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Marco Ajelli's new research suggests the Zika epidemic could spread much faster in certain areas, due to the amount of time people spend outside. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Health

In US, spread of Zika linked to time spent outdoors

Matteo Rinaldi has developed a new type of sensor that consumes no power whatsoever in standby mode, waking up only when it detects an important event. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Science & Technology

New ‘sleeping’ sensors could save costs, make warzones safer

President Aoun talks about his new book at the MIT Samberg Center on Tuesday. "We don’t teach creativity. We don’t teach entrepreneurship. We have to practice it. We have to live it,” Aoun said. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
University News

Robot-Proof: President Aoun outlines plan for reinventing higher ed in the AI age

Jon Tilly's research shows unequivocally that, contrary to conventional wisdom, stem cells in the ovaries are a critical piece of the mammal fertility puzzle, allowing females to produce new eggs as adults. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Science & Technology

Fertility research brings death of dogma, birth of hope

In this Saturday, July 21, 2012, photo Equifax Inc., offices are seen, in Atlanta. Equifax Inc. is a consumer credit reporting agency in the United States. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

The Equifax hack and ‘virtual certainty’ of future cybertheft

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Science & Technology

New research reveals way to detoxify dirt: zap it with lasers

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But what role does the brain play in shaping subjective experience? Ajay Satpute, assistant professor in the College of Science, explores this puzzle through the interplay of psychology and neuroscience. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Science & Technology

Exploring emotion in the brain

Paradigm Hyperloop came in second on Sunday at the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition. Photo courtesy of Luke Merkl.

Student team zooms past challengers in Hyperloop competition

Anna Kosovicheva, a postdoctoral researcher in the department of psychology, discovered that people have a "signature" of error when visually judging the locations of objects. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Science & Technology

Do you see what I see? Probably not.

Meni Wanunu, associate professor of physics, and his post doctoral student Robert Henley are using carbon nanotubes as a filter to desalinate water. Their new paper shows the method works better than any other existing process. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University
Science & Technology

Don’t be salty. Tiny tubes desalinate water one molecule at a time

Nian Sun, professor of electrical and computer engineering, developed a new approach for designing antennas that allows them to be made up to a thousand times smaller.
Science & Technology

When it comes to antennas, size matters

Hot take: Heat waves scorch unsuspecting cities