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How string theory helped solve a mystery of the brain’s architecture

by Noah Lloyd
Two mosquitoes rest on a bright blue surface near laboratory glassware, representing research on fungal solutions to reduce malaria-bearing mosquitoes.
Health

Want to eradicate malaria-bearing mosquitoes? Try fungus, this researcher says

by Noah Lloyd
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University News

Northeastern students tackle math challenges in Budapest with problem-solving skills

by Alena Kuzub
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Richard Porter retires after 50 years of advancing math, mentoring generations at Northeastern

by Alena Kuzub
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Mathematician Eduardo Sontag joins the National Academy of Sciences with multi-field contributions

by Alena Kuzub
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Health

Can exercise fight cancer? Northeastern researcher builds case with new model

by Cynthia McCormick Hibbert
A screen capture of a character writing in a notebook from 'Prime Target'.
Arts & Entertainment

Meet the Northeastern ‘math adviser’ behind Apple TV’s new series ‘Prime Target’

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by Patrick Daly
University News

Pran Nath, Northeastern’s longest-tenured professor, pursues the beautiful mysteries of physics

by Ian Thomsen
Headshot of Elizabeth Mynatt (left) and Eduardo Sontag (right).
University News

Northeastern dean and distinguished professor join latest cohort of American Academy of Arts and Sciences

by Noah Lloyd
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Science & Technology

In this math seminar, the magician reveals his secrets

by Schuyler Velasco

Goldwater Scholarships go to 3 undergrads immersed in promising science

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As mathematics professor Valerio Toledano Laredo will tell you, symmetry is more complicated than you might think. But the theory that underlies it might make the world a little simpler to understand. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
Science & Technology

Northeastern University mathematics professor Valerio Toledano Laredo studies representation theory and symmetry to understand physical universe

by Aria Bracci