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    A new report from a group of Northeastern researchers explores across disciplines how biotech can ensure safe, sustainable life beyond Earth.

    The key to international space cooperation is developments in biotechnology, Northeastern researchers say

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    The NeuroPRISM lab, led by assistant psychology professor Stephanie Noble, makes tools that pave the way for reliable and reproducible neuroimaging of the brain.

    Precise maps of the brain’s deepest corners are made possible through tools developed by these Northeastern researchers

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  • He’s on a Quest to Find the Patterns That Built ‘Everything Around Us’

    He’s on a Quest to Find the Patterns That Built ‘Everything Around Us’

    Gregory Fiete, a professor of physics at Northeastern, is exploring the electrons of materials that could catalyze a new technological era based on quantum systems.
  • Superconductor or Not? They’re Exploring the Identity Crisis of This Weird Quantum Material.

    Superconductor or Not? They’re Exploring the Identity Crisis of This Weird Quantum Material.

    Northeastern researchers are probing a class of copper-based materials that can be turned into superconductors. Their findings offer tantalizing clues for a decades-old mystery, and a step forward for quantum computing.
  • Research sheds new light on proton behavior, draws praise from science community

    Research sheds new light on proton behavior, draws praise from science community

    Instead of protons “hopping” over barriers from point A to B, new research by professor Paul Champion and his team reveals for the first time that protons actually tunnel through these barriers. This discovery upends a centuries-old belief about how protons behave.
  • Lasers reveal the hidden lives of biomolecules

    Lasers reveal the hidden lives of biomolecules

    All around and inside us, an elab­o­rate dance of mol­e­c­ular vibra­tions is con­stantly taking place.
  • Packing A ‘Super’ Punch

    Packing A ‘Super’ Punch

    Northeastern hosted a lecture on Sunday on the physics of superheroes’ powers ahead of the American Physical Society’s annual meeting in Boston. Over the years, superhero stories have delighted millions of fans through movies, television shows and comic books. But these tales can also teach us a lesson in physics, according to physics professor and […]