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The Deep Ocean Is Not on Fire. So What’s All That Soot Doing in There?
Aron Stubbins, an associate professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern, teamed up with a group of researchers who tested the long-established idea that rivers eventually transport black carbon into the ocean.
December 02, 2019
A New Antibiotic Has Been Hiding in the Gut of a Tiny Worm. It May Be Our Best Weapon Against Drug-resistant Bacteria.
After two years of work, a team of researchers led by Kim Lewis, University Distinguished Professor of biology, announced their discovery of darobactin, which can kill resistant microbes known as gram-negative bacteria.
November 21, 2019
150 Years of Science in a Cosmic Web of Paper Trails
An analysis of Nature’s database by Barabási’s team reveals that interdisciplinarity has been increasing in science overall for the past 110 years. No longer are the scientific disciplines being siloed off from each other.
November 15, 2019
Your Child Is Feeling Sluggish. How Much Water Has She Had to Drink Today?
The more hydrated children are, the faster their reaction times and the better they are able to multitask, a new study co-authored by Northeastern professor Charles Hillman has found.
November 05, 2019
What’s on Your Mind (When You’re Scared out of It)
We all know fear. But so far, what happens inside the human brain during scary situations is still a big mystery.
October 30, 2019
The Gulf of Maine Cod Fishery Is in Rough Shape. The Fishermen Aren’t Doing Much Better.
Communities affected by contested disasters tend to recover more slowly than those hit by natural disasters.
October 29, 2019
The Salamander That Eats Its Siblings’ Arms Could One Day Help You Grow a New One
Axolotls are special because, unlike other animals, they can regrow organs that are just as robust as the originals, no matter how old they get.
October 22, 2019
We Know What We Know (Even When We Don’t Want To)
What’s preventing people from accepting that knowledge can be innate is itself innate.
October 18, 2019
Can Nature Reduce the Damage Caused by Hurricanes?
People tend to underestimate the power of non-engineered solutions that may complement seawalls. One of the best defenses against natural forces could be nature itself.
October 09, 2019
How to Breed a Better Oyster
A group of shellfish geneticists, including Northeastern professor Katie Lotterhos is trying to help the oyster industry select for the traits that will make oysters both thrive in their environment and melt in your mouth.
October 08, 2019
Deciphering the Medieval Secrets of the Dragon Prayer Book
The Dragon Prayer Book is a medieval manuscript that had been neglected for years on a back shelf of Snell Library. Northeastern students Zak Ganhadeiro and Connor Hamill led efforts to analyze the book’s animal skin and decipher the lyrics to its chants.
October 04, 2019
Synthetic Squid Can save You from Sunburn
Northeastern’s Camille Martin, a former graduate student, and Leila Deravi, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, are working to recreate a sun-blocking chemical that naturally occurs in cephalopods, a species that includes squid, octopuses, and cuttlefish.
September 30, 2019
He Knows the Key to Unlocking the Secrets of the Universe
As mathematics professor Valerio Toledano Laredo will tell you, symmetry is more complicated than you might think. But the theory that underlies it might make the world a little more simple to understand.
September 16, 2019
This Exotic Crystal Is Fueling the Quantum Revolution
Bismuth was long thought to be an ordinary metallic crystal, but groundbreaking research by physics professor Arun Bansil and his colleagues predicts it is in fact a highly efficient topological insulator, and it could be the answer to building supercomputers that don't overheat.
September 12, 2019