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Think you’re getting your message out on Twitter? This app lets you find out for sure.

Northeastern network scientist Lásló Barabási has built an app to measure Twitter users’ ability to engage their followers.

by Laura Castañón and Hannah Moore November 1, 2018

Fighting wildfires is a dangerous job. These researchers have a plan to make it safer.

Chiara Bellini and Jessica Oakes, assistant professors of bioengineering at Northeastern, recently received a $1.5 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to study the health consequences of smoke inhalation on wildland firefighters.

by Laura Castañón October 30, 2018

How this researcher's risky idea could mean big things for regenerative medicine

Quantifying the proteins in a single cell has implications for cell biology, cancer treatments, and stem cell research. But so far, scientists have been able to identify fewer than 100 proteins in an individual cell. Nikolai Slavov, an assistant professor of bioengineering at Northeastern, has devised a method to quantify 10 times that many.

by Laura Castañón October 22, 2018

Does your dog have a bacterial infection? This test could tell you in two minutes.

Want to know which bacteria are making your pet sick? Northeastern professor Edgar Goluch has started a company to get that answer in minutes, instead of days.

by Laura Castañón October 19, 2018

How an idea from a lab may change cancer treatments

Quad Technologies started in a Northeastern lab with an idea of how to improve cancer treatments. Now the researchers who created the startup are joining a global life sciences company to move their technology closer to human clinical trials.

by Laura Castañón and Greg St. Martin October 17, 2018

Building a better robot (that won’t feed you the cat)

Smarter robots could help us raise standards of living and usher in an era of unprecedented global prosperity, said Stuart Russell, an artificial intelligence scholar who recently spoke at Northeastern. But, he added, “We have to figure out how to ensure that we remain the intellectual owners and managers of our civilization.”

by Laura Castañón October 15, 2018

A new Boston landmark arises

The largest piece of the Northeastern University Pedestrian Crossing was put in place Sunday, a key component of the university’s vision to join the Boston neighborhoods of Roxbury and Fenway, and reimagine Columbus Avenue.

by Laura Castañón October 14, 2018

A tiny antenna could be good for your health. All you have to do is stick it in your brain.

Hwaider Lin, a doctoral student at Northeastern, recently received an award for designing a nano-antenna that is 100 times smaller than the one that’s currently in your smartphone. He said the tiny antenna could eventually be used to help treat depression and migraines.

by Laura Castañón October 11, 2018

Everything the human body does is guided by chemistry we don’t fully understand. Yet.

Your body runs on chemical interactions. Northeastern’s new Systems Bioanalysis and Chemical Imaging Institute will focus on finding ways to image this chemistry to help scientists and clinicians better understand and treat disease.

by Laura Castañón October 10, 2018

E-cigarettes may be safer, but that doesn’t mean they’re safe

E-cigarettes have been marketed as the new, safer way to smoke. But scientists say they don’t know enough about the long-term health hazards.

by Laura Castañón September 26, 2018

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