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Does exercise improve kids’ math skills? Yes, but it won’t help with reading or spelling, new research finds
Lauren Raine working on a research project on a screen

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Does exercise improve kids’ math skills? Yes, but it won’t help with reading or spelling, new research finds

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An invasive plant is strangling Connecticut’s waters, so these students developed a robotic boat to help fix it
Two students working on robotic boat.

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An invasive plant is strangling Connecticut’s waters, so these students developed a robotic boat to help fix it

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Cystic fibrosis is difficult to treat. Computer modeling may hold the answer
Headshot of Srirupa Chakraborty with lines of code projected on to her face.

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Cystic fibrosis is difficult to treat. Computer modeling may hold the answer

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Is this a faster, better treatment for blood and solid tumor cancers?
Stephen Hatfield looking in a micrscope in a dark lab room.

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Is this a faster, better treatment for blood and solid tumor cancers?

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Virtual avatars want you to tell them about your pain. Is that the future of health care? 

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Virtual avatars want you to tell them about your pain. Is that the future of health care? 

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Texas attacks add to record-setting year for US mass shootings
Bouquets of wrapped flowers on a wall in Maine.

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Texas attacks add to record-setting year for US mass shootings

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What happens when sunlight breaks down plastics in the ocean? Potentially harmful chemical byproducts are left behind, research finds
Microplastics from the ocean in the lab.

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What happens when sunlight breaks down plastics in the ocean? Potentially harmful chemical byproducts are left behind, research finds

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The short-term rain forecast system is broken. Can AI do a better job of predicting deadly floods?
Dustin Shadownes walking in a creek with a cadaver dog.

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The short-term rain forecast system is broken. Can AI do a better job of predicting deadly floods?

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There’s an app in the works for that: Northeastern student developing program to connect researchers and study participants
A person types on a laptop that displays black text: "Exploro."

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There’s an app in the works for that: Northeastern student developing program to connect researchers and study participants

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Military AI: New book anticipates a world of ‘killer robots’ — and the need to regulate them
A blue and black-colored book titled "The AI Military Race" is suspended in the air in front of a blue background.

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Military AI: New book anticipates a world of ‘killer robots’ — and the need to regulate them

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They’ve founded successful companies, now they’re shaping entrepreneurs at Northeastern’s Oakland campus to ‘make this world better’
A person places multi-colored sticky notes on a white board inside a brightly lit classroom.

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They’ve founded successful companies, now they’re shaping entrepreneurs at Northeastern’s Oakland campus to ‘make this world better’

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Mainstream environmental nonprofits get the most philanthropic support, at the expense of diverse organizations, research says
A woman from the Indigenous community speaking in front of a microphone at a rally against fossil fuels.

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Mainstream environmental nonprofits get the most philanthropic support, at the expense of diverse organizations, research says

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