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    Connie Phong wants to know how an animal adapted to live in a highly specialized environment — just below the freezing point for seawater — responds to warming oceans.

    How Northeastern scientists are using Antarctic sea spiders to study life on the edge

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    Fleury Augustin Nsole Biteghe has identified a way to target two of the deadliest cancer types with chemotherapy drugs but without the harms associated with chemotherapy.

    Northeastern researcher uses light to target and kill cancer cells

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  • How Northeastern student-athletes become champions on field and in classroom

    How Northeastern student-athletes become champions on field and in classroom

    They averaged a 3.411 GPA this past spring while also boosting the university to a No. 11 national ranking for athletic success. “I think people may not realize the demands that are on our student-athletes and how hard they work at both of their crafts,” says Jim Madigan, Northeastern’s athletic director.
  • Northeastern celebrates a summer of empowering young people from underserved communities to succeed

    Northeastern celebrates a summer of empowering young people from underserved communities to succeed

    More than 130 Boston students completed the Northeastern Youth Summer Jobs Program on Friday, filling Raytheon Amphitheater to receive certificates and congratulations, reflect on their experiences and feast on pizza and cookies. 
  • Northeastern researcher at the forefront of global race to develop new form of clean energy

    Northeastern researcher at the forefront of global race to develop new form of clean energy

    Sijia Dong, a Northeastern professor, has received a prestigious grant award from the U.S. Department of Energy to explore algorithms for simulations on quantum computers that may further the pursuit of renewable energy sources.
  • Long COVID clinical trials a step in the right direction, but scale doesn’t match the need, researchers say

    Long COVID clinical trials a step in the right direction, but scale doesn’t match the need, researchers say

    “There is now a shift of acknowledging it’s not in people’s heads. And that’s progress,” says Kostka, director of the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) at Northeastern’s Roux Institute.
  • Clarity or uncertainty? In her visualizations, NSF Career awardee Lace Padilla balances both

    Clarity or uncertainty? In her visualizations, NSF Career awardee Lace Padilla balances both

    While Lace Padilla’s data visualization forecasts are intended to appear simple, the research and psychology behind their designs are anything but.
  • Summer Bridge Scholars Program builds bonds, promises greater retention rates among first-year students

    Summer Bridge Scholars Program builds bonds, promises greater retention rates among first-year students

    Bush was among 275 first-year students who spent a week in Boston, participating in the 2023 Summer Bridge Scholars Program, designed to help them begin their Northeastern journey. It offered a preview of the academic experience, insight into the valuable resources and opportunities to meet new friends and mentors before the school year starts.
  • Crashed UFOs? Non-human ‘biologics’? Professor asks: Where’s the evidence?

    Crashed UFOs? Non-human ‘biologics’? Professor asks: Where’s the evidence?

    Congressional testimony this week about reverse engineering from crashed UFOs and the recovery of non-human “biologics” sounds like science fiction.
  • New Director Announced for the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis

    New Director Announced for the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis

    We’re delighted to announce Olga Vitek, PhD will be the new director of the Barnett Institute of Chemical and Biological Analysis.   
  • Network Science Institute expansion to London creates new European hub for trail blazing academic field

    Network Science Institute expansion to London creates new European hub for trail blazing academic field

    Northeastern University has expanded its world leading Network Science Institute to the university’s campus in London in a move that will establish a new European hub in the fast-growing research field of network science. As part of the expansion, the university has recruited a team of researchers to join its faculty in the United Kingdom. […]
  • Bronny James, son of LeBron James, suffers cardiac arrest. What are his chances for recovery?

    Bronny James, son of LeBron James, suffers cardiac arrest. What are his chances for recovery?

    Bronny James, the 18-year-old son of NBA star LeBron James, suffered a cardiac arrest on Monday while practicing with his University of Southern California basketball team in Los Angeles.
  • Evan Prasky Debunks the Jaws-ome Myths: Separating Fact from Fiction on Shark Week

    Evan Prasky Debunks the Jaws-ome Myths: Separating Fact from Fiction on Shark Week

    Evan Prasky is a marine and environmental sciences graduate student at Northeastern University. He studies the socio-ecological interactions between sharks in humans. His expertise is in shark depredation and how it affects the shark populations in the Gulf of Mexico. For shark week, we asked Evan to shed some light on some common beliefs about […]
  • Human exceptionalism hinders environmental action, Northeastern scientists find

    Human exceptionalism hinders environmental action, Northeastern scientists find

    What is nature? When Northeastern University researchers asked a sample of undergraduate students this question last spring, many of their responses included “the outdoors,” “flora and fauna that exist without human interference” or “natural environment.”