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Nov 19, 2012
Green High Performance Computing Center opens its doors
We heat up when we’re working hard. Computers do, too. And as big data continues to get bigger, we’re asking these machines to work even harder, which means they require more energy than ever. The Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, a new nine-acre, $165 million high-tech center in Holyoke, Mass., addresses those challenges in novel ways. […]
Nov 09, 2012
For energy-storage devices, thin is in
Cell phones as thin and flexible as a sheet of paper. Energy-storing house paint. Roll-up touch screen displays. These are the sorts of devices that the engineering industry is preparing for and expecting. But if any of them is to work, said Northeastern University mechanical and industrial engineering professor Yung Joon Jung, experts also need to create a […]
Nov 09, 2012
Recreating the Magnet
ChE Professor Laura Lewis was featured by NewScientist for her research in creating a non-rare earth magnet that are increasing needed in green technologies. Each week New Scientist reaches a global audience of over 3 million intelligent, highly engaged readers through its print and digital channels.
Nov 07, 2012
A new wave for antennas
From solar panels to high-resolution imaging, a host of advanced technologies relies on the manipulation of light waves. Engineers have traditionally bent light beams toward a desired focal point using glass lenses, according to Hossein Mosallaei, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern University. But lenses are bulky and curved, limiting their ability to […]
Oct 31, 2012
Auroop Ganguly Highlights Key Issues from Hurricane Sandy
CEE Associate Professor Auroop Ganguly recently discussed implications of human-induced climate change and its possible relationship with weather extremes like Hurricane Sandy.
Oct 31, 2012
Jung’s Research featured in Scientific Reports
MIE Associate Professor Yung Joon Jung’s research on creating “Transparent, flexible supercapacitors from nano-engineered carbon films” was featured in Nature’s Scientific Reports. Online and open access, Scientific Reports is a primary research publication from the publishers of Nature, covering all areas of the natural and clinical sciences. Hosted on nature.com — the home of over 80 journals published by […]
Oct 17, 2012
Using nanomaterials for tissue regeneration
Thomas Webster, the new chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering, keeps a titanium hip implant on his desk. “If you look at bone or any natural tissue in the body, it’s composed of nanomaterials,” he said. “But if you look at what we’re implanting today” — he pointed to the titanium hip — “it’s not nano.” […]
Oct 17, 2012
The Organization of Cells
ChE Associate Professor Anand Asthagiri’s research in determining the dynamics of how cells organize into multicellular communities or aggregates was featured in PLOS ONE. PLOS ONE features reports of original research from all disciplines within science and medicine. By not excluding papers on the basis of subject area, PLOS ONE facilitates the discovery of the connections between papers whether […]