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Seminal conference to explore urban coastal sustainability
The majority of the world’s cities lie on a shoreline, and by 2020, two-thirds of all Americans are expected to reside in coastal cities.
February 05, 2013
Seminal conference to explore urban coastal sustainability
The majority of the world’s cities lie on a shoreline, and by 2020, two-thirds of all Americans are expected to reside in coastal cities.
February 05, 2013
Justin Dowd: A Way to be Happier
Get ready to find out new, scientifically fortified ways to increase happiness and productivity.
February 04, 2013
Life Science Research Partnership Targets New Breakthroughs
Northeastern University’s Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis formally announced a technology alliance partnership with Thermo Fisher Scientific, a multibillion-dollar analytical instrumentation and product company, based in San Jose, Calif., with corporate offices in Waltham, MA.
January 25, 2013
Justin Dowd: A True Story of Black Holes
Black holes are real. New discoveries show some influence entire galaxies.
January 25, 2013
Battery Experts Power Up and Talk About Plane Problems
Lithium-ion battery experts, and Northeastern University faculty members, Sanjeev Mukerjee and K.M. Abraham weigh in on recent problems with the batteries on Boeing 787s.
January 25, 2013
RELEASE: Prof. Berent’s Book Gives Phonology the Respect it Deserves
All languages—spoken or signed—are comprised of patterns of meaningless elements.
January 16, 2013
RELEASE: Prof. Berent's Book Gives Phonology the Respect it Deserves
All languages—spoken or signed—are comprised of patterns of meaningless elements.
January 16, 2013
Getting Their Hands Dirty Leads To Some Green
Northeastern professors Dr. Geoffrey Davies and Dr. Elham Ghabbour worked side-by-side on humic substances isolation, cross comparison, structures, properties, and uses – research that has led to a recent $50,000 grant from the VK Rasmussen Foundation.
January 15, 2013
Prioritizing and Discarding Information
Do you think like a chemist? Do you sometimes discard information without even knowing it?
January 11, 2013
A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words
Sometimes it's easier to just see something rather than have someone try to explain it.
January 10, 2013
Bringing Northeastern & MGH To Kuwait
While on co-op with the Department of Global Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, psychology majors and identical twin sisters Dalal and Alaa Alhomaizi approached the director and asked if they could coordinate a program in Kuwait for World Mental Health Day in October.
January 09, 2013
Bringing Northeastern & MGH To Kuwait
While on co-op with the Department of Global Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital, psychology majors and identical twin sisters Dalal and Alaa Alhomaizi approached the director and asked if they could coordinate a program in Kuwait for World Mental Health Day in October.
January 09, 2013
One Step Closer To Unlocking Mysteries Of Cancer Drug Development
Chemistry professor Carla Mattos spends much of her time studying a protein known as RAS. It is important in cell proliferation, and until recently has been completely elusive as a drug target, she told News@Northeastern's Angela Herring.
January 08, 2013