Three sperm whales swimming together underwater

How to speak whale

Can AI decode sperm whale language? A Northeastern physicist explains how Project CETI pairs whale clicks with dive data.
Ken Duffy stands in dim blue light as handwritten equations, geometric diagrams and streaks of light are projected over him and the dark background.

AI is solving math problems that stumped humans. What comes next?

Two sloths in a leafy tree canopy, one curled on top of a branch and the other hanging below it by its claws, looking toward the camera.

Love sloths? A little space can make a big difference

Gloved hands hold a tablet showing a blue-tinted X-ray of the colon, with a stethoscope on the desk behind.

AI is helping pathologists find harmful lesions the eye can’t see

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This illustration photo shows a user interacting with a smartphone app to customize an avatar for a personal artificial intelligence chatbot.
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AI chatbots linked to psychological harm, Northeastern study finds

A Flock Safety surveillance camera mounted on a pole, shot from below with bright sun flare in the frame.
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What’s behind the Flock camera controversy?

A robot hand shown hovering over a delete key on a keyboard.
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Can you really turn off an AI? The debate over “kill switches”

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The bioinformatics escape room where guests become genetic detectives

Student Aobo Liu works on a firefighting robot.
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This robot can snuff out wildfires with cryogenic liquid

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A close up of soft shell clams.

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

“The soft-shell clam has been a staple fishery in New England for generations,” said David Kimbro, associate professor at Northeastern.
Monfared, in glasses and a dark sweater over a white collared shirt, stands with hands clasped among round white pendant lights and blue light in a dim interior, framed by a blurred foreground.

This device aims to detect a pressure injury before it becomes deadly

MBA graduate Marjan Monfared created a system that uses thermal imaging and AI to detect pressure injuries on a patient.
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

The Silicon Valley team has set out to address one of the critical root causes of accidents like the Deepwater Horizon spill.
A close-up of a microchip-like scientific device with radiating lines and connected wires, illuminated by vivid purple and blue light in a laboratory.

Researchers open up a can of worms to study how brains work

Ever wonder what goes on inside the brain of a worm? Northeastern University researchers have opened up that can of worms.
Denise Garcia, a Northeastern University professor, speaks to an audience on the university’s London campus during a presentation on global AI diplomacy and the risks of insufficient regulation of AI weaponry.

Expert wants to move AI governance from principles to practice

On the London campus, Denise Garcia, a visiting professor from Boston, warns of the dangers of not properly regulating use of AI weaponry.
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

A new project explores the hidden social lives of Boston’s rats — and gives the city fresh intel on unwelcome neighbors.

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