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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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Formed by superheated glacial water from the last ice age, the hydrothermal vents Professor Mark Patterson studies have been bubbling beneath the fjord for centuries.
Professor receives Fulbright to explore one of the world’s most unique hydrothermal vents
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Biotechnology Graduate Builds Career in Finance
Meet Andrea Sorrentino, a Northeastern Toronto graduate whose biotechnology background helped open doors in the finance industry, proving that career paths are rarely linear.
Building an Unconventional Path: Andrea Bedoni’s Biotechnology Journey at Northeastern
“To be selected as the student speaker for my graduation is an immense honor. It means having the opportunity to share what my time at Northeastern truly looked like: the pivots, the growth, and the moments of doubt that quietly became moments of clarity.”
How Northeastern is helping expand the life sciences industry in Massachusetts
Professor Jared Auclair notes that Northeastern trains students for entry-level jobs through the Pathmaker program.
What if your Tamagotchi was alive and glowing? This toy prototype is full of bacteria
Northeastern students designed SquidKid, a toy where keeping bioluminescent bacteria alive and glowing is the name of the game.
Northeastern researcher uses light to target and kill cancer cells
Fleury Augustin Nsole Biteghe has identified a way to target two of the deadliest cancer types with chemotherapy drugs but without the harms associated with chemotherapy.
Secrets of the dark genome could spark new drug discoveries, says Northeastern researcher
Since the Human Genome Project first produced the genetic instructions for a human being by sequencing DNA 22 years ago, scientists have been focused on roughly 2% of the genome producing proteins. But what about the rest? Northeastern University professor Sudhakaran Prabakaran says this “dark genome” is not only actively making “dark proteins,” but its secrets could...
Sreenithi Giri Gogulan ’25, MS Biotechnology
Sreenithi Giri Gogulan '25, biotechnology, shares her experiences as a COS student.
Saranya Bhattacharyya ’25, MS Biotechnology
Saran Bhattacharyya '25, biotechnology, shares her experiences as a COS student.
Maya Kanj ’25, MS Biotechnology
Maya Kanj '25, biotechnology, shares her experiences as a COS student.
Luke Smith ’25, MS Biotechnology
Luke Smith '25, biotechnology, shares his experience as a COS student.
Izel Eler ’25, MS Biotechnology
Izel Eler '25, MS biotechnology, shares her experiences as a COS student.
As grad student, Northeastern co-op helps Bay Area startup develop device to prevent toxic algae blooms
Amelia Langan, husky alum, helped a Bay Area start up create a device that may help prevent toxic algae from growing in ocean waters.