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College of Science students nominated for prestigious international awards
Three students from the College of Science were nominated for the Rhodes, Marshall, and Mitchell Scholarships.
November 16, 2014
First genome of an Antarctic notothenioid fish sequenced
Northeastern is part of an international research team that has sequenced the first genome of an Antarctic notothenioid fish. The breakthrough will shed light on the animal's unique evolutionary adaptation to freezing waters.
November 10, 2014
Researchers discover new digestive strategy in shipworms
An international research team led by Dan Distel, director of the Ocean Genome Legacy at Northeastern University, has discovered a novel digestive strategy in a wood-boring clam. The breakthrough, the researchers say, may also be a game-changer for the industrial production of clean biofuels.
November 10, 2014
A slightly more acidic ocean may help coral species
New research from Marine and Environmental Sciences professor Justin Ries explains how moderate increases in ocean acidification and temperature can enhance the growth rates of some reef-forming corals.
November 05, 2014
MSC researcher’s paper named Best Paper of the Year by American Fisheries Society
Steven Scyphers, a postdoctoral researcher at the Marine Science Center, has won the Best Paper of the Year award for 2013 from American Fisheries Society.
November 03, 2014
MSC researcher's paper named Best Paper of the Year by American Fisheries Society
Steven Scyphers, a postdoctoral researcher at the Marine Science Center, has won the Best Paper of the Year award for 2013 from American Fisheries Society.
November 03, 2014
What lights their fire
Four professors in the College of Science explain what drives their passion for science and discovery.
November 03, 2014
Black Sea Bass: Friend or Foe? Crowdfunding to help determine
An MSC graduate student is crowd-funding support for her dissertation research documenting impacts of black sea bass range expansion into the Gulf of Maine.
October 31, 2014
Black Sea Bass: Friend or Foe? Crowdfunding to help determine
Marissa McMahan, a lobsterwoman turned scientist, is devoting her dissertation research to documenting the ecological impacts of Black Sea Bass range expansion into the Gulf of Maine. She's turning to crowdfunding to help fund her research.
October 31, 2014
Interconnected coastal habitats
Underscoring the need for ecosystem-wide management, MSC research demonstrates how commercially valuable species use several habitats during their lifetimes.
October 28, 2014
Reassessing good versus bad microbes
The diverse assemblage of microbes that inhabit the bodies of all living organisms has been recently called the next great frontier of scientific exploration. The microbes that make up the human microbiome outnumber our own cells 10 to 1, and scientists are only just beginning to understand the role of these microbial mutualists in humans […]
October 27, 2014
PhD student at Marine Science Center has paper published
Catherine Matassa has published a paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
October 25, 2014
It’s all relative: Demystifying phylogenetic relationships among Arachnids
How have arthropods been so successful at radiating into nearly all of earth's ecosystems? MSC graduate student Stefan Kaluziak and colleagues investigate.
October 24, 2014
It's all relative: Demystifying phylogenetic relationships among Arachnids
How have arthropods been so successful at radiating into nearly all of earth's ecosystems? MSC graduate student Stefan Kaluziak and colleagues investigate.
October 24, 2014