If you’ve driven on the highway, you’ve seen it: The traffic jam appears out of nowhere and disappears just as mysteriously.

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.

Just as the name implies, com­plex sys­tems are dif­fi­cult to tease apart.

The universe is more than galaxies, stars, planets, and empty space.

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.

Two College of Science students talk about what is important when looking at where to go to earn an undergraduate degree in the sciences.

The College of Science is hosting weekly Twitter chats on Wednesdays at noon during which different topics are discussed.

There are more than 3,000 species of ter­mites in the world, all living in social colonies with dis­tinct hier­ar­chies.

The College of Science would like to invite you to take part in a “virtual welcome day” Saturday, February 16, 2013. The event kicks off at 12 p.m., and will continue throughout the day, highlighting each of our programs. The schedule is posted below. This virtual welcome day will give you a chance to learn […]

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology is coming to visit campus on Wednesday, February 13. Come hear about their graduate programs at 3:30 in 114 Richards.

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology is coming to visit campus on Wednesday, February 13. Come hear about their graduate programs at 3:30 in 114 Richards.

The College of Science would like to invite you to take part in a “virtual welcome day” Saturday, February 16, 2013. The event kicks off at 12 p.m., and will continue throughout the day, highlighting each of our programs.

The university cancelled classes Friday and is closed both Friday and Saturday. In addition, the Welcome Day for admitted students that was scheduled for Saturday has been cancelled.

In the inaugural #sciencechat hosted by @NortheasternCOS, we got to meet Dan Blustein, Emily Blackwell, and Joey Ostreicher, the college's newly named Twitter ambassadors.