry Club Wins National Award
Congratulations to the Northeastern University Biochemistry Club for receiving the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) Undergraduate Affiliate Network Outstanding National Chapter Award.
April 04, 2013
Large Hadron Collider and Dark Matter Brings Gregory Peim to Northeastern University
Gregory Peim is a graduate student pursuing a doctoral degree in physics, conducting research under the direction of Professor Pran Nath.
April 04, 2013
Physics Graduate Student Gregory Peim Wins this Year's Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Congratulations to Gregory Peim for winning this year's Outstanding Graduate Student award! Gregory will be will be recognized at the upcoming Northeastern University Academic Honors Convocation on April 18.
April 04, 2013
Congratulations To Two Outstanding Graduate Students
The College of Science would like to congratulate Gregory Peim and Catherine Matassa.
April 04, 2013
Large Hadron Collider and Dark Matter Brings Gregory Peim to Northeastern University
Gregory Peim is a graduate student pursuing a doctoral degree in physics, conducting research under the direction of Professor Pran Nath.
April 04, 2013
Language By Mouth And By Hand
Humans favor speech as the primary means of linguistic communication. Spoken languages are so common many think language and speech are one and the same. But the prevalence of sign languages suggests otherwise. Not only can Deaf communities generate language using manual gestures, but their languages share some of their design and neural mechanisms with spoken languages. New research by Northeastern University’s Prof. Iris Berent further underscores the flexibility of…
April 04, 2013
What makes human language special?
Many species on the planet employ a unique form of communication.
April 04, 2013
From the bench to a blog, a science writer’s tale
Angela Herring, a science writer at Northeastern University and creator of iNSolution research blog, talks about her career so far.
April 03, 2013
From the bench to a blog, a science writer's tale
Angela Herring, a science writer at Northeastern University and creator of iNSolution research blog, talks about her career so far.
April 03, 2013
Can Meditation Make You a More Compassionate Person?
Scientists have mostly focused on the benefits of meditation for the brain and the body, but a recent study by Northeastern University’s David DeSteno, published in Psychological Science, takes a look at what impacts meditation has on interpersonal harmony and compassion. Several religious traditions have suggested that mediation does just that, but there has been no scientific proof—until now.
April 01, 2013
Apps, Co-ops, Startups, and Global Solutions: It's RISE:2013
Ever walk by a construction project in the city and wonder what the site will look like one day? Well, a team of seven seniors at Northeastern has created a new app for that.
March 28, 2013
A real life meteorologist
Todd Gutner of WBZ-TV and WBZ AM 1030 talked about how he got to where he is now.
March 27, 2013
Under the Hood of the Ribosome
We all know—generally speaking—how a car works: The gas pedal makes it go, the break pedal makes it stop, and the steering wheel determines its course. But pop open the hood and you’ll find there’s a lot more nuance to those maneuvers.
March 26, 2013
Beauty, Simplicity, and Symmetry
If Einstein’s theory of relativity is wrong, then this whole thing we call the universe is either a dream or it works a lot differently than we suspected.
March 26, 2013