Northeastern, one of the best schools in the country for experiential learning, is also well-known for its wide variety of clubs. From intramural sports to the Cheese Club, there are many student organizations encompassing a wide variety of niche interests. However, what about one where students can talk about fossils and prehistoric life … as […]
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Science has always moved in cycles. This can be observed with the seismic shifts that have governed science’s arrow of progress. Whether it be the Industrial Revolution or Darwin’s theory of evolution, these disruptions have set science on a new path. However, it appears these eruptions have been eroded, with the amount of these disruptions
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Fat stacks of thin materials: The rich phenomena of twisted 2D layers By Jennifer Garland, Applied Physics and Mathematics, 2021 Source: NIST This article was originally published as part of Issue 40: Wonder. For most of the history of materials science, layered crystal growth has been limited to the particular arrangements in which atoms tend to
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Weird Flex: Field-Responsive Mechanical Metamaterials By Jennifer Garland, Applied Physics & Math, 2021 Source: Pixabay This article was originally published as part of Issue 39: Synthetic. Many of today’s synthetic materials were inspired by nature. Jeffrey Grossman, a materials science and engineering professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has said that “nature is
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Diffraction Peaks and Discovering Primes By Jennifer Garland, Applied Physics, 2021 Source: Pixabay This article was originally published as part of Issue 37: Interaction. Crystal structures are symmetric and periodic, and they form some of the more predictable patterns in the universe. However, the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry shook up the field of crystallography
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Mosh Pits: A Lot of Noise By Jennifer Garland, Applied Physics & Math, 2021 Source: Pixabay This article was originally published as part of Issue 38: People. Metal concert attendees are familiar with deafening music, bright lights, Lovecraftian graphics, and, of course, rowdy crowds. Bands often encourage mosh pits, crowd surfing, and “walls of death,” creating
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Connections in Chaos: Breaking Down Networks with Professor Barabási By Jennifer Garland, Applied Physics, 2021 This article was originally published as part of Issue 37: Interaction. NU Sci spoke with Albert-László Barabási, director of the Center for Complex Network Research (CCNR) and Distinguished University Professor at Northeastern. As a pioneer and current innovator in network
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Smart Glass: Making the Future Less Bright By Jennifer Garland, Applied Physics, 2021 Source: Pixabay This article was originally published as part of Issue 34: Color. The end may be near for finicky window blinds as more research funds the development of electrochromic devices. Electrochromism is the phenomenon of a material changing color due to the
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