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A game of virtual strength
Photo via Thinkstock. There are two things that govern how we move: our brains and the muscles themselves. Every time we…
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iPads: next-gen microbial breeding ground
Photo via Thinkstock. I hope you caught a glimpse of our interview with Betsy Hirsch on Tuesday…
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Feeding the genome
Photo by Thinkstock. When the Human Genome Project wrapped in 2003, we assumed this ginormous data set would provide the much…
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Guest Post: The one billion map
Image courtesy of Albert-László Barabási. Earlier this month, the Obama administration announced its plan to put $100 million toward…
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Character study: Michail 'A2A' Sitkovsky
Like all humans, scientists come in every shape, size and color imaginable. Every now and then I run into a real character. That is most…
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The Internet is the new baggie sweatshirt
Photo via Thinkstock. I’ve written a lot about the ways technology can improve healthcare since coming to Northeastern. We have a…
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Will apps save the healthcare system?
Photo by IntelFreePress via Flickr I love starting the week off with a bang. The topic of this morning’s symposium, hosted…
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First Annual World Sepsis Day
Sepsis is a whole-body inflammatory response to an overwhelming infection by bacteria or other microogransim. At first glance, it may not seem like a big…
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New technologies beget new science
Image courtesy of B. Goncalves, et al./Indiana University Since you’re reading this blog, you’ve probably heard of network science…
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An apple a day keeps the orthopedist away
If I were to ask you how to protect yourself from osteoporosis, what…
