Nature

150 years of science in a cosmic web of paper trails

In celebration of 150 years of exploration, the editors of the British scientific journal Nature asked Northeastern’s Center for Complex Network Research to analyze, categorize, and ultimately visualize tens of thousands of articles. The end result is nothing short of cosmic.

by Ian Thomsen November 13, 2019

Emma Towlson, Postdoc at the Center for Complex Network Science Research, is an author on a new paper describing for the first time researchers' ability to predict, test, and confirm with unprecedented detail how a nematode’s brain controls the way it moves. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University

Northeastern researchers discover fundamental rules for how the brain controls movement

Researchers at the Center for Complex Network Research have for the first time predicted, tested, and confirmed with unprecedented detail how neurons control muscle movement. In a new paper published Wednesday in Nature, the researchers describe a network model they developed based on the nematode worm, which could one day be applied to the human brain to restore muscle control.

by Allie Nicodemo October 23, 2017

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

Researchers pinpoint epicenter of brain’s predictive ability

In recent years, scientists have discovered that the human brain works on predictions, contrary to the previously accepted theory that it reacts to outside sensations. Now, in a paper published in Nature, Distinguished University Professor Lisa Feldman Barrett has reported finding the epicenter of those predictions.

by Joe O'Connell June 2, 2015

One reason not to overschedule your kids

Photo by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service – Northeast Region via Flickr. A debate has emerged in the last…

by Angela Herring December 13, 2012

Nurturing a seed of discovery

Network scientists at Northeastern collaborate on first large-scale map of a plant’s protein network, which could one day help treat human disease.

by Jason Kornwitz August 4, 2011