An unprecedented new telescope image of the Milky Way galaxy’s turbulent center has revealed nearly 1,000 mysterious strands, inexplicably dangling in space.
Stretching up to 150 light years long, the one-dimensional strands (or filaments) are found in pairs and clusters, …
Professor Catherine Woolley has been selected 2021 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general scientific society in the world.
Woolley is the William Deering Professor of Neurobiology and associate dean for research at …
For those who rarely forget a face, but struggle with names, the remedy for boosting learning may as near as your pillow.
New research by Northwestern University is the first to document the effect reactivating memory during sleep has on …
The Northwestern Emeriti Organization (NEO) has won a prestigious national award for establishing a series of “mini-courses” taught by retired faculty for residents of Evanston and other local communities. The “Innovation Award” for the mini-courses is one of three …
In a new study of the Zika virus, Northwestern University scientists have discovered a key mechanism used by the virus to evade the antiviral response of the cell it is attacking. This finding contributes to a better understanding of …
Assistant Professor Xiaoyu Zhang received a Damon Runyon-Dale F. Frey Award for Breakthrough Scientists.
This award supports “spectacular young scientists who are the most likely to make paradigm-shifting breakthroughs that transform the way we prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.”
Xiaoyu …
Professor Brian Hoffman was awarded the 2022 American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal.
The Gold Medal is the AIC’s highest award. First presented in 1926, it recognizes excellence, contributions to society through the application of scientific research, and contributions to …
Yujia Ding graduated from Weinberg College in 2014 from the biological sciences with a concentration in genetics and molecular biology. She also received her MS in Interdepartmental Biological Sciences (IBiS) in 2017. Learn more about what inspired her to pursue …
For the first time ever, astronomers have imaged in real time the dramatic end to a red supergiant’s life — watching the massive star’s rapid self-destruction and final death throes before collapsing into a type II supernova.
Led by researchers …
In three short years, the Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP) has grown from a pilot serving men in a single maximum-security prison into a vast network of faculty and tutors providing an education like none other in the state to …