Teri W. Odom, Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Joan Husting Madden and William H. Madden, Jr. Professor of Chemistry, is the recipient of the 2024 SPIE Mozi Award for “significant contributions to the field of nanophotonics and …
Battling Alzheimer’s disease has become William Klein’s life work – even if he never saw it coming.
A progressive disease impacting memory, thinking, behavior, and other mental functions, Alzheimer’s affects an estimated 6.7 million Americans, according to the Alzheimer’s Association, …
Although dark matter makes up 27% of the universe, astronomers have been unable to observe it directly.
Now, in a new study, an international team of researchers including Northwestern University astrophysicists has found that upcoming images from NASA’s Nancy Grace …
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 …
Northwestern professor Dan McAdams developed the concept of narrative identity. A collection of his enterprising students pushed it in unexpected directions.
Call it an epiphany.
While completing his undergraduate studies in psychology and theater, Jonathan Adler read a paper penned …
Jeffrey Masten was awarded the 34th Calvin and Rose G. Hoffman Prize for a Distinguished Publication on Christopher Marlowe. The Hoffman Prize is a peer-judged, international competition administered by the King’s School, Canterbury, which Marlowe attended in the sixteenth …
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, …
Goggles enabled researchers to study responses to overhead threats for first time
Northwestern University researchers have developed new virtual reality (VR) goggles for mice.
Besides just being cute, these miniature goggles provide more immersive experiences for mice living in laboratory …
Fishing nets, carpet, clothing break down without leaving harmful byproducts behind
Many people are familiar with the haunting images of wildlife — including sea turtles, dolphins and seals — tangled in abandoned fishing nets.
The main issue behind Nylon-6, the …
Former goldmine provides a portal to microbial life deep into the Earth’s crust
If you added up all the microbes living deep below Earth’s surface, the amount of biomass would outweigh all life within our oceans.
But because this abundant …