Pregnancy may change how the brain processes fear. New research from Professor Rebecca Shansky and her team suggest hormonal shifts during pregnancy can soften fear memories. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4tbJY7i #COSConnects #Psychology

Mitochondria are the newest longevity trend. But can “supercharging” your cells actually slow aging — or is it hype? Professor Konstantin Khrapko breaks it down. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rP2tx7 #COSConnects #Biology

News & Views on this paper by Aron Stubbins (@northeasterncos.bsky.social): www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The pandemic may be over, but health threats remain. Professor Alessandro Vespignani and his team developed new data tools to track how Americans move and interact post-COVID — helping improve epidemic modeling for future health threats. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4uS0MSc #COSConnects #Physics

An icy Earth-like planet may exist. HD 137010 b orbits a Sun-like star at −90°F. Assistant Professor Jonathan Blazek says it could help us understand our origins—and if we’re alone. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4stZ9sn #COSConnects #Astrophysics

For Brian D’Amico and Rein Kirss, chemistry doesn’t stop in the lab. The Northeastern educators combine their love of Scouting and STEM to mentor young people and inspire the next generation of scientists. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4c3IJkB #COSConnects #Chemisty

Feeling stressed? Your immune system may play a role. Assistant Professor Emeka Okeke’s research shows neutrophils could shape how the body responds to stress and psychiatric conditions. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4uR3UxQ #COSConnects #Biology

How accurate is the science behind Project Hail Mary? Astrophysicist Jacqueline McCleary breaks down what the film gets right — and where fiction takes over. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4c1K0J3 #COSConnects #Astrophysics

Alien curiosity is having a moment — from pop culture to classroom discussions. In Introduction to Astronomy, Teaching Professor Stefan Kautsch challenges students to think beyond the headlines and consider: Could life exist beyond Earth? 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4tdHXaN #COSConnects #Physics

Warming Antarctic waters are putting black rockcod at risk. Researcher H. William Detrich found that fish raised in warmer conditions hatched smaller and with birth defects — a troubling sign for future populations. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rRRXWR #COSConnects #MarineScience

Can early childhood stress affect what we eat later in life? Research from assistant professor Brie Reid finds that acute stress in infancy is linked to a higher preference for inflammatory foods in teens and young adults. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4bao39f #COSConnects #Psychology

One month until Giving Day‼️ On April 14, we come together to support the students, research, and discoveries that define the College of Science. 🔬 Save the date. 🗓️ #NUGivingDay #LikeAHusky #COSConnects

Mental health conversations are everywhere now — from TV to TikTok. But William Sharp, teaching professor and psychologist, warns: a diagnosis should be a starting point, not your whole identity. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/3PglH0V #COSConnects #Psychology

Pro soccer passing is getting harder, shorter, sharper. Research led by assistant teaching professor Brennan Klein analyzed 13,067 matches, showing faster gameplay and major shifts in women’s competitions. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/3MG8ZrK #COSConnects @barnettinstitute.bsky.social#COSConnects

What keeps our bodies on a 24-hour schedule? 🕰️ Associate Teaching Professor Matthias Schlichting’s Biological Clocks course challenges students to uncover the science of circadian rhythms through experiments and critical analysis. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/3N3Tf1N #COSConnects #Biology

Ashwagandha is already one of the most popular herbal supplements in the U.S. Professor Jing-Ke Weng and graduate student Erin Reynolds engineered yeast to produce its key compounds. The discovery could open new paths for medicine. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/3MTXuNn #COSConnects #ChemicalBiology

Different ski events require different designs — and physics explains why. “The shape determines stability and the maneuverability of the ski,” says Teaching Professor Stefan Kautsch. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/3OYmFyQ #COSConnects #Physics

Astronauts feel the “overview effect” in space. 🌍 Aquanauts feel something similar underwater. Marine Science Center researchers call it the “underview effect” — a powerful shift in how people relate to the ocean that could inspire conservation. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4uakj00 #COSConnects

A giant cube + a helium balloon + Antarctica = a new way to hunt for dark matter. Assistant Professor Tsuguo Aramaki helped send a massive detector into the stratosphere to search for deep-space particles — the result of 20+ years of work. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rQ7JkP #COSConnects

In our latest online exclusive, Jonathan Kahn draws from his new book and traces how race has become entangled with law, politics and biology in ways that threaten efforts to address racial injustice. @northeasterncos.bsky.social magazine.law.northeastern.edu/in-my-opinio...

