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What the future of gaming might look like

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What the future of gaming might look like

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

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Exploring emotion in the brain
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

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Exploring emotion in the brain

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Do you see what I see? Probably not.
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

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Do you see what I see? Probably not.

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

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

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Why do we sleep?

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Why do we sleep?

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When it comes to antennas, size matters
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.

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When it comes to antennas, size matters

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Why it’s so hard to make accurate predictions

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Why it’s so hard to make accurate predictions

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Paging doctor data: Machine learning and the future of healthcare
“I'm excited about realizing data-driven patient care and healthcare policies,” said Byron Wallace, assistant professor of computer and information science at Northeastern. “I think machine learning will be key in getting us there.”

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Paging doctor data: Machine learning and the future of healthcare

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Zooming in on climate predictions
Northeastern researchers created a framework for downscaling—or zooming in—on historic climate data sets. This allows scientists to make more detailed, localized climate projections, down to the scale of local infrastructure.

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Zooming in on climate predictions

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Spotting a social bot might be harder than you think

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Spotting a social bot might be harder than you think

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Why does hair turn gray?

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Why does hair turn gray?

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