Northwestern accelerates quantum research with NVIDIA technology
AI & Data
Don’t Be Duped: Here’s How to Spot Deepfakes
Not all deepfakes are bad. Deepfakes — digital artifacts including photos, videos and audio that have been generated or modified using artificial intelligence (AI) software — often look and sound real. Deepfake content has been used to dupe viewers, spread fake...
Northwestern to lead $20 million National AI Research Institute in Astronomy
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 exploration. Jointly...
Brain’s structure hangs in ‘a delicate balance’
New finding appears to be universal across insects, mammals and humans When a magnet is heated up, it reaches a critical point where it loses magnetization. Called “criticality,” this point of high complexity is reached when a physical object is transitioning...
New study is the first to use statistical physics to corroborate the 1940s social balance theory
Most people have heard the famous phrase “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Now, Northwestern University researchers have used statistical physics to confirm the theory that underlies this famous axiom. The study was published May 3 in the journal Science...
Deborah Cohen named executive director of Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs
Scholar of European and global history has served as interim director since January, launching several new programs for faculty and students Deborah Cohen, the Richard W. Leopold Professor of History in Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, has been named...
Society & Policy / Alumni & Students / Arts & Humanities / Faculty / Research / Social Impact / Environment & Sustainability
Using data for social good: Faculty empower students to use data to uplift community organizations
Northwestern University is building students’ data literacy while providing unique experiential learning opportunities to drive social good. Launched in September 2021 and powered by funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Metropolitan Chicago Data-Science Corps (MCDC) empowers undergraduate students from...
Shana Kelley named 2023 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)
Shana Kelley has been named 2023 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Kelley is the Neena B. Schwartz Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering at Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and the McCormick School of Engineering, professor of biochemistry and molecular...
First supernova detected, confirmed, classified and shared by AI
New artificial intelligence tool removes humans from entire search, discovery process A fully automated process, including a brand-new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, has successfully detected, identified and classified its first supernova. Developed by an international collaboration led by Northwestern University, the new...
Bursts of star formation explain mysterious brightness at cosmic dawn
Intense flashes of light, not mass, resolve the puzzle of impossible brightness When scientists viewed the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) first images of the universe’s earliest galaxies, they were shocked. The young galaxies appeared too bright, too massive and too...
Northwestern to receive $50 million to study life sciences using mathematics
New institute will be an international hub focused on fundamental questions Northwestern University has been awarded $50 million over five years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Simons Foundation to establish the National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology...