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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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  • Galaxy clusters could be used as natural dark matter colliders to understand nature of invisible particles

    Galaxy clusters could be used as natural dark matter colliders to understand nature of invisible particles

    Observing groups of galaxies, where dark matter naturally collides, could help scientists pinpoint what kind of particle makes up dark matter, a Northeastern University paper finds.
  • Researchers develop method to analyze individual, still-living cells that may contain biomarkers for cancer and other deadly diseases

    Researchers develop method to analyze individual, still-living cells that may contain biomarkers for cancer and other deadly diseases

    Researchers from the Ivanov Lab have developed an “in-capillary” method to analyze the carbohydrates that cover individual human cells, which hold biomarkers for a variety of deadly diseases.
  • Octopus and squid pigments enhance sunscreen without harming the environment,  Northeastern researchers and company founders say

    Octopus and squid pigments enhance sunscreen without harming the environment, Northeastern researchers and company founders say

    Professor Leila Deravi and grad Camille Martin, co-founders of Seaspire, isolated anti-aging and sun protective qualities of octopus and squid
  • Pran Nath, Northeastern’s longest-tenured professor, pursues the beautiful mysteries of physics

    Pran Nath, Northeastern’s longest-tenured professor, pursues the beautiful mysteries of physics

    After 58 years, the world-renowned researcher continues to explore the secrets of the universe. His explorations are a mystery to most of us, conducted with a stream-of-consciousness array of mathematical symbols reinforced by terminology that sounds like English taken to the third power.
  • ‘Digital phenotyping’ project studying social media’s effects on adolescents expands to include character development

    ‘Digital phenotyping’ project studying social media’s effects on adolescents expands to include character development

    In her research, Rodman studies social media’s effects on adolescents as they mature, and especially how they respond in stressful circumstances. In the Character Virtue Development program, Rodman identified an overlap: an interest in the overall well-being of adolescents.
  • Why did Beryl develop into a record-setting hurricane? High ocean temps and other factors are to blame, Northeastern expert says

    Why did Beryl develop into a record-setting hurricane? High ocean temps and other factors are to blame, Northeastern expert says

    Jim Chen, a professor of civil and environmental engineering and marine and environmental sciences, expects a lot of strong hurricanes this year that will require preparation to mitigate impact.
  • Summer Youth Employment Program connects high school students with jobs, academic advancement

    Summer Youth Employment Program connects high school students with jobs, academic advancement

    Nearly 200 Boston teens and young adults gathered at Northeastern University on Tuesday to kick off another year of the Boston Summer Youth Employment Program.
  • Can we make ‘citizen science’ better?

    Can we make ‘citizen science’ better?

    In a paper published this past spring, Northeastern University professor Damon Hall argues that ‘citizen science’ partnerships historically have been unbalanced, with researchers taking more from participating communities than they give back.
  • Northeastern summit on innovative public health technology is an important first step to fixing systemic flaws

    Northeastern summit on innovative public health technology is an important first step to fixing systemic flaws

    When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the nation’s public health infrastructure was underprepared, to say the least. Public health officials relied on fax machines to deliver test results, hand wrote people’s vaccination status on small pieces of cardboard and discovered that stockpiles of masks and gowns to protect health care workers were insufficient. “We really have […]
  • Northeastern researcher Kim Lewis joins effort to accelerate discovery of new antibiotics

    Northeastern researcher Kim Lewis joins effort to accelerate discovery of new antibiotics

    Northeastern researcher Kim Lewis is spearheading an effort to accelerate discovery of new antibiotics as part of a multi-institutional, federally funded project to tackle the growing problem of antibiotic resistance. “It’s a big issue because we largely stopped introducing novel antibiotics about 50 years ago,” says Lewis, distinguished professor of biology and director of Northeastern’s […]
  • From Nahant to the Galápagos: Northeastern Alum Gregory Lewbart’s Journey of Discovery

    From Nahant to the Galápagos: Northeastern Alum Gregory Lewbart’s Journey of Discovery

    From a college student at a small liberal arts college in Pennsylvania to a fish veterinarian at North Carolina State University’s Veterinary School, Dr. Greg Lewbart credits his current success to Northeastern University’s Master’s program.
  • Northeastern University’s Roux Institute celebrates 174 graduates during third commencement ceremony in Portland, Maine

    Northeastern University’s Roux Institute celebrates 174 graduates during third commencement ceremony in Portland, Maine

    Courtney Bloniasz, the student speaker at Northeastern University’s commencement in Portland, Maine, said to view her address as a thank you note to the Roux Institute that is transforming the lives of individuals everywhere. It wasn’t the first and won’t be the last time she shared what she said “has affectionately been called my ‘Roux […]