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    A new report from a group of Northeastern researchers explores across disciplines how biotech can ensure safe, sustainable life beyond Earth.

    The key to international space cooperation is developments in biotechnology, Northeastern researchers say

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    The NeuroPRISM lab, led by assistant psychology professor Stephanie Noble, makes tools that pave the way for reliable and reproducible neuroimaging of the brain.

    Precise maps of the brain’s deepest corners are made possible through tools developed by these Northeastern researchers

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  • Cognitive Foundations of Environmental Science Education

    Cognitive Foundations of Environmental Science Education

    Northeastern scientists launch new project funded by the NSF STEM Education Directorate (EDU) Education Core Research Program.
  • Unexploded ordnances still litter the seafloor worldwide. Northeastern engineers are trying to sniff them out.

    Unexploded ordnances still litter the seafloor worldwide. Northeastern engineers are trying to sniff them out.

    Loretta Fernandez and her colleagues have been working on creating passive samplers that would allow them to locate old munitions by detecting degraded compounds in the water.
  • Northeastern research sheds light on low crop yields and their impact on small farms

    Northeastern research sheds light on low crop yields and their impact on small farms

    In recently published research, Gabriela Garcia and her collaborators have developed a framework for how to understand alternate bearing.
  • They’re living boulders on the ocean floor. Northeastern research explains the mysterious corallith

    They’re living boulders on the ocean floor. Northeastern research explains the mysterious corallith

    Mark Patterson, a professor at Northeastern University's Marine Science Center, studied hundreds of coralliths off the coast of the Florida Keys.
  • 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.