According to Northwestern University research, how an object is named directly relates to the likelihood a 12-month-old infant will remember its name.
Researchers named four distinct objects differently among groups of infants, aged 12 months, to test for future object …
Amy Rosenzweig, the Weinberg Family Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences and Professor of Molecular Biosciences and Chemistry, was awarded the 2021 Alfred Bader Award in Bioinorganic or Bioorganic Chemistry. This ACS national award is sponsored by Alfred R. …
Having the first African American woman in history on the 2020 Presidential Ballot could change the game among voters, according to Northwestern Professor Alvin Tillery.
Kamala Harris, a female and African-American Democrat from California, has made her platform known as …
Researchers from Northwestern University have been investigating the effects of electric vehicles (EVs) on the United States economy and population.
The research team found that if EVs replaced 25% of combustion-engine cars currently on the road, the United States would …
Beth Redbird, Institute for Policy Research (IPR) sociologist and Professor of the Department of Sociology, took data from 1999-2015 measuring racial disparity in policing. Along with her graduate research assistant, Kat Albrecht, Redbird has created a county-by-county police …
Among an ongoing national survey, the majority of the American population has shared positive attitudes regarding getting the Covid-19 vaccine.
James Druckman, Payson S. Wild Professor of political science in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern …
Professor Thomas McDade has received a Manulife CIFAR Population Health & Well-being Grant for COVID-19-related population health projects. This program funds six interdisciplinary project team focused on pushing traditional research boundaries and offering new insight into how the pandemic will …
Professor Katherine Amato has received a Manulife CIFAR Population Health & Well-being Grant for COVID-19-related population health projects. This program funds six interdisciplinary project team focused on pushing traditional research boundaries and offering new insight into how the pandemic will …
A Northwestern University-led team researching calcium-rich supernovas have created history. For the first time, researchers were able to examine a calcium-rich supernova with X-ray imaging. This provided a glimpse into the star during the last month of its life and …
The study “Redistribution Through Markets” was recently published in the journal Econometrica. This research reveals that free markets are optimal under some circumstances – but at other times price controls can be a better solution, especially when …