Industry leaders convened at Northeastern to discuss nanomanufacturing’s potential impact on job growth in a flagging economy.
For entrepreneurs, robotics holds new opportunities
Robots that can perform tasks that save time or money can provide new opportunities for entrepreneurs.
For startup, the sky’s the limit
Dan Belcher, BA’03, has co-founded a cloud-computing startup, and this semester he is bringing entrepreneurship lessons back to the classroom.
For energy-storage devices, thin is in
A Northeastern researcher has developed a flexible and transparent energy-storage device that could fuel the design of cell phones as thin and flexible as a sheet of paper.
An old species blossoms anew to pollute water
Ferdinand Hellweger, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, received a grant from the National Science Foundation to study the factors contributing to massive cyanobacteria blooms in China’s Lake Taihu.
3Qs: Facial recognition is the new fingerprint
New interdisciplinary assistant professor Raymond Fu explains the science behind facial recognition, one of the new technologies in the FBI’s Next Generation Identification program.
A small-scale solution with a large-scale impact
Researchers at Northeastern’s Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing have developed a new device that could dramatically reduce the cost of microchips, which play integral roles in our high-tech society.
Strumming on the nano-banjo
When you pluck a banjo string, you trigger a vibration that resonates at a frequency unique to the geometry and material of the string. We can distinguish that frequency as … read more »
Sustainable design for sustainable energy
Andrew Myers, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, recently received a $325,000 NSF grant to model the vulnerabilities of wind turbines during hurricanes.
Fat for better drug function
Rebecca Carrier, an associate professor of chemical engineering, received a $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to explore the role of fat molecules in drug absorption.
3Qs: Back to the dust bowl?
The western and southern United States is currently experiencing the worst drought since 1988. We asked Auroop Ganguly, a professor of civil and environmental engineering, to explain the effects of climate change on drought and its impact on the environment.
Cameras and canals
Northeastern students spent four weeks honing their photography skills on a Dialogue of Civilizations program to Venice.
