College of Science

You want to manage your anger better. Your brain wants you to stay alive. Here’s how you can do both.

Can you discern the differences among all the subtle shades of your anger? If we better understand how emotions differ from one another, we’ll be…

by Molly Callahan February 21, 2019

What can ballet dancers teach us about balance?

Northeastern professor Dagmar Sternad is studying ballet dancers to understand how to help people regain their balance in old age. Her findings could also help…

by Molly Callahan January 30, 2019

Why do the leaves change color in the fall? And what do I do with this feeling of existential dread?

This fall, let’s make like a tree and leaf behind everything that’s holding us back.

by Molly Callahan October 22, 2018

Failure to reproduce results is ‘a normal part of how science works’

Lisa Feldman Barrett, University Distinguished Professor of Psychology, says that there is “not a cause for alarm” after a new paper revealed that many psychology…

by Thea Singer September 10, 2015

From cameras to computers, new material could change how we work and play

Northeastern physicists Swastik Kar and Srinivas Sridhar led a research team whose novel work has potential applications for improved cellphone cameras and tiny transistors that…

by Thea Singer July 31, 2015

New research opens the door for treatment of relapsing bacterial infections

University Distinguished Professor Kim Lewis and his colleagues match findings in the lab with ones from human subjects to advance customized antibiotic treatments.

by Thea Singer July 29, 2015

A shark-infested co-op experience

Eva Hayes, S’16, is on co-op in the Bahamas at the Bimini Sharklab, where she swims with sharks and helps the lab study and tag…

by Joe O'Connell July 9, 2015

Researchers find the organization of the human brain to be nearly ideal

A new strategy for mapping networks, from those underlying the Internet to the human brain, suggests possibilities for repairing damaged connections and disrupting dangerous ones.

by Thea Singer July 6, 2015

Swiss Mountains beckon physics student for dream co-op

Working at the Large Hadron Collider has been Nick DePorzio’s dream since his senior year in high school. In a couple weeks, that dream will…

by Joe O'Connell June 24, 2015

Student designs sensor for ocean microplastic research

More than 250 metric tons of microplastic are estimated to be floating in the world’s oceans, threatening marine life. Ethan Edson's prototype is designed to…

by Joe O'Connell June 9, 2015