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Rigorous science upends the mind-body myth

New research led by Northeastern’s Lisa Feldman Barrett reveals the system in the brain where basic feelings originate. The findings could help solve mysteries regarding…

by Thea Singer May 16, 2017

Researchers use Twitter to track the flu in real time

An international team led by Northeastern’s Alessandro Vespignani has developed a unique computational model that uses Twitter to project the spread of the seasonal flu…

by Thea Singer May 5, 2017

Healthy aging: Can we turn back time?

Northeastern researchers touched on that question this week in a series of talks that examined renewing tissue function, improving and restoring motor control, and the…

by Thea Singer April 26, 2017

Facebook can function as safety net for the bereaved, study finds

Neuroscientists have long noted that if certain brain cells are destroyed by, say, a stroke, new circuits may be laid in another location to compensate,…

by Thea Singer April 24, 2017

‘Unicorn’ shipworm could reveal clues about human medicine and bacterial infections

Northeastern professor Daniel Distel and his colleagues have discovered a dark slithering creature four feet long that dwells in the foul mud of a remote…

by Thea Singer April 24, 2017

What makes a winner?

More than 120 judges from industry and academia circulate among the 400-plus solution-oriented research projects on display at RISE:2017. Intently, they listen to the presenters,…

by Thea Singer April 13, 2017

Building stronger ties by balancing mindfulness and compassion

Mindfulness and compassion: The more you have of each, the better your relationships with others, right? Not necessarily, according to research being conducted by Dipak…

by Thea Singer April 13, 2017

Discovering drug treatments for alcohol addiction

Common treatments for alcohol addiction range from 12-step programs advocating abstinence to use of medications including disulfiram, sold as Antabuse, which produces an acute sensitivity…

by Thea Singer April 13, 2017

‘Keeping Parkinson’s patients moving’

In the U.S. alone, approximately 60,000 people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease every year. A student team led by Justin Schwartzseid, E’17, who has an…

by Thea Singer April 13, 2017

Award-winning film uses math to provide ‘poetical vision’ of Earth’s complexities

A film by Northeastern data visualizer Maura Martino, created in collaboration with a research team led by network scientist Albert-László Barabási, was named the Expert’s…

by Thea Singer April 12, 2017

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