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Physics
Students learn research skills through summer program
First-year students explored a range of research topics in the Summer Discovery Experience, an intensive summer initiative run by the National Science Foundation-funded PRISM program.
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Posted in Biology, Mathematics, Physics
Posted in Biology, Mathematics, Physics
An innovation ecosystem drives future for nanomedicine
From targeted drug delivery mechanisms to supersensitive imaging techniques, nanotechnology holds many promises for medicine.
Tagged with: College of Science, COS, IGERT, Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship, nanomedicine, Northeastern University, NUCOS, Physics, Srinivas Sridhar
Posted in Physics
Posted in Physics
Large Hadron Collider and Dark Matter Brings Gregory Peim to Northeastern University
Gregory Peim is a graduate student pursuing a doctoral degree in physics, conducting research under the direction of Professor Pran Nath.
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Posted in Physics
Posted in Physics
Under the hood of the ribosome
We all know—generally speaking—how a car works: The gas pedal makes it go, the break pedal makes it stop, and the steering wheel determines its course.
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Posted in Physics
Posted in Physics
Researchers transcend boundaries for science
Throughout the 179th annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Northeastern faculty led presentations highlighting their work to address real-world challenges in areas ranging from health to technology to sustainability.
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Posted in Biology, Physics
Posted in Biology, Physics
Complex systems made simple
Just as the name implies, complex systems are difficult to tease apart. An organism’s genome, a biochemical reaction, or even a social network all contain many interdependent components—and changing any one of them can have pervasive effects on all the others.
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Posted in Biology, Physics
Posted in Biology, Physics
A Picture Is Worth 1,000 Words
Tagged with: Angela Herring, BIology, College of Science, Dagmar Sternad, Engadget, Northeastern University, Physics
Posted in Biology, Physics
Posted in Biology, Physics
Validation for Flu Prediction
As news of the latest outbreak is upon us, Vespignani and his colleagues recently published an article in the journal BMC Medicine that offers definitive proof of a strong agreement between the predictions and the real-life surveillance data collected in 2009.
Tagged with: Alessandro Vespignani, College of Science, flu, Network Science, Northeastern University, Physics
Posted in Physics
Posted in Physics