Uterine fibroids. Not something most of us like to talk about. What are they? Calcified deposits stuck to the lining of a woman’s uterus. Are they common? Yes. Are they dangerous? Not usually. Painful? Yes — when they get big enough….and they can weigh up to several pounds. Also, they can range from very soft ...
I love starting the week off with a bang. The topic of this morning’s symposium, hosted by the Institute on Urban Health Research, just totally gets my engines going. Four experts in personal health technology came from all over the country to talk shop. As IUHR Interim Director Alisa Lincoln said, there were people from ...
Talk about making complex topics accessible to the general public — this video from PhD candidate Margery Hines does such a good job explaining ground penetrating radar (GPR) for landmine detection, it won the Judges’ Choice Award at the 2012 NSF IGERT Online Video & Poster competition. Cover photo via Flickr.
What has NASA done to make your life awesome? Let’s see…. Google Earth Ear thermometer Built the first inflatable antennas to support emergency communication Developed lifesaving heart pump for patients awaiting heart transplants Developed and validated all-electric flight control systems now used on nearly all modern aircraft These are just a smattering of the advances ...
The mobile internet is booming. For example, when was the last time you had a question and a cell phone at the same time and not looked up the answer immediately? We are fiends for immediate information. Likewise, we are fiends for sharing information with others. I went hiking this weekend and have already uploaded ...
When mechanical and industrial engineering professor Yingzi Lin was pursuing her PhD in vehicle engineering, one of the driver test subjects became so distracted by the sensing equipment in the vehicle (the researchers were collecting data about his physiological state while driving), that he got into an accident. This experience got Lin thinking, “how could ...
On Monday, 33 STEM high school teachers from around New England converged on Northestern’s campus for the third annual CAPSULE workshop. Under the direction of principal investigator Ibrahim Zeid, mechanical engineering professor, and co-PI Claire Duggan, director of programs and partnerships at the Center for STEM education, the NSF funded CAPSULE program, or CAPStone Unique ...
Yesterday I was the victim of a cyber attack, which sucked. But it also meant I got to watch science happening in real time. First of all, cyber-security is a big topic of discussion here at Northeastern. I blogged about it last week after speaking with Professors Engin Kirda and William Roberston about their DARPA ...
Most of us have a cell phone these days. Most of them are “smart” But as they get even smarter, turning into not just our datebooks and GPS devices but also our wallets and who knows what else, are we compromising our own security for the sake of convenience? I think smart phones should be ...
At yesterday afternoon’s Profiles in Innovation lecture, IBM Watson creator David Ferrucci explained (very quickly I might add — that man talks fast) how the supercomputer came to think like a human and beat Jeopardy champion Ken Jennings at the TV quiz show last year. Okay, maybe “think” isn’t quite the right word. But this ...
One of my first conversations here at Northeastern was with Chemistry professor Sanjeev Mukerjee who has one ultimate goal for his research: “to replace all combustion related power sources with an electrochemical energy conversion storage system, which are cleaner, more efficient, and very silent.” Mukerjee’s team at the Center for Renewable Energy Technology(NUCRET) explores how ...
Okay, people, you’re going to have to forgive me today. Here’s the issue: I have incredibly shaky hands. This means that when I try to take videos and photographs they almost always come out blurry. But I still think that my “footage” (if you can call it that) from the Marine Science Center, which I ...