Several College of Science Seniors and Juniors have been honored.
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Congratulations to Seniors & Juniors Named To “Huntington 100″
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Posted in Behavioral Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Linguistics, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology
Posted in Behavioral Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Linguistics, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology
Language By Mouth And By Hand
Humans favor speech as the primary means of linguistic communication. Spoken languages are so common many think language and speech are one and the same. But the prevalence of sign languages suggests otherwise. Not only can Deaf communities generate language using manual gestures, but their languages share some of their design and neural mechanisms with spoken languages. New research by Northeastern University’s Prof. Iris Berent further underscores the flexibility of human language and its robustness across both spoken and signed channels of communication.
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Posted in Press Releases
Posted in Press Releases
Can Meditation Make You a More Compassionate Person?
Scientists have mostly focused on the benefits of meditation for the brain and the body, but a recent study by Northeastern University’s David DeSteno, published in Psychological Science, takes a look at what impacts meditation has on interpersonal harmony and compassion. Several religious traditions have suggested that mediation does just that, but there has been no scientific proof—until now.
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Posted in Press Releases
The Art Of the Higgs Boson
Toyoko Orimoto, an assistant professor of physics, recently gave a TEDx talk titled, “The Art of the Higgs Boson.”
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Posted in Physics
Posted in Physics
A bright future for infectious disease research
Every year, nearly a million people die from one of three infectious diseases that few of us have ever heard of.
Meet Joey Ostreicher, a College of Science Twitter Ambassador
Joey Ostreicher is a junior biology major on the pre-veterinary track. She is also a College of Science Twitter Ambassador.
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Posted in Advisories, Behavioral Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Linguistics, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology
Posted in Advisories, Behavioral Neuroscience, Biochemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Linguistics, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Psychology
The brakes of inflammation
In the last few decades, scientists have come to attribute an immunological explanation to many cancers.
Tagged with: BIology, Cancer, College of Science, Michail Sitkovsky, Northeastern University, Science
Posted in Biology
Posted in Biology
Researchers transcend boundaries for science
Throughout the 179th annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Northeastern faculty led presentations highlighting their work to address real-world challenges in areas ranging from health to technology to sustainability.
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Posted in Biology, Physics
Posted in Biology, Physics
Complex systems made simple
Just as the name implies, complex systems are difficult to tease apart. An organism’s genome, a biochemical reaction, or even a social network all contain many interdependent components—and changing any one of them can have pervasive effects on all the others.
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Posted in Biology, Physics
Posted in Biology, Physics
How to start a termite ‘orgy’
There are more than 3,000 species of termites in the world, all living in social colonies with distinct hierarchies.
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Posted in Marine and Environmental Sciences
Posted in Marine and Environmental Sciences