Scientists at Northwestern University and University of California San Diego have developed a new, potent injectable therapy that can protect the heart from damage after a heart attack.
The therapeutic approach comprises specially designed polymers that act like proteins. These
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Historically, the vast majority of pharmaceutical drugs have been meticulously designed down to the atomic level. The specific location of each atom within the drug molecule is a critical factor in determining how well it works and how safe it
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Human language allows us to learn new words for things we’ve never witnessed directly. We do this seamlessly, for example, in conversations, using clues from the overall context to infer a new word’s meaning.
But how early does this ability
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Northwestern’s Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies was tapped to program a series of nine CityTalk conversations designed to explore the themes of history, identity and survival in Joshua Harmon’s 2022 award-winning play “Prayer for the French Republic.”
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A Northwestern University-led international team of scientists has, for the first time, directly observed catalysis in-action at the atomic level.
In mesmerizing new videos, single atoms move and shake during a chemical reaction that removes hydrogen atoms from an alcohol
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Experimental drug NU-9 — a small molecule compound approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical trials for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — improves neuron health in animal models of Alzheimer’s disease, according to
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Trying to persuade people with different political views can be fatiguing and frustrating, but it’s not as pointless as we might think. New research shows that even on divisive issues, far more persuasion attempts succeeded than backfired.
A new study
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Life is a highway, but what are the emissions along it? It turns out, that answer could change depending on which dataset one uses.
A new study led by Victoria Lang, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Earth, …
Guided by the lived experiences of community partners, Northwestern University scientists have simulated the effects of zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) adoption on future air quality for the greater Chicago area.
The results were published today in the journal Frontiers of Earth …