A much anticipated NASA report on UFOs calls for better tracking and scientific understanding of unexplained phenomena that captivate the public and have raised concerns about military security.

Faculty, staff scientists, and students from Northeastern’s Coastal Sustainability Institute recently gathered on the Gloucester waterfront to network and share their science with the team at the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute as part of an ongoing collaboration between the two institutions. 

Chloe Cordeiro was sitting in her apartment in Gueliz, a neighborhood in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh, chatting with two of her friends on FaceTime when she began to feel the ground beneath her shake. 

A hurricane is coming. Northeastern researchers with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are preparing for the storm.

When Stephanie Noble, a new assistant professor of psychology in the Center for Cognitive and Brain Health, says that psychology and neuroscience are facing a “reproducibility crisis,” what she means is that the scientific method itself is at risk.

A biomedical physics lab at Northeastern has received a $2.7 million grant to develop a new treatment for ovarian cancer that will use lasers to spot and target chemo-resistant cancer cells and boost a patient’s immune system. 

Think of Antarctica and you probably conjure images of the emperor penguin.

Northeastern will soon embark on a collaborative project to bring the methods of network science to the world of small particles and novel materials, with help from a substantial National Science Foundation grant. 

At the intersection of quantum materials and revolutionary technological applications, two Northeastern community members’ latest contribution to "Science" unveils the phenomenon of a new type of nonlinear Hall effect—a discovery with tantalizing implications for our future. Postdoctoral Research Associate Barun Ghosh and University Distinguished Professor Arun Bansil of Northeastern's Department of Physics were recently published in this widely respected and reputable academic journal for their research article, “Quantum metric nonlinear…

From robotics engineers to cheese enthusiasts, there’s a club for everybody at Northeastern. 

On August 4, 22 Northeastern University students participated in the College of Science Entrepreneurship Workshop at the Warren Conference Center in Ashland, Massachusetts. This new program aimed to ignite a passion for entrepreneurship in College of Science students and to enhance leadership skills that are useful in all career paths.

Marijuana, pot, weed, mary jane, cannabis; whatever you call it or however you consume it, cannabis is treasured around the world. With the widespread legalization of medical marijuana in the United States — 38 states, three territories and the District of Columbia — there’s a buzz about it among scientists.

There’s a blue supermoon in the astronomical forecast for Wednesday, Aug. 30.

Hello everyone! I am Janvi Choksi, currently pursing Master’s Of Science in Biotechnology and my expected date to graduation is December 31st, 2024.