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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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Northeastern CSI Researchers Recognized in $1.6 Million WHOI Sea Grant Award
Professor Jennifer Bowen has received WHOI Sea Grant funding to investigate bacterial contamination threatening Massachusetts soft-shell clam harvests.
How local lobstermen could help save our coastal habitats
As fishery management practices struggle to keep up with warming waters, the insights of local lobstermen provide an invaluable understanding of changing dynamics, new research shows.
Breakthrough research uses machine learning to better predict New England floods
Researchers at Northeastern University used machine learning to aggregate nearly five decades of weather data to better understand the factors that lead to New England flooding.
Preserving biological specimens for DNA analysis just got easier
How a Northeastern professor and undergraduate students discovered a safe, inexpensive method to preserve DNA in the lab
The Antarctic Ocean of the last ice age has stories to tell about a warming planet
New research describes how a critical process of carbon dioxide storage in the Southern Ocean slowed during the last deglaciation, and how it could be happening again.
Scientists explore stakeholder-informed spatial modeling for hydrologic sciences
MES researchers convened an NSF-supported workshop exploring the role of stakeholders in hydrological studies and futures
Drought and low water levels could slow global trade at the Panama Canal
New research by professor Samuel Muñoz reports that the risk of shipping disruptions will grow in a warming climate unless steps are taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or to adapt to drier conditions.
From eelgrass on the West Coast to salt marshes on the East Coast, Northeastern professor Randall Hughes shows expertise
Randall Hughes, Northeastern professor of marine and environmental sciences, has been recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science as a 2024 lifetime fellow.
Shells of their former selves: How sea snails have adapted to invasive predators
Geoffrey Trussell, a professor at NU's Marine Science Center, has been studying the evolution of two species of sea snails off the coast of Maine since the 1990's. In short: the snails have grown thicker shells!
Scientists identify rapid evolution in marine species under predator invasion
A groundbreaking study by Geoffrey Trussell and James Corbett at Northeastern University, published in Science Advances, outlines one of the first examples of rapid evolution in a marine system in response to an invasive predator and warming oceans.
Protective salt marshes along coasts are in danger across the globe but it’s not too late to act, Northeastern researchers say
Salt marshes like Belle Isle in Boston provide vital ecosystem services, but sea-level rise threatens their future without urgent restoration efforts.
Unexploded ordnances still litter the seafloor worldwide. Northeastern engineers are trying to sniff them out.
Loretta Fernandez and her colleagues have been working on creating passive samplers that would allow them to locate old munitions by detecting degraded compounds in the water.