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The ‘dark matter’ of nutrition: How AI and network science are transforming our understanding of food and health
Albert-László Barabási, physics professor, is advocating for a mass project combining AI, mass spectrometry and network medicine to map the chemical makeup of the foods we consume.
March 04, 2025
How a Northeastern science degree helped shape this energy CEO’s career in oil, gas and renewables
Steve Tedesco, COS alumni, is the CEO of Running Foxes Petroleum, a company that offers an alternative to finding locations for investors and companies to drill for oil.
February 26, 2025
Can you train your brain for better memory? This Northeastern study points to yes
Susanne Jaeggi, psychology professor, has new research that may help scientist understand how people's working memory can be improved.
February 26, 2025
Psychology
Can psilocybin — the key ingredient in magic mushrooms — be the key to treating head injuries?
Craig Ferris, psychology professor, and colleagues have found that rats dosed with psilocybin after mild head injuries, were able to regain normal brain function.
February 25, 2025
Are we safe from the “city-killer” asteroid headed toward Earth in 2032?
Jacqueline McCleary, assistant professor of physics, weighs in on the so-called city-killer asteroid that seemed to be likely to hit Earth in 2032. McCleary explains that the increased odds are a normal part of the data process and not to worry!
February 24, 2025
Physicist explains what may have caused Delta Flight 4819 to flip over
A Delta Airlines plane crashed-landed on Monday in Toronto. Northeastern distinguished physics professor Arun Bansil weighs in on how it happened.
February 19, 2025
Piano-playing Northeastern students help ailing seniors ‘step away from life for just a moment’
Bonnie Liu, fourth year cell and molecular biology major, is part of an organization that visits different places around Boston to play piano for geriatric patients.
February 19, 2025
How monitoring wastewater from international flights can serve as an early warning system for the next pandemic
Alessandro Vespignani, director of Northeastern’s Network Science Institute, Guillaume St-Onge, a physicist at Northeastern, and colleagues have researched how monitoring wastewater from international flights can help scientists anticipate the next pandemic.
February 12, 2025
Psychology
Does diet outweigh genetics when it comes to Alzheimer’s risk? Northeastern research offers insight
Northeastern University professor Craig Ferris worked on research that found that diet plays a role in the likelihood of someone developing Alzheimers.
February 12, 2025
Could allergy-free peanuts be the future? This Northeastern researcher wants to find out
Northeastern professor Jing-Ke Weng is studying how peanuts trigger allergic reactions by tracking peanut proteins in the body. This research could lead to therapies for peanut allergies and insights into how other allergens affect the body.
February 12, 2025
How a Northeastern co-op’s research is advancing early detection of psychosis
TaKaya McFarland, Northeastern psychology student, is working on a manuscript for a paper on her attempts to develop a score, similar to the Adverse Childhood Events Score (ACES), that would help clinicians understand how vulnerable a person might be to psychosis, an event that is estimated to affect three in 100 young people.
February 05, 2025
Scientists Identify Rapid Evolution in Marine Species Under Predator Invasion
A groundbreaking study by Geoffrey Trussell and James Corbett at Northeastern University, published in Science Advances, outlines one of the first examples of rapid evolution in a marine system in response to an invasive predator and warming oceans.
February 05, 2025
Cheering in the Super Bowl is serious business. Ask this cancer researcher
Chelsea Pe Benito, a Northeastern alumni who graduated with a BS in psychology, will be on the sidelines this Sunday as an NFL cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles.
February 04, 2025
This researcher wants to know why frogs are so good at tasting bitter things — and what it could mean for humans
Jing-Ke Weng, professor of chemistry, chemical biology and bioengineering, is conducting research with frogs that has the potential to help humans understand allergen detection.
February 03, 2025