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“The basic premise is that AI can help us do better physics, and something that is less expected is that physics can also help us understand AI better,” said Northeastern professor James Halverson.
AI and physics have more in common than you might think.
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Mark Williams, Professor and Chair of the Department of Physics, will assume the role of Dean of the College of Science, effective July 1, 2026.
Mark C. Williams named Dean of the College of Science
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Science in the Capital: Northeastern Undergrads at ASBMB 2026
Northeastern University students traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s (ASBMB) annual meeting.
Spotted in the Windy City: huskies swept away by groundbreaking research
Northeastern University students traveled to Chicago to attend the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s annual meeting.
Who’s afraid of iambic pentameter? Not the Northeastern Shakespeare Society
“Shakespeare’s themes are universal and should be able to be viewed by everyone,” says Ainsley Niven-Merriman, assistant director of the Northeastern Shakespeare Society.
Student-led collaboration explains how worms navigate a world of food and toxins
A new study from a Northeastern-led collaboration, looking into the C. elegans worms’ interactions with their microbiome, found that the worms are willing to leave a bacterial food source when they’re exposed to one of their deadliest toxins and identified the driving neurological mechanism behind it.