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Both Insulator and Conductor, This Material Will Help Revolutionize Quantum Computing
Physics
Quantum computers represent an incredible leap in computing, but it's still in its infancy. Harnessing the power of spintronics, Professor Don Heiman is creating special materials to help make these computers more efficient, more accurate, and help usher them into the mainstream.
Childhood Trauma Changes Your Brain. But It Doesn’t Have to Be Permanent.
Behavioral Neuroscience, Psychology
Neuroscientists at Northeastern are using rats to understand how trauma in infancy makes children, but especially girls, more likely to develop anxiety and other similar disorders later in life.
NASA Is Going Back to the Moon. Northeastern University Students Are Designing Robots to Explore the Terrain.
Physics
Some parts of the moon never see the light, but they are full of resources that NASA could mine to settle on the lunar surface and venture beyond. The agency selected a team of Northeastern students to develop robotic systems to help survey the darkest areas of the moon.
What Hidden Mysteries Lie Within the 15th-century Dragon Prayer Book?
Linguistics
When researchers unearthed a tiny, fragile prayer book hidden deep in Northeastern’s archives, they embarked on a journey to unlock its mysteries. Complex script, medieval music, and poisonous ink are among the discoveries.
7/19/19 – BOSTON, MA. – Student Irvin Zhang poses for photos on July 19, 2019. Gauging a person’s emotional state from facial expressions alone is a futile exercise, according to a new study by a Northeastern researcher Lisa Feldman Barrett. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
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Katie Hoemann, a PhD student in Lisa Feldman Barrett's lab, was recently awarded Marie Curie Fellowship to support her work in linguistics and psychology. She's currently studying at the cross-section of culture and language, which includes research on individual and cultural differences in the emotional experience of Dutch vs. English, as well as "open-vocabulary" approaches to natural language processing.
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Global Population, Climate, and Technology Are Changing Human Health. Here’s What We Can Do About It.
PreMed and PreHealth
“We see how much the world is changing,” Northeastern student and Rhodes Scholar Kritika Singh told an audience of students, researchers, clinicians, and industry experts on Friday. “People, planet, and technology need to change along with it in order to have a healthier and safer world.”
Could Houses of the Future Be Made by Bacteria?
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Imagine if we could grow a building the way coral polyps grow a reef, or if living cells in our clothes could break down sweat and body odor. It’s not science fiction, says associate professor Neel Joshi. It’s the future of scientific research.
Six Northeastern Professors Named to 2019 List of ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ Around the Globe
Biology, Physics, Psychology
The 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list features has included six Northeastern researchers who rank in in the top 1 percent by citations in their fields between 2006 and 2016.
The Coronavirus Outbreak Is an International Public Health Emergency. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Network Science Program, Physics
“Either the screening, detection, and isolation in China will be able to contain the epidemic there, or it will be a global issue,” says Alessandro Vespignani, Sternberg Family Distinguished University Professor at Northeastern. “And this will be decided in the next couple of weeks.”
A Close-up Look at the Mysterious Plague Sweeping Through Caribbean Reefs
Marine and Environmental Sciences, Marine Science Center, Marine Science Center, Three Seas
Northeastern students are surveying a coral reef off the coast of Panama for signs of stony coral tissue loss disease, which threatens twenty species that comprise the heart of the Caribbean’s coral reefs.
Northeastern Partners With Entrepreneur David Roux To Launch The Roux Institute At Northeastern In Portland, Maine
The institute, scheduled to open in the spring, is designed to educate generations of talent for the digital and life sciences sectors, and drive sustained economic growth in Portland, the state of Maine, and northern New England. “The Roux Institute represents a significant expansion of our model,” said Joseph E. Aoun, president of Northeastern.