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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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  • The Coronavirus Might Have Weak Spots. Machine Learning Could Help Find Them.

    The Coronavirus Might Have Weak Spots. Machine Learning Could Help Find Them.

    What makes SARS-CoV-2 so infectious? The answer is in its proteins. Mary Jo Ondrechen and Penny Beuning, professors of chemistry and chemical biology, are using machine learning to investigate these proteins and begin to understand how to slow the spread of the virus.
  • My Co-op Experience: CARE Lab at McLean Hospital

    My Co-op Experience: CARE Lab at McLean Hospital

    Psychology major Yolanda Whitaker discusses her time at the Behavioral Health Partial Program, learning the ins and outs of EEG's and working with patients first-hand.
  • Women in Science: Water Stewards

    Women in Science: Water Stewards

    Part 3: The Marine Science Center is highlighting faculty who are advancing scientific knowledge and removing barriers for the next generation of women in STEM.
  • They’re Using Virtual Reality to Ensure Patients Get Safe and Effective Drugs

    They’re Using Virtual Reality to Ensure Patients Get Safe and Effective Drugs

    Northeastern’s Biopharmaceutical Analysis Training Laboratory is teaming up with Agilent, a lab equipment manufacturer, to expand its ability to help researchers worldwide make quality drugs.
  • The coronavirus was in the US in January. We need to understand how we missed it.

    The coronavirus was in the US in January. We need to understand how we missed it.

    SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, was circulating in major U.S. cities as early as January, says Alessandro Vespignani, director of Northeastern’s Network Science Institute. And if we want to keep our communities safe going forward, we need to understand how we missed a virus that was right under our noses.
  • Sara Schaal Wins the Dean’s Award for Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching

    Sara Schaal Wins the Dean’s Award for Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching

    Providing an innovative educational experience for our community of learners is a central focus of the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, so we are proud to congratulate this year’s College of Science Dean’s Award for Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching, Sara Schaal. 
  • A 10,000-mile Journey for Microbes

    A 10,000-mile Journey for Microbes

    MELBOURNE, Australia—Andrea Unzueta-Martinez, a doctoral candidate at Northeastern’s Marine Science Center, moved to the United States to be a dancer but chose science instead. She spent three months at the Port Stephens Fisheries Institute in Australia raising oyster larvae.
  • Women in Science: Communicating our Impacts on Marine Communities

    Women in Science: Communicating our Impacts on Marine Communities

    Part 2: The Marine Science Center is highlighting faculty who are advancing scientific knowledge and removing barriers for the next generation of women in STEM.
  • Here’s How to Combat the Fear Caused by a Barrage of Covid-19 News

    Here’s How to Combat the Fear Caused by a Barrage of Covid-19 News

    David DeSteno, a Professor of Psychology does a Q&A with News@Northeastern about his research, the contagiousness of fear and offered some tips for breaking out of the constant cycle of fear and anxiety.
  • Network scientists identify 40 new drugs to test against COVID-19

    Network scientists identify 40 new drugs to test against COVID-19

    Researchers at Northeastern mapped the way proteins within human cells behave after the cells are hijacked by the virus to identify drugs that might be able to fight it. The team is now working with other experimental researchers to begin testing those drugs.
  • How Teaching Organic Chemistry Can Be Like Teaching a Foreign Language

    How Teaching Organic Chemistry Can Be Like Teaching a Foreign Language

    Oyinda Oyelaran is a teaching professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Science
  • Women in Science: Sentinels for Biodiversity

    Women in Science: Sentinels for Biodiversity

    Part 1: The Marine Science Center is highlighting faculty who are advancing scientific knowledge and removing barriers for the next generation of women in STEM.