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Climate & Wildlife take center stage
Miles Grant, online communications manager for the National Wildlife Federation, talked about climate, wildlife, and media.
March 13, 2013
College of Science
Study: Antibiotics are unique assassins
In recent years, a body of publications in the microbiology field has challenged all previous knowledge of how antibiotics kill bacteria.
March 11, 2013
Environmental Information Protects Prey from Predators
According to research by Professor Geoff Trussell, scientific modeling can help scientists understand how prey estimate and react to the risks of predation
March 01, 2013
NTDs – Neglected Tropical Diseases
Professor Michael Pollastri, a chemistry professor in the College of Science at Northeastern University, talked about NTDs - neglected tropical diseases.
February 27, 2013
The brakes of inflammation
In the last few decades, scientists have come to attribute an immunological explanation to many cancers.
February 26, 2013
A Burst for Bursts
The other day I starred the following headline in my RSS feed: “Any Two Pages on the Web Are Connected By 19 Clicks or Less.”
February 21, 2013
AAAS 2013: Predicting Human Behavior
If you’ve driven on the highway, you’ve seen it: The traffic jam appears out of nowhere and disappears just as mysteriously.
February 21, 2013
Researchers transcend boundaries for science
Throughout the 179th annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Northeastern faculty led presentations highlighting their work to address real-world challenges in areas ranging from health to technology to sustainability.
February 19, 2013
Complex Systems Made Simple
Just as the name implies, complex systems are difficult to tease apart.
February 19, 2013
Justin Dowd: A True Story of Dark Matter
The universe is more than galaxies, stars, planets, and empty space.
February 19, 2013
Complex systems made simple
Just as the name implies, complex systems are difficult to tease apart. An organism’s genome, a biochemical reaction, or even a social network all contain many interdependent components—and changing any one of them can have pervasive effects on all the others.
February 15, 2013
What to consider when looking at undergraduate science degree programs
Two College of Science students talk about what is important when looking at where to go to earn an undergraduate degree in the sciences.
February 13, 2013
What To Consider When Looking At Undergraduate Programs
The College of Science is hosting weekly Twitter chats on Wednesdays at noon during which different topics are discussed.
February 13, 2013
How to start a termite ‘orgy’
There are more than 3,000 species of termites in the world, all living in social colonies with distinct hierarchies.
February 11, 2013