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    AI and physics
    “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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  • Physicist explains what may have caused Delta Flight 4819 to flip over

    Physicist explains what may have caused Delta Flight 4819 to flip over

    A Delta Airlines plane crashed-landed on Monday in Toronto. Northeastern distinguished physics professor Arun Bansil weighs in on how it happened.
  • Piano-playing Northeastern students help ailing seniors ‘step away from life for just a moment’

    Piano-playing Northeastern students help ailing seniors ‘step away from life for just a moment’

    Bonnie Liu, fourth year cell and molecular biology major, is part of an organization that visits different places around Boston to play piano for geriatric patients.
  • The Importance of Research

    The Importance of Research

    The Importance of Research, our topic today, is always timely and always necessary. As a member of the College of Science, you may be asked something like: What exactly is research for and is it worth my tax dollars? And why don’t we have a cure for a specific disease? You can answer with something...
  • How monitoring wastewater from international flights can serve as an early warning system for the next pandemic

    How monitoring wastewater from international flights can serve as an early warning system for the next pandemic

    Alessandro Vespignani, director of Northeastern’s Network Science Institute, Guillaume St-Onge, a physicist at Northeastern, and colleagues have researched how monitoring wastewater from international flights can help scientists anticipate the next pandemic.
  • Does diet outweigh genetics when it comes to Alzheimer’s risk? Northeastern research offers insight

    Does diet outweigh genetics when it comes to Alzheimer’s risk? Northeastern research offers insight

    Northeastern University professor Craig Ferris worked on research that found that diet plays a role in the likelihood of someone developing Alzheimers.
  • Could allergy-free peanuts be the future? This Northeastern researcher wants to find out

    Could allergy-free peanuts be the future? This Northeastern researcher wants to find out

    Northeastern professor Jing-Ke Weng is studying how peanuts trigger allergic reactions by tracking peanut proteins in the body. This research could lead to therapies for peanut allergies and insights into how other allergens affect the body.
  • Required Reading

    Required Reading

    Some broadly required reading might be The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet, (a pointer from my daughter). There would need to be an abridged version for children, but that’s easy and they would love it. According to the Guardian, the book is “a quietly profound, humane tour de force that tackles politics and gender issues...
  • How a Northeastern co-op’s research is advancing early detection of psychosis

    How a Northeastern co-op’s research is advancing early detection of psychosis

    TaKaya McFarland, Northeastern psychology student, is working on a manuscript for a paper on her attempts to develop a score, similar to the Adverse Childhood Events Score (ACES), that would help clinicians understand how vulnerable a person might be to psychosis, an event that is estimated to affect three in 100 young people.
  • Scientists identify rapid evolution in marine species under predator invasion

    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.
  • Cheering in the Super Bowl is serious business. Ask this cancer researcher

    Cheering in the Super Bowl is serious business. Ask this cancer researcher

    Chelsea Pe Benito, a Northeastern alumni who graduated with a BS in psychology, will be on the sidelines this Sunday as an NFL cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles.
  • This researcher wants to know why frogs are so good at tasting bitter things — and what it could mean for humans

    This researcher wants to know why frogs are so good at tasting bitter things — and what it could mean for humans

    Jing-Ke Weng, professor of chemistry, chemical biology and bioengineering, is conducting research with frogs that has the potential to help humans understand allergen detection.
  • Who We Are

    Who We Are

    Who are you?That can be a hard question to answer, really. At its limit, the response is your massive life story, still being told. It seems to me magical that without any effort by you, your story builds itself as you live, your events and feelings swirling and joining in deep, rich ways. I believe...