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What are crowdsourced photos taken along hiking trails telling us about the climate?
Northeastern graduate Graceanne Piselli's uses crowdsourced data on local plants along New England National Scenic Trail to help identify signs of climate change.
July 21, 2022
Webb Telescope will alter view of cosmos, thanks to a Northeastern graduate
The stars were out to shine on Tuesday as NASA revealed the first full-color images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most powerful telescope ever sent into space. The five images revealed Tuesday show the vastness of space with an unprecedented level of detail. And one Northeastern alum is partly to thank for that.
July 14, 2022
Want to experience creative flow? Here’s how to change your perspective.
Writers, athletes, gamers—they’re all hoping to experience “the zone” where hard work comes easily and the most satisfying results are flowing. That often mythical goal is the subject of a study by David Melnikoff, a Northeastern visiting research scholar in psychology, who has assembled a formula that can help people establish a sense of flow and achieve goals of all kinds.
July 14, 2022
The teeny, tiny ticks that cause the most Lyme disease are out
Summer is here, meaning it’s time to break out the tick protection along with the sunscreen. Although the deer ticks that transmit Lyme disease are active whenever it’s above freezing, they are not only out now, they are so tiny—the size of a pencil tip or poppy seed—they are practically invisible.
July 14, 2022
Why is Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ so popular? It starts with Sigmund Freud.
Why have people fallen head-over-heels for “Stranger Things”? William Sharp, an associate teaching professor of psychology at Northeastern, has an idea–and it starts with Sigmund Freud.
July 08, 2022
Northeastern Student Probes Environmental Changes in Spartina Grass, Salt Marsh Hero
Johanna L'Heureux's study on microbes seeks to answer questions about climate change and rising sea levels as part of her national Margaret A. Davidson Graduate Fellowship, under the auspices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Over the past year she has set up an experimental station at the North Inlet-Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve “right smack dab in the middle between Myrtle Beach and Charleston” in South Carolina.
June 30, 2022
Instagram takeover: Ocean Genome Legacy Center
Kira Becker and Lee Fenuccio recently completed a co-op at the Ocean Genome Legacy Center (OGL). They are taking over our Instagram the week of June 27 to reflect on their experience. Follow along!
June 22, 2022
These fish live in sub-freezing waters. Why are so many getting sick?
H. William Detrich and his 2018 Antarctic field research team discovered a new disease that afflicted a substantial number of fish belonging to two different species, reported in a paper published in the journal iScience.
June 13, 2022
Q&A with Nishaila Porter, MS in Environmental Science and Policy
Nishaila Porter shares her experience in the College of Science Master's of Science in Environmental Science and Policy program.
June 13, 2022
The Science of Nostalgia: Why Audiences Can’t Get Enough of Star Wars, Top Gun and Stranger Things
Pop culture is full of instantly recognizable iconography, images and sounds that reach into our brains and pull us back in time. Hollywood has been mining the past for cinematic gold, increasingly relying on reboots, remakes and sequels. The latest Star Wars show, “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” the super-sized fourth season of ‘80s homage “Stranger Things,” and “Top […]
June 10, 2022
Gov. Baker welcomes United Negro College Fund internship participants to Boston, Northeastern
Gov. Charlie Baker visited Northeastern’s Boston campus Thursday to welcome students from across the U.S. who will spend the summer participating in programs organized by the United Negro College Fund in partnership with the university, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, and local financial and life sciences companies.
June 10, 2022
Has your food been chemically altered? New database of 50,000 products provides answers.
Northeastern researchers have discovered a way to outline the components of any given food, cluing us in to what our food is really made of—and what it took to get to your plate.
June 06, 2022
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How architects can make buildings ‘aware’ and benefit the local environment
Amy Mueller, Moira Zellner, and Daniel O’Brien propose a new process for architectural development that incorporates localized information about how a project will transform its surroundings, taken from a system of sensors and revising the role of community input in development projects.
June 06, 2022
Advancing Women in Science 2022 Scholars
Congratulations to the five undergraduate students who have been named 2022 Advancing Women in Science Scholars!
June 02, 2022