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    Yihzi You, assistant professor of physics, received a prestigious CAREER award from the National Sciences Foundation to study specific interactions between subatomic particles.

    How Yizhi You’s quantum research could revolutionize computing and STEM education

  • Co-op
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    Amelia Langan, husky alum, helped a Bay Area start up create a device that may help prevent toxic algae from growing in ocean waters.

    As grad student, Northeastern co-op helps Bay Area startup develop device to prevent toxic algae blooms

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  • What are runnels, the man-made channels that help restore salt marshes?

    What are runnels, the man-made channels that help restore salt marshes?

    Runnels, shallow man made channels, help keep salt marshes healthy according to Jennifer Bowen, professor of marine and environmental sciences, a task that is becoming harder as sea levels continue to rise.
  • These Northeastern students befriend a 500-pound sea turtle and a 33-year-old penguin as co-ops at the New England Aquarium

    These Northeastern students befriend a 500-pound sea turtle and a 33-year-old penguin as co-ops at the New England Aquarium

    Two Northeastern students, Elliot Tong and Noah Brown, are co-oping at the New England Aquarium. There they are learning about conservation and the daily caretaking of sea animals.
  • Should we add a Category 6 hurricane to the Saffir-Simpson scale? Experts weigh in

    Should we add a Category 6 hurricane to the Saffir-Simpson scale? Experts weigh in

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an above-average Atlantic hurricane season, and two Northeastern professors are weighing in on whether or not the Saffir-Simpson scale (used to measure hurricanes) should be revamped.
  • As more deadly twisters strike the South, ‘Dixie Alley’ is becoming the new ‘Tornado Alley’

    As more deadly twisters strike the South, ‘Dixie Alley’ is becoming the new ‘Tornado Alley’

    Chengfei He, assistant professor of marine and environmental sciences, helps explain why tornados are occurring more in southern states, and some of background science to how they work.
  • What impact would a proposed change to the Endangered Species Act have on marine plants and animals?

    What impact would a proposed change to the Endangered Species Act have on marine plants and animals?

    Dan Distel, research professor at Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center. weighs in on how the proposed regulatory changes would impact the Endangered Species Act.
  • Plastics found to be abundant at deep-sea levels, new research reports

    Plastics found to be abundant at deep-sea levels, new research reports

    Aaron Stubbins, professor of marine and environmental sciences, and Northeastern researchers have discovered have uncovered a “light smog” of microplastics drifting below the surface of the world’s oceans.
  • Three Seas at 40: How Northeastern’s immersive marine biology program transforms students into scientists

    Three Seas at 40: How Northeastern’s immersive marine biology program transforms students into scientists

    Dive deeper into the Three Seas program offered by the Marine Sciences Center at Northeastern University!
  • Windsyr Maughan ’25, MS Environmental Science and Policy

    Windsyr Maughan ’25, MS Environmental Science and Policy

    Windsyr Maughan '25, MS environmental science and policy, shares her experiences as a COS student.
  • Emma Hibbert ’25, Environmental Science and Policy

    Emma Hibbert ’25, Environmental Science and Policy

    Emma Hibbert '25, environmental science and policy, shares her experiences as a COS student.
  • Northeastern students build app to address $4B crop loss in sub-Saharan Africa

    Northeastern students build app to address $4B crop loss in sub-Saharan Africa

    Mariam Hamza, marine and environmental sciences Ph.D. candidate, is working with three chemical engineering grad students at Northeastern to address the $4 billion annual post-harvest crop loss in sub-Saharan Africa with an app called AgriQ-Connect.
  • From eelgrass on the West Coast to salt marshes on the East Coast, Northeastern professor Randall Hughes shows expertise

    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

    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!