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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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Lauren Kong ’27, BS Behavioral Neuroscience
For Lauren Kong, rigorous science and entrepreneurial thinking are not separate paths, but deeply interconnected ones.
These educators wanted to learn more about AI. Northeastern was there to help
Dylan Kao and Lucy Paolini co-oped with NU Oakland’s Lead by Learning and designed a program to help educators learn about AI.
Health care co-ops don’t get snow days
Experiential learning is an essential part of the Northeastern education, and Anya Tandon is learning that medical services must be provided no matter what the weather brings.
How Ilia Malinin and Mikaela Shiffrin fared against the ‘Olympic Dragon’
Psychology professor Grayson Kimball says the athletes’ different results demonstrate how the mental pressure of the Games can cut both ways.
Our preference for certain foods may be impacted by early life stress, research shows
Researcher Brie Reid finds a correlation between acute stress in infancy and an increased preference for inflammatory foods in subjects’ late teens and 20s.
With ‘Shrinking,’ therapy is more mainstream than ever. Is that a good thing? Therapists aren’t so sure
Teaching Professor William Sharp says therapy, once taboo, has now become fashionable thanks to social media and entertainment like Apple TV’s sitcom, but destigmatizing therapy has also distorted it in unexpected ways.
Why we remain attached to the music of our youth
Juliet Davidow, assistant psychology professor, argues that the social rewards when listening and experiencing music in our younger days helps ‘encode’ it onto our memories.
How a ‘caricature’ of a brain scan could lead to better treatment outcomes
New research by Stephanie Noble removes task based information from resting state MRI scans, improving individual diagnoses and predictions.
Feel like your brain is a little sluggish? Try 10 minutes of exercise
New research demonstrates that just 10 minutes of exercise before starting class can improve executive function, making problem-solving and learning easier.
What can babies teach us about brain development?
Laurel Gabard-Durnam’s latest research used EEG to better understand how babies’ brains develop.
Northeastern University professor honored with prestigious American Psychological Association award
Laurel Gabard-Durnam, whose work focuses on brain plasticity and creating real-world tools, will receive the Boyd McCandless Award in August, 2026.
Why Annabelle, Chucky and dolls in general creep us out
Do you know what that doll is doing when your back is turned? Northeastern University experts explain the ‘uncanny valley’ effect.