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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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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
Could biology hold the key to the future of computing? This Northeastern physicist is on a mission to find out
Paul Stevenson, assistant physics professor, is studying "spin" to see how it is naturally occurring, a process that up until recently was thought to only be something that scientist could engineer.
The ‘dark matter’ of nutrition: How AI and network science are transforming our understanding of food and health
Albert-László Barabási, physics professor, is advocating for a mass project combining AI, mass spectrometry and network medicine to map the chemical makeup of the foods we consume.
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.
Whole Foods vs. Walmart: New research reveals hidden realities of ultra-processed foods in stores
New research from Professor Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, and colleagues looks at the amount of processed food available in American grocery stores and its health implications.
How Yizhi You’s quantum research could revolutionize computing and STEM education
Yihzi You, assistant professor of physics, received a prestigious CAREER award from the National Sciences Foundation to study specific interactions between subatomic particles.
Remote work affects urban economies far beyond downtown hubs, Northeastern research finds
Esteban Moro, professor of physics, and colleagues across the country analyzed how remote work impacted commerce.
The interaction between humans and artificial intelligence demands a new field of study, Northeastern researchers say
Eliassi-Rad is one of several Northeastern researchers who have proposed a new area of study they are calling “Human AI Coevolution” to better understand and analyze these feedback loops. Other researchers on the project include Northeastern professors Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Albert-László Barabási and Alessandro Vespignani.
Scientists recreate genome of 52,000-year-old freeze-dried woolly mammoth
Frozen in Siberia, this mammoth was remarkably preserved at the microscopic level, Northeastern researchers discovered. Its DNA had remained the same for thousands of years, frozen as “chromoglass.”
New insight into antibody shows how it could offer sweeping protection against evolving SARS-CoV-2 virus
The results suggest that the neutralizing antibody could hold the key to manufacturing a vaccine that protects against a rapidly evolving virus.
How Northeastern researchers are helping predict the outbreak of bird flu on US dairy farms
Bird flu has been detected in 169 livestock herds on dairy farms in 13 states. Northeastern researchers are creating a “risk map” of which farms might be next.
Galaxy clusters could be used as natural dark matter colliders to understand nature of invisible particles
Observing groups of galaxies, where dark matter naturally collides, could help scientists pinpoint what kind of particle makes up dark matter, a Northeastern University paper finds.
Does traditional Chinese medicine work? Network science can help evaluate effectiveness, Northeastern researchers say
In a striking example of old meets new, Northeastern University researchers say network science promises to be a powerful tool in evaluating the effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine herbal remedies used for more than 2,000 years. Traditional Chinese medicine, or TCM, has proved a challenge for researchers seeking to pinpoint the specific mechanisms by which...