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1 week ago | news.northeastern.edu | Cesareo Contreras

Rheology, the science of the deformation and flow of matter, is a relatively new field study, with its origin dating back about 100 years. To put it bluntly, rheologists study materials that exist between a solid or fluid state. This ranges from the toothpaste you use to brush your teeth to the tissues that make up your body, says Safa Jamali, a Northeastern University professor of mechanical and industrial engineering. “Arguably, 90% of things we deal with are in the between,” he says.

2 weeks ago | phys.org | Cesareo Contreras |Gaby Clark |Andrew Zinin

On Monday, President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law, making it a federal crime to publish AI-generated deep fakes and non-consensual intimate imagery. John Wihbey, associate professor of media innovation and technology at Northeastern University, called the law a welcome step in addressing online harm.

2 weeks ago | news.northeastern.edu | Cesareo Contreras

On Monday, President Donald Trump signed the Take It Down Act into law, making it a federal crime to publish AI-generated deep fakes and non-consensual intimate imagery. John Wihbey, associate professor of media innovation and technology at Northeastern University, called the law a welcome step in addressing online harm. At the same time, he warns that poor implementation could lead to unintended consequences.

3 weeks ago | news.northeastern.edu | Cesareo Contreras

Mixed reality may be a key enabling technology for NASA astronauts as they work to develop long-term settlements on the moon. At Northeastern University, a group of students has spent the past school year developing a mixed reality system to help the space agency do just that. Those students will now test that technology as they compete against nine other universities across the country as part of NASA’s Spacesuit User Interface Technologies for Students (SUITS) competition.

3 weeks ago | news.northeastern.edu | Cesareo Contreras

Sean Callahan’s family has a sizable connection to Northeastern University. He and his wife received their master’s degrees from the university — his in industrial engineering and his wife’s in taxation. And decades ago, his mother earned her doctorate in toxicology from Northeastern. On Sunday, the Callahans’ daughter Francesca was added to the list, graduating from the university with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting.