physics

Quantum information systems will revolutionize computing… as soon as we figure out how to make them.

Physics professor Arun Bansil has received a $3.54 million grant from the Department of Energy to investigate new ways to design quantum information systems, which…

Laura Castañón November 5, 2018

Stephen Hawking, an independent thinker who ‘didn’t follow conventional rules’

Professor Pran Nath twice invited Stephen Hawking to Northeastern to speak at his International Symposium on Particles, Strings, and Cosmology. He reflected on the genius…

Jason Kornwitz March 15, 2018

Awards in science, engineering, the arts among honors to Northeastern community

Every year, Northeastern faculty, students, and staff earn distinguished recognition for their innovative research. In the past five months, the honors have ranged from a…

Thea Singer March 7, 2017

Physicist uses light to accelerate treatment of drug-resistant cancers

Assistant professor Bryan Spring develops photodynamic therapies that both target malignant cells and halt new tumor growth. It’s a novel one-two punch approach to personalized…

Thea Singer February 11, 2016

The growth of physics research, and its changing impact on our lives

Over the past century, the discipline of physics has expanded exponentially, crossing boundaries into areas as diverse as biology and engineering. Network scientists in the…

Thea Singer December 14, 2015

Researchers find the organization of the human brain to be nearly ideal

A new strategy for mapping networks, from those underlying the Internet to the human brain, suggests possibilities for repairing damaged connections and disrupting dangerous ones.

Thea Singer July 6, 2015

Swiss Mountains beckon physics student for dream co-op

Working at the Large Hadron Collider has been Nick DePorzio’s dream since his senior year in high school. In a couple weeks, that dream will…

Joe O'Connell June 24, 2015

Cloudy with a chance of pumpkins

On Thursday, first-year engineering students participated in the annual fall event dubbed an “egg drop on steroids,” in which pumpkins are hurled off atop Gainsborough…

Joe O'Connell October 10, 2014

The science of a career

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Angela Herring May 6, 2014

The wonder of human movement

Northeastern professor Dagmar Sternad received the 50th annual Robert D. Klein University Lecturer Award on Tuesday and discussed her interdisciplinary research on how the brain…

Angela Herring April 9, 2014