Congratulations to Assistant Prof. Yizhi You, named a 2026 Cottrell Scholar! 🎉 The award recognizes her innovative research program and supports her project on open quantum systems and mixed states. A well-deserved honor! 🧪 #Physics #COSConnects

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Sijia Dong on winning the 2026 I-APS Young Investigator Award from the Inter-American Photochemical Society! 🎉 This award recognizes her outstanding contributions to photoscience and dedication to academic excellence. 🧪 #Chemistry #COSConnects

New research led by Zhenyu Tian, an assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, shows crumb rubber in artificial turf can degrade under sunlight and weather, generating hundreds of previously untracked chemicals. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4kEdyiA #COSConnects #Chemistry

Dark matter accounts for a large portion of the universe, yet remains invisible. Jacqueline McCleary, an assistant professor, used data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to help create the most detailed dark matter map to date. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4aXe1co #COSConnects #Astrophysics

Dark energy remains one of the universe’s biggest mysteries. Jonathan Blazek, an assistant professor of physics, contributed to the Dark Energy Survey’s final results, offering new insight into how the universe expands and evolves. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/3OngnbS #COSConnects #Astrophysics

Join us on March 12 for the 2026 Barry L. Karger Medal in Analytical Chemistry Celebration! Hear from peers and industry leaders about research in separation science, protein analysis, DNAs sequencing, and proteomics. 🧪 Register today: https://bit.ly/4qgWfWe @barnettinstitute.bsky.social

Congratulations to Professor Alessandro Vespignani, director of NU's Network Science Institute, on receiving the European Physical Society’s SNPD Award for his work on complex networks and disease spread. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rXPU39 #COSConnects #Physics

NU’s Mass Spectrometry Facility received a $2.2M grant to advance single-cell proteomics. Led by Drs. Virginie Sjoelund and Alexander Ivanov, the work will measure proteins at single-cell resolution. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/40gMAUR #COSConnects #ChemicalBiology

What if soccer worked like a language? Research led by Brennan Klein, an assistant teaching professor, uses network science to analyze player interactions and predict how games unfold, with insights beyond sports. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4axWx52 #COSConnects #NetworkScience #Physics

Rare earth elements power modern tech, but extracting them is challenging. Assistant Professor Damilola Daramola developed a new method to recover them from coal mining waste using a combined chemical and microwave approach.🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4s0iocA #COSConnects #Chemistry

Congratulations to the 2026 Karger Medal recipient Ron Hereen, PhD! Dr. Hereen’s work has transformed how we visualize and understand molecular patterns in health and disease, enabling insights from the molecular level to clinical applications in pathology and surgery. 🧪

Congratulations! Mary Jo Ondrechen @mjchemist.bsky.social, professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has received the prestigious AAAS Lifetime Mentor Award for her exceptional dedication to supporting underrepresented students in STEM fields. 🧪 #COSConnects @aaas.org

Researchers at Northeastern developed the first synthetic endogenous cannabinoid, opening new paths for treating pain, inflammation, and cancer. Unlike THC or CBD, it mimics cannabinoids made naturally by the body. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4a5zT3H #COSConnects #Chemistry

Join us to celebrate the Karger medal awardee Ron Heeren and spend an afternoon discussing advances in spatial mass spectrometry and molecular imaging. Register at eventregistration.northeastern.edu/event/129124...

