Science & Technology

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 University astrophysicist Allison Strom has received a 2024 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The prestigious fellowship includes an unrestricted grant of $875,000 over five years to pursue innovative and experimental research. The foundation named Strom and...

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 interfaces. Using...

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...

Meet Russell Kahn, who graduated from Northwestern University in 2016. What inspired you to pursue study in the American Studies Program? During the Spring of my Freshman year at Northwestern I begged Professor Sarah McFarland Taylor to let me into her American...

Please welcome the 29 new faculty of Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences for the academic year of 2024-2025! Marta Agüero Guerra Assistant Professor of Instruction PhD institution: University of New York University of Iowa and Universidad de Salamanca Previous title and institution: Lecturer...

Low confidence in water quality is associated with perceptions of public corruption 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 experts at Northwestern...

Study finds those without central air are most vulnerable to changing climate patterns and warmer nights With Chicago and much of the Midwest facing what may be the hottest days of the summer this week, many are cranking up the air...

A new idea among a rich history of proposals to make the surface of the cold planet habitable Ever since learning the surface of the planet Mars is cold and dead, scientists have wondered if there was a way to make...

A crucial component in joints, cartilage is notoriously difficult to repair 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, the material...