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“Happiness and joy”: Hundreds gather on campus in awe of eclipse
On Monday, hundreds of people descended on Centennial Common to view the first total solar eclipse to traverse the continental U.S. in nearly 100 years. The grounds hummed with energy as people of all ages—students, faculty, staff, and community members—shared in the communal experience.
August 24, 2017
"Happiness and joy": Hundreds gather on campus in awe of eclipse
On Monday, hundreds of people descended on Centennial Common to view the first total solar eclipse to traverse the continental U.S. in nearly 100 years. The grounds hummed with energy as people of all ages—students, faculty, staff, and community members—shared in the communal experience.
August 24, 2017
Watch – Safely! – the solar eclipse from Centennial Common
Stop by the solar eclipse viewing event today from 1:30 to 4 p.m. on Centennial Common. About 100 vision cards will be distributed at the event for attendees to use and share. A limited number of eclipse glasses will also be distributed first-come-first-serve at the Snell Library info desk beginning at noon.
August 21, 2017
Understanding brittle crack behaviors to design stronger materials
In a paper published in Nature Physics, Northeastern University Department of Physics Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor Alain Karma, in collaboration with his postdoctoral research associate Chih-Hung Chen and Professor Eran Bouchbinder of the Weizmann Institute of Science's Chemical Physics Department, discovered the mechanism that causes cracks to behave strangely when they spread very rapidly in brittle materials.
August 21, 2017
Physics discovery unlocks ingredients of 2-D sandwich
Layering 2-D crystals is a little like building a club sandwich, says Northeastern physicist Swastik Kar. But a new discovery allows researchers to rearrange the ingredients, producing new properties and opening up a world of possibilities for new materials.
July 25, 2017
Physics professor sits on panel with CERN Director General
Physics Professor Darien Wood recently participated in a panel discussion at Fermilab examining the impact of hadron colliders.
June 14, 2017
Physics professor Paul Whitford talks about his research
Assistant Professor of Physics Paul Whitford sits down with the College of Science Graduate Program staff to talk about his research at Northeastern University.
June 12, 2017
Healthy aging: can we turn back time?
Northeastern researchers touched on that question this week in a series of talks that examined renewing tissue function, improving and restoring motor control, and the remarkable memory power of superagers.
April 26, 2017
PhD Profile: Christopher Lane
Christopher Lane, a Physics PhD candidate, sits down with the College of Science Graduate Program staff to talk about what it’s like to work and study at Northeastern University.
February 13, 2017
“Supersymmetry, Supergravity, and Unification”: Physics professor pens book
Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Physics Pran Nath says because of the monumental changes in particle physics in the past four decades, he decided to write a book.
February 13, 2017
"Supersymmetry, Supergravity, and Unification": Physics professor pens book
Matthews Distinguished University Professor of Physics Pran Nath says because of the monumental changes in particle physics in the past four decades, he decided to write a book.
February 13, 2017
Physics professor Mark Williams talks about his research
Mark Williams, Professor of Physics, sits down with the College of Science Graduate Program staff to talk about his research at Northeastern University.
December 12, 2016
3Qs: Are we living in a Matrix–style simulation?
A number of philosophers, futurists, and technologists have come to believe that we are living in a computer-simulated world, kind of like a real-life version of The Matrix. But physics professor Dmitri Krioukov explains why he's not part of that camp.
December 01, 2016
Dark matter is not a WIMP says Northeastern professor
Associate professor of physics Brent Nelson has joined with several colleagues from around the world to argue that dark matter is not a weakly interacting massive particles.
November 17, 2016