A snail discovery is promising to shake up the age-old concept of species formation. Northeastern University graduate student Meredith Doellman along with her advisors, Professors Geoff Trussell and Steve Vollmer and John Grahame – a collaborator from the University of…
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Fish May Change The Way We Look At Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal cord injuries are devastating, but fish may be the key to finding a cure. Research shows adult fish that sustain a spinal cord injury have the miraculous ability to not only regenerate the spinal cord, these fish see a…
PRISM Helping Students Choose A Career Path In Science
Corinne O’Neill – a freshman biology major – knew that Northeastern University’s PRISM program would help enhance her time here as a student, but she didn’t know how valuable it really would be until attending classes. It all started over…
Deaf Cultural Ties Likened To Ethnic Group Bonds
Harlan Lane, distinguished professor of psychology, has coauthored a new book on Deaf culture asserting that sign-language users have many of the characteristics of a distinct ethnic group. “The People of the Eye: Deaf Ethnicity and Ancestry” is an interdisciplinary exploration…
Those Journal Articles Are Not Always Dry
By Prof. Judith Hall of the Northeastern University Psychology Department You might think articles in psychology journals are pretty deadly, and we admit they can be long and technical. But, if you read past the details, you will often find…
Mysteries of Liquid Silicon: To Bond or Not to Bond
For most people, basic science explains that matter can exist in just three simple phases–solid, liquid or gas. But condensed matter physicists are shattering those notions, and a team including Northeastern University scientists is producing research to reveal more complex…
Young Chemists To Participate In International Event At Northeastern
American Chemical Society (ACS) Pres. Nancy Jackson will be visiting Northeastern University next week to speak to students as part of the International Year of Chemistry (IYC). IYC2011 is a worldwide celebration of the achievements of chemistry and its contributions…
Professor Profile: The DNA Stretcher
DNA is in all of us. It’s what we’re made of. Every kind of science is being applied to better understand the material of life. Physicists, for example, are trying to stretch and prod DNA to see how it responds.…
Drug Discovery Research Takes Professors To India
Three chemistry professors from Northeastern University are traveling to India this week to discuss their work in the field of drug discovery. International Year of Chemistry 2011 has been designated the International Year of Chemistry. To mark this exciting year…
After Peru, It’s Can-Do
Shadowing doctors, dressing wounds and administering antibiotics on co-op at a public health clinic in Cusco, Peru, inspired Northeastern University student Shane Smith to consider a new challenge: medical school. “I would recommend international co-op to any student who’s not…