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Are we part of nature, or separate from it? How you answer matters.

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki
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Why aren’t we using the global gas crisis to go green?

by Ian Thomsen

What happens to decades of deep-sea specimens when a scientist retires? They might not end up in the trash–anymore.

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki

This slithering shape-shifter searches for water on the moon

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Breakthrough in quantum sensing provides new material to make ‘qubits’

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by Tanner Stening
drone on a red background

A sensor that sniffs laughing gas? Here’s why it’s no joke.

by Peter Ramjug
Dan Wilson, a research scientist at Northeastern’s Kostas Research Institute, constructs a wearable UV light sensitive detector.

How squid camouflage could help prevent skin cancer in humans

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki

How do you deal with quantum computing ‘noise?’ This computer engineer has a solution.

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by Tanner Stening

You’ve had COVID-19. Do you get a free pass for a while?

by Eva Botkin-Kowacki

This robot communicates in sign language you can feel

by Matt Eames

How 5G coverage helps the 2022 Winter Olympics get viewer gold

by Hillary Chabot
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Kelsey Pieper uses a black light to look for signs of Ecoli in water samples at her lab in Snell Engineering.

This well water watchdog alerts you to unsafe water

by Ian Thomsen