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They know what astronauts are going to need once we put them on Mars

A drill to extract frozen water from beneath the planet’s surface. A rover to accompany astronauts as they work. The Northeastern students who designed and built this technology will be showing off their work at Boston’s Museum of Science this weekend.

by Laura Castañón July 15, 2019

Remembering Harlan Lane, Northeastern professor and tireless advocate for the Deaf community

Harlan Lane, who helped establish the American Sign Language Program at Northeastern, will be remembered for being a tireless champion and advocate for the Deaf community. He died on July 13, at 82 years old.

by Molly Callahan July 15, 2019

Space Week: Shooting for the Moon

It was 1961 and the United States was in the uncomfortable position of playing catch-up with the Soviet Union.

by Gregory Grinnell July 15, 2019

Space Week: The space age takes flight

In 1865, Jules Verne published From Earth to the Moon, a novel in which characters attempt to build a cannon large enough to lob three people up to our nearest celestial neighbor.

by News@Northeastern July 12, 2019

What kind of care are you really getting at a walk-in clinic?

Millions of people are turning to walk-in health clinics—think the CVS MinuteClinic, or the Walgreens Healthcare Clinic—because they’re more convenient than going to the doctor. Timothy Hoff, who is a professor of management, healthcare systems, and health policy at Northeastern, says we don’t really know if these retail clinics are as effective as a doctor’s visit.

by Molly Callahan July 12, 2019

Is the facial recognition search of driver’s licenses by ICE hurting minorities?

Artificial intelligence can be prone to errors and result in higher rates of misidentification and false arrests, says Northeastern professor Kay Mathiesen, who researches computer ethics and justice.

by Khalida Sarwari July 12, 2019

Amazon is retraining 100,000 employees. What about the rest of the US workforce?

Amazon’s investment in maintaining a competitive workforce comes as a Northeastern-Gallup poll exposes a troubling paradox among American employees: They know artificial intelligence will revolutionize the global economy, but they aren’t quite ready to adapt.

by Ian Thomsen July 11, 2019

Need some basil to garnish your pizza? Come and get it.

All you need to do is walk to any one of eight new fresh herb gardens located across the Boston campus and snip the herbs you want to use in your favorite meals.

by Irvin Zhang July 11, 2019

Is this the Space Race 2.0?

Space exploration “has always been about international cooperation and the betterment of humanity,” says Mai’a Cross, a professor at Northeastern whose newest research focuses on the international collaboration that fostered the Space Race of the 1960s. But some politicians and military officials describe space missions as necessary in order to “prepare for war in space,” she says.

by Molly Callahan July 11, 2019

He wants to help Muslims with their daily prayers

Northeastern graduate Anas Abou Allaban's app, Tarteel.io, follows users as they recite their prayers in Arabic, and offers corrections for any pronunciation errors. The startup company he co-founded was recently accepted into MassChallenge, a global business accelerator program for companies in their early stages.

by Irvin Zhang July 11, 2019