Science & Technology

Climate change has created a storm of uncertainty. These researchers are making sense of it.

Northeastern professor Auroop Ganguly and his research partners explain how to harness the power of existing science and technology to interpret climate data, make more…

Aria Bracci November 9, 2018

What does it take to succeed?

Achievement is one thing. Success is something else entirely. This is the message of Northeastern network scientist Albert-László Barabási, whose research shows that the top performers…

Ian Thomsen November 8, 2018

Why there are no more Van Goghs

New research by Northeastern network scientist Albert-László Barabási uncovers a discouraging secret of the art world: If an artist goes undiscovered in the earliest years,…

Ian Thomsen and Lia Petronio November 8, 2018

Quantum information systems will revolutionize computing… as soon as we figure out how to make them.

Physics professor Arun Bansil has received a $3.54 million grant from the Department of Energy to investigate new ways to design quantum information systems, which…

Laura Castañón November 5, 2018

Fighting wildfires is a dangerous job. These researchers have a plan to make it safer.

Chiara Bellini and Jessica Oakes, assistant professors of bioengineering at Northeastern, recently received a $1.5 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to study…

Laura Castañón October 30, 2018

Embrace experiential learning to become robot-proof, President Aoun tells students' families and friends

Students must prepare themselves for an evolving workforce in which artificial intelligence is expected to drastically disrupt employment in the near future, Northeastern President Joseph…

Emily Arntsen October 27, 2018

The new iPhone is here. Is Apple slowing down your old device to make you buy the new one?

The new iPhone XR comes out today, and conspiracy theorists want to know whether Apple will slow down customers’ old iPhones to make them buy…

Emily Arntsen October 26, 2018

The US needs to upgrade its cybersecurity standards. These co-ops are on the front line.

Granite Telecommunications needed help after landing a bid to win a portion of a $50 billion government contract to shore up cybersecurity. Its chief information…

Ian Thomsen October 25, 2018

New $4.4M National Science Foundation grant supports minorities in fast-track biotechnology program

Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun and Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker will announce Tuesday that a program developed by Northeastern and Middlesex Community College to offer…

Greg St. Martin October 23, 2018

Four things we learned about inequity in public transportation

“Public transportation should be studied through the lens of income inequality,” said Democratic congressional nominee Ayanna Pressley, one of a group of community activists, city…

Debora Almeida October 19, 2018