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Wheelchair sensors can cost $10,000. Here’s how Northeastern engineering students built a better version — for $87
Alexander Pervizi working on an engineering project.

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Wheelchair sensors can cost $10,000. Here’s how Northeastern engineering students built a better version — for $87

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Does Hollywood have a pain problem? Researchers study Netflix and find that depictions of adolescent pain in TV and movies could be reinforcing stereotypes
A screen capture of a character experiencing pain in Stranger Things.

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Does Hollywood have a pain problem? Researchers study Netflix and find that depictions of adolescent pain in TV and movies could be reinforcing stereotypes

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Teaching elementary schoolchildren the rights and wrongs of AI is just as important as sex and drug education, Northeastern expert says
A kid looking at a screen with an overlay of a digital display over their face.

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Teaching elementary schoolchildren the rights and wrongs of AI is just as important as sex and drug education, Northeastern expert says

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Northeastern professor Eugene Smotkin named fellow by prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Northeastern professor Eugene Smotkin named fellow by prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science

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From right swipe to writing: How this Northeastern professor wrote a book with a fellow entrepreneur she met on a dating app
Paula Caligiuri posing with her book.

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From right swipe to writing: How this Northeastern professor wrote a book with a fellow entrepreneur she met on a dating app

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Buttons, pizza trucks and robot cars. Northeastern engineering students design and build toys that teach STEM to school children in Oakland
Students testing a toy built by an engineering student.

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Buttons, pizza trucks and robot cars. Northeastern engineering students design and build toys that teach STEM to school children in Oakland

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From science to ‘Suits,’ Northeastern community shows off its research in the 2024 RISE Expo
Rows of students presenting posters at the 2024 RISE Expo.

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From science to ‘Suits,’ Northeastern community shows off its research in the 2024 RISE Expo

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Almost half of US prisons are likely contaminated by dangerous ‘forever chemicals,’ new Northeastern research shows
A fence outside of a correctional facility in Alabama.

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Almost half of US prisons are likely contaminated by dangerous ‘forever chemicals,’ new Northeastern research shows

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How can humans and machines work in harmony? Through the power of collaboration,  supply chain expert says in book
The cover of Nada Sanders' new book 'The Humachine'.

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How can humans and machines work in harmony? Through the power of collaboration,  supply chain expert says in book

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‘Landmark in survey research’: How the COVID States Project analyzed the pandemic with objectivity
Alessandro Vespignani writing on a sheeg of paper with a red pen.

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‘Landmark in survey research’: How the COVID States Project analyzed the pandemic with objectivity

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How can we provide better care for patients with severe brain injuries? That’s the mission of this Northeastern graduate
Olivia Rowe, who is conducting research on treatment for stroke patients, works in an MRI lab.

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How can we provide better care for patients with severe brain injuries? That’s the mission of this Northeastern graduate

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Northeastern scientists propose AI framework for mass-manufacturing of ​stem cells for regenerative medicine
Wei Xie working in a lab.

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Northeastern scientists propose AI framework for mass-manufacturing of ​stem cells for regenerative medicine

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