chemistry

‘Faster, cheaper, cleaner’

Chemistry professor and chair Graham Jones uses environmentally (and financially) friendly methods to conduct organic drug research.

by Angela Herring August 7, 2013

Researcher studies protein’s role in aging

Sunny Zhou, an associate professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has received $1 million from the National Institutes of Health to study the importance of an enzyme in aging and disease.

by Angela Herring July 23, 2013

‘Battery’ to the Future

Northeastern graduate students are working to develop the next generation of energy efficient lithium batteries.

by Angela Herring June 6, 2013

Metallic personalities

Image via Thinkstock. Civil and environmental engineering professor Philip Larese-Casanova has had a life-long love affair with metals. In his…

by Angela Herring April 29, 2013

Award-winning club has good biochemistry

The leaders of the Northeastern Biochemistry club attribute its success to strong friendships and a deep interest in the field.

by Angela Herring April 24, 2013

Northeastern researchers on the Boeing battery failures

Photo via Thinkstock. By now you’ve probably heard of the Boeing 787 Dreamliners and the problems they had in their first weeks in…

by Angela Herring February 7, 2013

How chemists think

Complex decision-making requires us to select the most important information and throw out the rest, according to John Coley, an associate professor of psychology.

by Angela Herring January 11, 2013

From protein signaling to cancer drug development

For decades, the inner workings of a protein implicated in the cause of nearly 30 percent of all cancers baffled drug developers. But chemistry professor Carla Mattos may have unlocked the mystery.

by Angela Herring January 7, 2013

The real NCIS

The crime lab looks a lot different in real life than it does on TV, according to chemistry major Jacquelyn Horman, who was on co-op with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.

by Angela Herring November 26, 2012

From belly to brain: The science of Thanksgiving

Photo by Pink Sherbet Photography via Flickr. There are certain things most Americans expect to encounter on Thursday: Turkey. Mashed…

by Angela Herring November 21, 2012