Biodegradable structures could revolutionize energy, information technologies and advanced medicine
Step aside hard, rigid materials. There is a new soft, sustainable electroactive material in town — and it’s poised to open new possibilities for medical devices, wearable technology and human-computer …
SkAI Institute will develop AI tools and accelerate astronomy’s data-driven revolution.
A large multi-institutional collaboration, led by Northwestern University, has received a $20 million grant to develop and apply new artificial intelligence (AI) tools to astrophysics research and deep space …
Throughout its 50 years, Northwestern University’s American Studies Program has been a lively example of interdisciplinary study, intellectual curiosity, and scholarly camaraderie.
Carl Smith would love to cite some grand, elaborate plan behind the formation of Northwestern University’s American Studies …
A new study finds more than half of adults surveyed worldwide expect to be seriously harmed by their water within the next two years. Led by global health …
With Chicago and much of the Midwest facing what may be the hottest days of the summer this week, many are cranking up the …
Ever since learning the surface of the planet Mars is cold and dead, scientists have wondered if there was a way to
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Northwestern University scientists have developed a new bioactive material that successfully regenerated high-quality cartilage in the knee joints of a large-animal model.
Although it looks like a rubbery goo, …
One of just two vertebrates without a jaw, sea lampreys that are wreaking havoc in Midwestern fisheries are simultaneously helping scientists understand the origins of two important
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In November 2021, Northwestern University researchers introduced an injectable new therapy, which harnessed fast-moving “dancing molecules,” to repair tissues and reverse paralysis after severe spinal cord injuries.Now, the
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An international team of researchers, including a Northwestern University chemist, has discovered that metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor produce oxygen — 13,000 feet below the surface.
The surprising …