Since its formation, Northeastern University has harnessed innovative ideas and propositions to evolve and improve with time and generation. One of the reasons for Northeastern University being in one of the top-most priorities in the field of academics is their continual approach to recruit the best to provide elite education and prime domain of research and scholarship. Since 2006, Northeastern has recruited more than 600...
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Debra Auguste, featured in ‘the 50 most influential African Americans in technology’, got her doctoral degree from Princeton University. Now, she is a professor at Northeastern University, working on her research on therapeutics. Because of her belief about the human body not being homogenous, her work focuses more on improving medical therapies and drug delivery methods. All of the solutions, according to her, would be...
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H5N1 is a type of virus that mainly affects the birds causing serious respiratory problems to them. This disease is generally called the ‘bird flu’ or (in medical terms) avian influenza. Researchers have discovered that this virus group is transmissible from mammals to humans and hence Alessandro Vespignani, (one of the many network scientists working on this topic) a professor of Physics at Northeastern University...
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Two years ago, Kyle Kornack was sitting in a bus trying to get to a party which he was probably going to miss because of a blizzard in New York that had trapped them. Kyle, however, did not want to wait for the weather to clear up, so he decided to get out of the bus through the emergency exit and take the subway. He...
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The concept of conductors and insulators is a simple one: the capability of a material to let electricity flow comes from the manner in which electrons within their atoms are set. According to these configurations, all materials out there are either insulators or conductors of electricity. However, the category of superconductors is what has left the scientists puzzled- mostly difficult to model these uniformly in...
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Medicine is one of the most coveted and noble professions- and this is no joke. The studying and knowledge part of it is one giant part of it- it enables one to stand in a position toassess and understand what the patient is undergoing- but another testing element of this profession is the responsibility of dealing with patients who could be in pain, not able...
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Using screws and wires for fixing fractured bones is a common procedure. In fact, in some cases, these may be the only solution. However, what is also common is the probability of these screws causing an infection. It is common for patients to feel an irritation in the operated area, and if on further check-up, the problem is considered severe, the screws and such other...
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We humans have a simple word to greet anyone around us. Just a ‘Hi’ and we can start the conversation and take it anywhere we want. I agree that there are other greeting words, for example, ‘Hello’, but ‘Hi’ is the most basic. We can call anyone ‘hi’ across the world, but can we use this word to communicate with someone beyond this human world,...
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Scientists who study ’Achievements’ have for years, noted that people make a mark in their job usually at a young age. The new mind is open to accommodate more and hence can devote them to work in a much better way than older people can. Moreover, they find their job to be more thrilling in the early stages, making them work more enthusiastically. It was in...
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Among the migrants and refugees of the World War II who came to the U.S., many were great scientists. Albert Einstein, Hans Bethe and many more fled from the rule of Nazis and were able to make their valuable contributions. However, there are many stories of refugees and scientists who did not reach the U.S. shores. Laurelle Leff, Michelle Borkin and John Wihbey are some faculty...
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