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Can a robot seal air leaks to help this old (and cold) house?
Sketch drawing of a robot

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Can a robot seal air leaks to help this old (and cold) house?

Is it possible to build a better robotic arm
Man wearing a mechanical claw on his right arm

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Is it possible to build a better robotic arm

Are robots out to steal our jobs? No, say Northeastern students, who will be sharing research with an international audience into how machines and humans can work together.
Man working in a robotics lab

Are robots out to steal our jobs? No, say Northeastern students, who will be sharing research with an international audience into how machines and humans can work together.

A sweet solution to plastic pollution

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A sweet solution to plastic pollution

Semester in San Francisco led Gabrielle Whittle to an Innovator Award
Gabrielle Whittle works on her convertible heel design.

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Semester in San Francisco led Gabrielle Whittle to an Innovator Award

A carbon fiber strong enough to protect airplanes from lightning strikes, light enough to create performance skis
Northeastern graduate Anvesh Gurijala in his lab

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A carbon fiber strong enough to protect airplanes from lightning strikes, light enough to create performance skis

How to keep cool without turning on the A/C
Yi Zheng, associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, created a new recyclable material that can be used to cool down buildings without relying on conventional cooling systems. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

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How to keep cool without turning on the A/C

She deconstructed robotic toys as a kid. Now she builds them for Hasbro.

She deconstructed robotic toys as a kid. Now she builds them for Hasbro.

‘We want to make sure kids are getting health education’
Portrait of Arunika Makam

‘We want to make sure kids are getting health education’

Back on the Boston campus, a Northeastern student plans to make face shields in his dorm and donate them
Portrait of Max Seidel

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Back on the Boston campus, a Northeastern student plans to make face shields in his dorm and donate them

With her help, we can build better bridges (and better bones)

With her help, we can build better bridges (and better bones)

Babak Heydari

Babak Heydari