New study finds dopamine neurons are more diverse than previously thought
In a new Northwestern University-led study, researchers identified and recorded from three genetic subtypes of dopamine neurons in the midbrain region of a mouse model.
Although there is a …
At the UN’s 2023 Water Conference in March, Northwestern Anthropologist Sera Young presented on the Water Insecurity Experiences Scales (WISE Scales), a more accurate tool for collecting data on water insecurity than current water indicators. Young developed these survey …
Containing more than 850 species, fig trees are one of the most diverse groups of plants in the world.
To unravel how this plant genus (Ficus in the Moraceae family) evolved to become such a diverse group, an international team …
Close to a thousand scientists from around the world who study embryonic development will gather in Chicago for the 82nd annual meeting of the Society for Developmental Biology (SDB) from July 20-23, 2023. At the meeting, Northwestern Professor Carole LaBonne…
Northwestern University astrophysicists are part of an international team of scientists using advanced simulation tools that has predicted the existence of merging massive, 30 solar mass black hole binaries in Milky Way-like galaxies, challenging previous theories.
The team, which includes …
Mercouri Kanatzidis, inorganic chemist at Northwestern University, has received an unusual honor: a new mineral discovered in Hungary has been named after him, the International Mineralogical Society (IMA) announced recently.
The mineral, a chalcogenide, is called kanatzidisite in recognition …
While searching for the origins of a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB), an international team of astrophysicists may have stumbled upon a new way to destroy a star.
Although most GRBs originate from exploding massive stars or neutron-star mergers, the researchers …
In a new Northwestern University-led study, astrophysicists crunched 12.5 years of data from 45 dead stars (called pulsars) to set the best limits yet on the gravitational wave signatures emitted from pairs of monster black holes. Knowing these limits will …
For the first time ever, the researchers have used state-of-the-art simulations to show that these cocoons can emit gravitational waves. And, unlike gamma-ray burst jets, cocoons’ gravitational waves should be within the frequency band that the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory …
Some of Northwestern University’s brightest minds in biomedical science converged before a packed auditorium yesterday to discuss the hottest topics in their fields.
Hosted by Provost Kathleen Hagerty, “The New Frontiers of Biomedical Science and Biomedical Engineering” panel explored wide-ranging …