Don’t miss the 2026 Barry L. Karger Medal in Bioanalytical Chemistry Celebration on Mar 12! Hear the exciting research developments in chemical analysis and connect with @barnettinstitute.bsky.social members and alumni, peers, and industry leaders. 🧪 Learn more & register: https://bit.ly/4qgWfWe

Why does the music from your teen years stick forever? Northeastern researchers say the “musical reminiscence bump” links music discovery in adolescence with social bonding, locking those songs into memory. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4ccUkye #COSConnects #Psychology

Could simpler brain imaging be more informative? Northeastern researchers Stephanie Noble and Raimundo Rodriguez found that refining fMRI analysis can better highlight individual differences and improve health related predictions. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rsMDIO #COSConnects #Psychology

Exercise doesn’t just help the body, it helps the brain. New research from Drs. Charles Hillman and Art Kramer show that a short bout of exercise before class can boost students’ focus and executive function. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rwHmjy #COSConnects #Psychology

Congratulations to COS faculty named to Clarivate’s 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list, honoring scholars in the top 1% worldwide. “It is a point of pride,” said Beth A. Winkelstein, noting their impact on pressing challenges. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4rtFfNs #COSConnects

Are neurons wired in the most efficient way? Researchers at the @netsciconf.bsky.social found that math used in string theory can help explain why neural connections branch and curve instead of taking straight paths. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4acpCD0 #COSConnects #Physics #NetworkScience

This fish has no red blood cells or hemoglobin. The Asian noodlefish circulates translucent white blood, and Dr. H. William Detrich co-authored new research on how it survives without oxygen-carrying cells. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4qaOAcx #COSConnects #MarineScience

The sunflower star has nearly vanished from the US West Coast. Sea star wasting disease has killed billions over the past decade, wiping out about 90% of this species - PhD candidate Angela Jones is working to understand why. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/3ZMDYoI #COSConnects #MarineBiology

How does a baby’s brain organize itself in early life? New research from Assistant Professor Laurel Gabard-Durnam uses EEG to track how brain networks form during babies’ first two years. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4asrLM1 #COSConnects #Psychology

Warming waters are threatening Maine’s lobster fishery. 🦞 Professor Jonathan Grabowski found that lobstermen’s local ecological knowledge is key to understanding changing marine ecosystems. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/49ygND1 #COSConnects #Ecology

Why is flooding so hard to predict in New England? Northeastern researchers Samuel Muñoz and Lindsay Lawrence used machine learning to identify four patterns that lead to flooding, improving future forecasts. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4sKKEBa #COSConnects #ClimateChange

AI is racing ahead in health care, but regulation is struggling to keep up. Northeastern researchers used AI to create a framework to sort through conflicting global rules and highlight best practices. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/3LFaqWy #COSConnects #AI

Northeastern researchers used machine learning to study genetic mutations behind OTC deficiency. The work, led by profs @mjchemist.bsky.social & Penny Beuning, combines AI and lab experiments to reveal key biochemical mechanisms. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/3LzSInw #COSConnects #ChemicalBiology

What is a quasi-moon exactly? Assistant professors Jacqueline McCleary and Jonathan Blazek explain the difference between 2025 PN7 - the recently discovered celestial object that appears to be in Earth's orbit - and the moon. Read more: https://bit.ly/4sGGTwy🧪 #COSConnects #Astrophysics

Coffee plants often cycle between high and low yields, a pattern known as alternate bearing. Northeastern researchers Gabriela Garcia and Laura Kuhl studied how small coffee farmers manage this challenge. 🧪 Read more: https://bit.ly/4qlkdAv #COSConnects #Ecology

We all have an innate need to feel like we matter. But as author Jennifer Wallace notes, that need often goes unmet. We talk about how to solve this mattering deficit. I also chat with Duke's Patty Van Cappellen about the wisdom spiritual traditions offer to help podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...