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Black Friday triggers consumers to donate on Giving Tuesday and then indulge in more spending afterwards as reward

What can the Pacific Gas and Electric blackouts over the California wildfire risk teach us about the future of power grids?

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At the intersection of design and data technologies, an architect takes aim at numbers

Illustration of a baby and data
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Humans can’t accept that we have innate knowledge because we’re biased against the idea

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Northeastern professors question evidence and reality in collaborative art exhibit at Boston Cyberarts

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Northeastern University researchers synthesize chemical found in longfin squid to use for UV protection

As mathematics professor Valerio Toledano Laredo will tell you, symmetry is more complicated than you might think. But the theory that underlies it might make the world a little simpler to understand. Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
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Northeastern University mathematics professor Valerio Toledano Laredo studies representation theory and symmetry to understand physical universe

By asking short, digitally delivered questions, associate professor Stephen Intille hopes to get a more complete picture of people’s health—and ultimately make fitness trackers work better for people. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University
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Northeastern University professor combines computer science with health and measurement with self-reporting to improve accuracy of fitness tracking

New research shows that angry customers stick to their goals, which “can actually lead them to make better decisions, easier decisions, and more satisfying decisions,” says Alexander DePaoli, an associate teaching professor of marketing at Northeastern who co-authored the research.
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Purchases made when customers are angry are more likely to satisfy them, Northeastern University research shows

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What people with musical anhedonia might tell us about social interaction

The Birth of Boston project centers on an interactive map that combines resident data with a map created in 1648 by independent historian Samuel Clough. Courtesy graphic.
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Northeastern University history professor Chris Parsons digitizes historical records of the people and places in Boston, Massachusetts, before the Revolutionary War

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During CERN shutdown, Northeastern University physics professors work with global scientists to understand dark matter and other phenomena beyond the Standard Model