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Physics student on co-op at CERN
Nicholas Haubrich has been a busy man while on co-op. When he's not working long hours on location, he's traveling through Europe.
June 29, 2016
COS Associate Dean receives award
Associate dean and physics professor George Alverson received an award from CERN.
June 27, 2016
College of Science
In the News: Does The Olympics In Rio Put The World In Danger Of Zika?
Sternberg Distinguished University Professor Alessandro Vespignani tells NPR that he doesn't believe Zika poses a big enough risk to move the Olympic games out of Rio this summer.
June 09, 2016
Tunneling in Water ‘Wires’ Challenges the Classical View of Proton Transport
In a paper published in Nature Chemistry, Northeastern University physics professor Paul Champion, uses ultrafast laser technology to determine how physics and chemistry combine to make biology happen.
May 30, 2016
Physics
What social media data could tell us about the future
Can a flow of information across Twitter signal when a momentous event is about to occur? Northeastern’s Alessandro Vespignani and an interdisciplinary group of scientists developed a method to find out. Their findings represent an initial step in constructing models to detect trouble before it’s too late.
April 07, 2016
Researchers find the tipping point between resilience and collapse in complex systems
Using statistical physics, network scientist Albert-László Barabási and his colleagues have developed the first-ever tool to identify whether systems—be they technological, ecological, or biological—are in danger of failing.
February 17, 2016
3Qs: Detection of gravitational waves ‘opens a new window to the study of the universe’
On Thursday, a team of scientists announced they had detected gravitational waves, ripples of energy across space-time sparked by the merging of two black holes. Northeastern physicist Pran Nath discusses the impact of the major breakthrough.
February 12, 2016
Physicist uses light to accelerate treatment of drug-resistant cancers
Assistant professor Bryan Spring develops photodynamic therapies that both target malignant cells and halt new tumor growth. It’s a novel one-two punch approach to personalized medicine.
February 11, 2016
Northeastern faculty spark a sea change in the nanomedicine field
Professors Srinivas Sridhar and Thomas Webster launched the Nanomedicine Academy of Minority Serving Institutions to bring a diverse workforce into this emerging field and cutting-edge medical advances into the world.
January 04, 2016
Physics professor publishes article explaining dealloying
Dr. Alain Karma's group and researchers at Johns Hopkins University combine theoretical modeling and experiments to explain how topologically complex nanoporous and nanocomposite structures form by liquid metal dealloying, a novel technique to produce new materials with outstanding properties for energy applications.
November 30, 2015
Professor’s Paper of the Week shows evolution of particle physics
A recent paper by Pran Nath, Distinguished Professor of Physics, was chosen as Paper of the Week on Physica Scripta, Journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
August 25, 2015
Professor's Paper of the Week shows evolution of particle physics
A recent paper by Pran Nath, Distinguished Professor of Physics, was chosen as Paper of the Week on Physica Scripta, Journal of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
August 25, 2015
College of Science
Should we be worried about the plague?
California’s Department of Public Health announced last week that a child contracted the plague after visiting Yosemite National Park in July, the third reported case this year. With the plague’s recent return to the news, we took a look at some myths and truths about the centuries-old disease.
August 12, 2015
Cutting costs: Sustainability matters even in complex networks
Northeastern physicists Albert-László Barabási and Gang Yan reveal a measuring device that could guide scientists in controlling real-world complex systems.
August 11, 2015