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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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  • Cross-COS Colloquium: Developing Connections between COS and COE on the Internet of Materials

    Cross-COS Colloquium: Developing Connections between COS and COE on the Internet of Materials

    Hear from Gregory Abowd, Dean of the College of Engineering, on his approach to the widespread adoption of computers and our society's resulting "insatiable appetite for computing and the power that is needed to feed it." The Dean presents his notion of the Internet of Materials as well as how we can create self-sustaining computational materials to solve this issue.
  • Four Northeastern Professors Earn Their Place on 2021’s List of “Highly Cited Researchers”

    Four Northeastern Professors Earn Their Place on 2021’s List of “Highly Cited Researchers”

    Recognizing the groundbreaking research of four faculty members who have been named on 2021's list of "Highly Cited Researchers."
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    Q&A with Ellen Smith: CaNCURE Spring Cohort

    Biochemistry major Ellen Smith shares her co-op experience at CaNCURE.
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    Even in winter, campus gardens grow fresh produce–and a new community

    Evan Fear, a third-year science major, wanted to create a raised bed on the roof of his apartment. What he built instead is a flourishing campus community focused on sharing fresh vegetables. Read more on News@Northeastern. Photo by Mary Knox Merrill / Northeastern University.
  • Student Profile: Nicole Occidental, Behavioral Neuroscience Major

    Student Profile: Nicole Occidental, Behavioral Neuroscience Major

    Nicole Occidental shares her COS experience.
  • Landmark study into the genetic disorder offers clues into links between metabolism and mental health

    Landmark study into the genetic disorder offers clues into links between metabolism and mental health

    Researchers at Northeastern and neighboring colleges say they’ve made a landmark discovery that takes a deeper look at the metabolic and biochemical origins of a debilitating genetic disease known to cause a range of symptoms and health problems. A new study, published Wednesday, focused on a severe neurodevelopmental disorder referred to as 16p11.2 Deletion Syndrome,...
  • Q&A with Greg Coppola, MS Environmental Science and Policy

    Q&A with Greg Coppola, MS Environmental Science and Policy

    Gregory Coppoola shares his NU experience at COS.
  • Caroline Consoli shares her Northeastern University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society experience

    Caroline Consoli shares her Northeastern University Student Affiliates of the American Chemical Society experience

    Student shares her NU experience at the College of Science as well as how to get involved in NUSAAC.
  • Where others see walls, she looks for bridges

    Where others see walls, she looks for bridges

    There was something familiar about the murals and graffiti, says Sarah Bernt. “It just evokes something that I had seen before.” Stretched across the Peace Wall in Belfast, Northern Ireland, were messages of harmony and love. Bernt, who graduated from Northeastern in 2019 with a degree in political science, was on a political tour of...
  • Plantains, laundry, and skiing: students look forward to Thanksgiving

    Plantains, laundry, and skiing: students look forward to Thanksgiving

    Students on Northeastern's Boston campus share their excitement to head home for the holidays.
  • This bioengineering co-op gets hands-on with Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine

    This bioengineering co-op gets hands-on with Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine

    Ella Strzegowski landed a co-op at Moderna, where she uses chromatography to examine the molecules in the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine solution. 
  • The human genome has been mapped. Here’s the next monumental step.

    The human genome has been mapped. Here’s the next monumental step.

    Jeffrey Agar and his colleagues are working on helping humanity develop treatments for hundreds of currently untreatable diseases