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How jello-like cubes can help fight cancer

Sidi Bencherif, an assistant professor of chemical engineering at Northeastern, recently received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to develop biomaterials that generate…

by Laura Castañón April 4, 2019

This new drug design provides hope for patients with an aggressive form of breast cancer

Debra Auguste, a Northeastern professor of chemical engineering, has designed a new way to target a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer. Her solution simultaneously…

by Laura Castañón April 2, 2019

Want machines to analyze images faster? Stay out of their way.

Paul Hand, an assistant professor of mathematics and computer science, has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to figure out why neural…

by Laura Castañón March 31, 2019

A simple fix that could save lives in the intensive care unit

Intravenous smart pumps, which infuse medications into a patient’s bloodstream at a set rate, have helped reduce the number of errors in the intensive care…

by Laura Castañón March 22, 2019

‘It’s a chronic illness, rather than a moral failure’

In 2017 alone, 47,600 Americans died from opioid overdoses. Alyssa Peckham, a clinical assistant professor in Northeastern’s Bouvé College of Health Sciences, says Americans need…

by Laura Castañón March 21, 2019

This sensor won’t save the whale with 88 pounds of plastic in its stomach. But it might help the rest of us.

Despite the potential hazards to everyone on the food chain—including us—scientists have a limited knowledge about the distribution of microplastics in the ocean. Northeastern researcher…

by Laura Castañón March 19, 2019

Making drugs more effective in the fight against cancer, genetic disorders, and viral infections

Researchers at Northeastern have devised a delivery system that could help make drugs that target and disrupt gene activity more effective and less expensive.

by Laura Castañón March 13, 2019

How to dissect a squid, squish seaweed, and find your friends like whales do

On Thursday, students gathered at Northeastern’s Boston campus for the High School Marine Science Symposium.

by Laura Castañón March 8, 2019

The secret of a squid’s ability to change colors may lie in an unexpected sparkle on its skin

A finding in the cells of squid brings Northeastern researcher Leila Deravi one step closer to finding a way to copy the impressive color-changing abilities…

by Laura Castañón March 5, 2019

Think of a flea on a tightrope. You’re unravelling the nature of the universe.

Theoretical physicists at Northeastern have teamed up with network scientists to find a new way to examine the fundamental nature of our universe.

by Laura Castañón March 5, 2019

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