Explore the leading research, publications, honors, and awards from Northeastern University
Since 2006, Northeastern University has dramatically expanded its research enterprise, with particular emphasis on three global imperatives: health, security and sustainability. Working intentionally across disciplines, Northeastern faculty members are focused on solving real problems in the world. NGN Research tells the stories of these important accomplishments.
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Origami meets aerospace in Northeastern design for morphing wings
July 7, 2025
A Northeastern professor and Ph.D. student were awarded a patent for wings that fold to change shapes, offering the potential for more fuel-efficient flight.
Navigating a New Political Landscape: Frequently Asked Questions
June 13, 2025
Northeastern evaluates policy changes affecting research, teaching, and its community under the Trump administration.
Northeastern researchers identify proteins receptive to treating ovarian cancer
July 2, 2025
The research findings represent promising progress in the treatment of one of the most deadly forms of cancer.
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June 30, 2025
Why Mass. has one of the largest systems of involuntarily committing people for substance use disorder treatment
Massachusetts has one of the largest systems of involuntarily committing people for substance use-disorder treatment. That’s according to Leo Beletsky, a professor of law and health science at Northeastern University who served on the state’s Section 35 Commission.
June 25, 2025
That Chatbot May Just Be Telling You What You Want to Hear
Malihe Alikhani, an assistant professor of artificial intelligence at Northeastern University’s Khoury College of Computer Sciences and a visiting fellow at the Center on Regulation and Markets at the Brookings Institution, has been studying this phenomenon and investigating what happens when large language models parrot human inputs too eagerly.
June 25, 2025
Axolotls Can Regenerate Limbs, and Scientists Are Finally Learning How
James Monaghan’s lab at Northeastern University has been probing the axolotl’s freakish regenerative talents, hoping to uncover secrets that could revolutionize human medicine and maybe even one day become walking, talking Ships of Theseus.
June 23, 2025
Scientists want to regrow human limbs. Salamanders could lead the way.
Salamanders famously have the ability to regrow their limbs, but “one of the outstanding questions that has really plagued the field is how a salamander knows what to grow,” said James Monaghan, a Northeastern University biologist, to The Washington Post.
June 23, 2025
Orcas spotted using seaweed to groom each other
In an effort to learn more about their social behavior and foraging techniques, a team from the Center for Whale Research in Washington, Northeastern University in Boston, and the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom used aerial surveys with some new helpful technology.
June 23, 2025
A new Roblox study shows how longer suspensions help curb bad behavior on the platform
Researchers at Northeastern University and Roblox conducted two large-scale field experiments involving more than 770,000 Roblox users to study how suspension duration affects user behavior.
June 20, 2025
Humans Already Have the Ingredients to Regrow Limbs, Scientists Find
molecular biologist James Monaghan of Northeastern University has made a breakthrough that has allowed us to identify the driving force of regeneration—and maybe, one day, we will be able to give this power to humans.
June 19, 2025
Philosophy’s problem with its history
Podcast guest: Christoph Schuringa, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Northeastern University London.
June 19, 2025
These are the cleanest beaches in Boston, according to a local group
Mancini said the organization is partnering with DCR, Save King’s Beach, and Northeastern University to collect daily samples this summer at Nahant Beach.
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‘Advanced Deposition Methods for Mixed Metal Alloys and Hydroxides as High-Performance Catalysts for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction’
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‘Time-Warping Analysis for Biological Signals: Methodology and Application’
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‘Higher-Order Connectomics of Human Brain Function Reveals Local Topological Signatures’
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‘Human Mobility Is Well Described by Closed-Form Gravity-Like Models Learned Automatically from Data’
