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NortheasternPhysics @PhysicsNEU

Northeastern University Physics Department

Joined June 2017
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Northeastern COS@NortheasternCOS
Apr 8
An icy Earth-like planet may exist. HD 137010 b orbits a Sun-like star at −90°F. Assistant Professor Jonathan Blazek says it could help us understand our origins—and if we’re alone. Read more: bit.ly/4stZ9sn #COSConnects #Astrophysics

What is an exoplanet? An astrophysicist explains why they are vital

The discovery of a more Earth-like planet beyond our solar system could mark a new era in humanity’s search for life.

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Northeastern COS@NortheasternCOS
Apr 10
The pandemic may be over, but health threats remain. Professor Alessandro Vespignani and his team developed new data tools to track how Americans move and interact post-COVID, improving models for future outbreaks. Read more: bit.ly/4uS0MSc #COSConnects #Physics

New data reveals how Americans move and mingle post-COVID

Scientists have created post-pandemic datasets with a mobility platform that serves as a real-time dashboard on population movement.

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Northeastern COS@NortheasternCOS
Mar 27
How accurate is the science behind Project Hail Mary? Astrophysicist Jacqueline McCleary breaks down what the film gets right — and where fiction takes over. Read more: bit.ly/4c1K0J3 #COSConnects #Astrophysics

What ‘Project Hail Mary’ gets right — and wrong — about astrophysics

A Northeastern University astrophysicist breaks down whether Ryan Gosling’s new sci-fi movie holds up under the microscope.

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Congratulations to Professor Alessandro Vespignani who has been awarded the prestigious European Physical Society Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division Prize 2025.
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Undergraduate physics student Marlon Jost and Umme Hani Bootwalla present at the American Society for Engineering Education Northeast Section (ASEE-NE) Conference 2025 #spsnortheastern #northeasterncos
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Congratulations to Ugrad students Steven Bercik, Mehmet Furkan Baylan and Ansa Brew-Smith who recently presented at the American Society for Engineering Education Northeast Section (ASEE-NE) Conference 2025 and will be published soon. #spsnortheastern #northeasterncos
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Machine Learning: Science and Technology@MLSTjournal
24 Oct 2024
Great new work by @jhhalverson and Fabian Ruehle @PhysicsNEU @NortheasternCOS @iaifi_news - 'Metric flows with #neuralnetworks' - iopscience.iop.org/article/1… #machinelearning #stringtheory #cosmology #fieldtheory #QFT #HEP #knottheory #topology #AI
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🚨 New PhD Program Alert! 🚨 Explore the intersection of physics, biology, and chemistry w/ Northeastern’s Biophysics PhD program. Flexible curriculum, cutting-edge research - shape your path in science 🗓 Priority Deadline: Jan 15 🔗 Apply now: cos.northeastern.edu/biophys…

Connected Science Community Biophysics PhD Program - Northeastern University College of Science

Participate in groundbreaking biophysics research Program Details Program Requirements 31 total semester hours requiredMinimum 3.000 GPA required Milestones Application Deadline Priority deadline:...

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LHCPhysics@lhcphysics
3 Jun 2024
#LHCP2024 has officially begun with a warm welcome from Dean Hazel Sive to Northeastern University and Boston!
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About recent Henry Noyes, who graduated from Northeastern with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics Can robots be used to extract ice on the moon? This NASA research fellow from Northeastern wants to find out news.northeastern.edu/2024/0… via Northeastern Global News

Can robots be used to extract ice on the moon? This NASA research fellow from Northeastern wants to...

Research Fellow Henry Noyes plans to make the university’s robot COBRA fully autonomous so that it can help NASA extract ice on the moon.

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Northeastern network science professor Albert-László Barabási elected to National Academy of Sciences news.northeastern.edu/2024/0… via Northeastern Global News

Northeastern network science professor Albert-László Barabási elected to National Academy of...

Dodge professor of network science and distinguished university professor of physics Albert-László Barabási has elected into the NAS.

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Northeastern research on HIV infection could lead to better drugs to treat the virus news.northeastern.edu/2024/0… via Northeastern Global News

Northeastern research on HIV infection could lead to better drugs to treat the virus

Physicists suggest that mechanical pressure triggers a key event in the mechanism of a human cell infection with HIV.

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Congratulations Professor Fabian Ruehle AI Starts to Sift Through String Theory quantamagazine.org/ai-starts…

AI Starts to Sift Through String Theory’s Near-Endless Possibilities | Quanta Magazine

Using machine learning, string theorists are finally showing how microscopic configurations of extra dimensions translate into sets of elementary particles — though not yet those of our universe.

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Wanunu Lab 🇺🇸@WanunuLab
9 Jan 2023
Very excited for @Luning_Y on the publication of his work on unfolding and pulling proteins through biological nanopores. Tweetorial coming soon! This collaboration with @aksimentievLab and Min Chen at @UMassAmherst has been so fun! rdcu.be/c23l0
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Williams Lab@WilliamsLabNEU
27 Dec 2022
Like other HMGB proteins, human FACT destabilizes nucleosomes to facilitate transcription. Why is the rest of this large protein needed? doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.202… shows that the SSRP1 HMGB domain coordinates with the SPT16 domain to facilitate nucleosome reassembly after disruption
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Williams Lab@WilliamsLabNEU
22 Dec 2022
The N protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is essential for viral replication, making it an attractive drug target. The N protein contains two primary structural domains. How do they coordinate to compact the viral genome? Find out in doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkac1179
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Congratulations Professor Dapeng "Max" Bi for being elected Vice Chair for the New England Section of the @APSphysics @NortheasternCOS
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Northeastern COS@NortheasternCOS
12 Oct 2022
Congratulations to @barabasi a #physics professor at Northeastern for receiving @APSPhysics 2023 Julius Edgar Lilenfeld Prize for his innovative work on the statistical physics of networks. 🏆 🎊 Read more here: cos.nu/3g1N2me #COSConnects
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NGN Research@ResearchAtNU
13 Oct 2022
In a world that's becoming more automated, analyzing and processing color is an important feature for a device to have, finds this @NortheasternCOS physicist. news.northeastern.edu/2022/1…

Machine vision breakthrough: This device can see ‘millions of colors’

The device, called “A-Eye,” is capable of processing color far more accurately than existing machines thanks to new machine learning models.

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