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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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  • Computational chemistry promises to upset traditional methods of chemical synthesis

    Computational chemistry promises to upset traditional methods of chemical synthesis

    Sijia Dong, assistant professor in chemistry and chemical biology, has received an NIH MIRA grant, supporting revolutionary protein design strategies for drug synthesis.
  • How a Northeastern scientist is turning carbon dioxide into renewable ethanol

    How a Northeastern scientist is turning carbon dioxide into renewable ethanol

    Assistant professor Magda Barecka is designing a chemical reactor that could produce renewable, carbon-neutral ethanol for use in fuels. Her research recently received support from the U.S. Department of Energy.
  • 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
  • Three Northeastern leaders receive lifetime honor for prolific scientific contributions

    Three Northeastern leaders receive lifetime honor for prolific scientific contributions

    Professor Penny Beuning, chair of the chemistry and chemical biology department; Elizabeth Mynatt, dean of the Khoury College of Computer Sciences; and Hazel Sive, dean of the College of Arts and Science, have all been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • College of Science Connects: Research at the Frontier of Bioanalytical Chemistry

    College of Science Connects: Research at the Frontier of Bioanalytical Chemistry

    Listen to Hazel Sive, Dean of the College of Science, as she talks to Leila Deravi, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology for the Barnett Institute for Chemical & Biological Analysis.
  • College of Science Connects: Research at the Frontier of Biomaterials

    College of Science Connects: Research at the Frontier of Biomaterials

    Learn about biologically fabricated materials from engineered microbes from Associate Chemistry & Chemical Biology Professor, Neel Joshi.