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Bioinformatics, Biotechnology
Northeastern’s Life Sciences Testing Center is helping Boston biotech develop best practices for monkeypox testing
Northeastern faculty in the Life Sciences Testing Center are working with Boston biotech company Ginkgo Bioworks to help detect and prevent the spread of monkeypox.
July 28, 2022
Shark Week, The ‘Jaws Effect’ and how more Great Whites in the water are changing human behavior
Shark Week 2022 is recognized the week of July 24 2022. Marine and Environmental Science PhD student Evan Prasky comments on how humans view sharks.
July 27, 2022
Researchers discover promising new catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells
Northeastern professors Sanjeev Mukerjee and Arun Bansil discuss their breakthrough research on catalysts for hydrogen fuel cells.
July 27, 2022
Can infrastructure and tourism endure triple-digit temperatures, extreme weather during ‘Danger Season’?
Northeastern Faculty in the College of Science and the College of Engineering specializing in environmental studies are asked about the increasing temperatures effect on Infrastructure and Tourism.
July 27, 2022
Northeastern entrepreneurs make fashion statement by connecting unique designer brands with consumers
Northeastern students Lukas Dudzik and Alder Whiteford discuss their online fashion platform Sewn Boutique and how it strives to “break down these walls and bridge the gap between small fashion and consumers.”
July 27, 2022
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