Posts by Angela Herring
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Northeastern partners on Boston’s new Alzheimer’s initiative
Alice Bonner, an associate professor of nursing at Northeastern and a national leader in Alzheimer’s disease care research, will lead the university’s efforts as part…
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Do women talk more than men? It depends
A new study using sociometers—devices that track individuals’ interactions with one another—suggests that context plays a large role in whether or not women talk more…
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From stronger Kevlar to better biology
With support from the National Science Foundation, assistant professor Marilyn Minus will apply her research into designing materials stronger than Kevlar to create better synthetic…
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Guest post: A Facebook apologia
Northeastern post-doctoral researcher Brian Keegan explains the science, the debate, and the implications of a recent Facebook study on the spread of emotion through the…
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Probing for pollution at Mission 31
When Northeastern assistant professor Loretta Fernandez was a kid, she “wanted to be Jacques Cousteau” (her words, her emphasis). She wanted to live…
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Highway of dreams for microbiologists
A few years ago, biologists Slava Epstein and Yoshiteru Aoi fantasized about a device that would work like a highway lane closure to isolate pure…
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The new face of iNSolution
As some of you die-hard readers might have noticed, iNSolution has gotten a face lift. Not only has the grid-homepage gone the way of the…
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A simpler way to test for water pollution
Assistant professor Loretta Fernandez has developed a straightforward method for determining the concentration of contaminants likely to end up in the tissues of organisms living…
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Live from the seafloor, it’s Mission 31!
Last week, Northeastern researchers were joined by Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Stephen W. Director to converse with audience members at the…
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Hot and bothered: climate change and the ecology of fear
When animals must balance the fear of being eaten with their own need to feed, their decisions affect the whole ecosystem. New research from Northeastern…
