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Can listening to the Beatles improve your memory? New research says music just might stir the brain
Psyche Loui, an assistant professor at Northeastern who studies music’s effect on cognitive health and the brain, has found that many of the sensations we experience by listening to or producing music can be quantified. And such quantification, she says, can help imagine practical applications of music, introducing both pleasant benefits and potential medical intervention.
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NanoSI Faculty Recognized with Prestigious Early-Career Awards
October 5, 2026
Three NanoSI assistant professors received prestigious early-career honors in 2025–2026. Benyamin Davaji earned the 2026 Hilton Head Rising Star of Microsystems Award, Soner Sonmezoglu an NIH Trailblazer Award for an electro-optic sensor for MRI-guided interventions, and Sunil Mittal an NSF CAREER Award for on-chip optical frequency combs.
NanoSI Researchers Contribute to Discovery That Enhances Electrical Properties of ScAlN
A new study published in Advanced Materials, featuring researchers from Northeastern University’s Institute for NanoSystems Innovation (NanoSI), reveals how nanoscale variations in material composition can significantly alter the electrical properties of...
Northeastern Researchers Receive Best Student Paper Award at IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium 2026
A team of Northeastern University researchers has received the Best Student Paper Award at the 2026 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), recognizing their innovative work on miniaturized ultrasound sensing technologies for biomedical imaging. The...
NanoSI Researchers Demonstrate High-Gain Chip-Scale Antenna Architecture for Integrated IoT Devices
Researchers at Northeastern University’s Institute for NanoSystems Innovation (NanoSI) have demonstrated a new approach to improving the performance of electrically small, chip-scale antennas — an advance that could support the development of increasingly...
NANOscientific Symposium Americas 2026 Brings Nanoscale Research and Hands-On Training to Northeastern
NanoSI faculty member Benyamin Davaji joined researchers and industry experts at the 2026 NANOscientific Symposium Americas, a two-day event at Northeastern University focused on nanoscale research, advanced instrumentation, and hands-on technical training....
NanoSI Faculty Recognized with Prestigious Early-Career Awards
Three NanoSI faculty members received prestigious early-career honors during the 2025–2026 academic year, recognizing their contributions and emerging leadership across microsystems, biomedical technologies, photonics and quantum engineering. The Institute...