Professors Lee Makowski and Dana Brooks, and associate professor Deniz Erdogmus, all in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, have been funded by the National Science Foundation to advance imaging and signal processing for X-ray solution scattering from proteins, in order to better understand their conformational variety, which will improve functional understanding and potentially [...]

Fiscal year 2012 was a record-breaking year for Northeastern University research, as reflected in the following metrics of research growth and impact: External awards exceeded $100 million Invention disclosures exceeded 100 (1 per every $1 million) Portfolio of 13 university spun out ventures, five launched in FY12 Research Innovation and Scholarship Expo (RISE) submissions up [...]

On July 4, 2012, scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Switzerland, announced the observation of a new, theoretically predicted particle, the Higgs boson, which has been called the ultimate building block for all matter. This particle was detected using a Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS), developed by an international collaborative that includes Northeastern’s [...]

Northeastern healthcare systems engineering program receives major innovation award Healthcare reform has been the focus of intensive national debate, as policymakers work to control spiraling medical costs while extending coverage to millions of uninsured Americans. The recently upheld Affordable Care Act includes a wide variety of provisions designed to make medical care more accessible, affordable, [...]

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