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Hongli Zhu wearing a lab coat and black gloves connects wired battery cells at a workbench beside shelves of battery testing equipment lined with clips and cables.

Northeastern professor builds a better battery, wins acclaim.

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by Rich McKay
A figure with long dark hair sits curled up, knees to chest and head bowed, as green vines grow up and around their body under a pale full moon, with a golden butterfly and falling leaves against a deep blue night sky.

Why do people self-harm? The mind-body divide might hold some clues

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by Katya Poltorak
Person in a striped shirt with eyes closed against a blue background, with motion blur creating a repeated image effect.

Northeastern depression study finds complex picture of mental health

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by Rich McKay
A person standing at a cart at the end of a narrow aisle between rows of server racks filled with colored cables, lit by a bright blue-white glow.

US residents favor AI training for workers, Northeastern survey finds

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by Cesareo Contreras
Three sperm whales swimming together underwater

How to speak whale

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by Matthew Ponsford - Contributor
An image scan of neural brain connections, with colorful webs criss crossing the brain.

What does a healthy brain look like? Turns out it's all relative.

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by Katya Poltorak
A close up of soft shell clams.

Helping to restore an icon to New England marshes and dinner plates

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by Cyrus Moulton
Aerial view of a boat leaving a long, dark trail across open water mottled with patches of oil.

The researchers using AI to avert another Deepwater Horizon oil spill

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by Peter Rubinstein
A person on the deck of a large ship lowers a robotic device over the side by a cable, beside an orange life ring on the railing.

How do you clean a giant ship? This student builds robots for the job

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by Katya Poltorak
A researcher in a blue lab coat, safety glasses and gloves examines a small glowing tube beside a lab instrument fitted with reagent bottles, tubing and a tray of sample vials.

Could a molecular ZIP code unlock treatments for untreatable diseases?

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by Katya Poltorak
Three rats rummaging around black garbage bags full of trash on a street in daylight.

Boston’s rats are talking. Scientists are listening with AI

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by Katya Poltorak
Two quadcopter drones in flight at an outdoor drone cage in Burlington, Massachusetts

These Northeastern professors are ‘sculpting’ radio waves

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by Cesareo Contreras