A team of scientists led by Northwestern University has taken the next step in the evolution of electric motors by creating a motor that is not visible to the naked eye. This groundbreaking research has resulted in the development of …
Weinberg College welcomes Assistant Professor Bryan Hunter to the Department of Chemistry!
Hunter recently offered insight into his background, research, and what inspired him to pursue his area of study.
Where are you from? Where did you study?
I grew …
The world’s best artists can take a few different colored paints and create a masterpiece that looks like nothing else. They do this by drawing upon inspiration, knowledge of past works, and design principles learned through years of experience. Chemists …
The King Faisal Foundation has awarded the 2023 King Faisal Prize in Medicine and Science to Northwestern University professor Chad A. Mirkin for his work in chemistry. The King Faisal Prize, established in 1979 by the King Faisal Foundation and …
Professor Joseph T. Hupp recently received the Allen J. Bard Award from the Electrochemical Society (ECS). According to the ECS website, the recipient is recognized for “paradigm-shifting contributions in the fields of electrochemical science and recognized for exceptionally creative experimental …
In the race to make solar energy more practical amidst soaring gas prices and threats of climate catastrophe, a team of researchers is taking steps toward a more efficient, higher-voltage solar cell.
Now, a Northwestern University, University of Toronto and …
Northwestern University professor Samuel I. Stupp has received the 2022 Von Hippel Award, the highest honor awarded by the Materials Research Society (MRS). The prize recognizes “brilliance and originality of intellect, combined with vision that transcends the boundaries of conventional …
Northwestern researchers recently discovered that colloidal crystals, three-dimensional arrays of nanoparticles, can revert to their original structure after breaking apart.
In the study, scientists dehydrated the strands of DNA, causing them to crumple, but quickly regained their previous shape when …
Professor Chad Mirkin received the 2022 Faraday Medal from The United Kingdom Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). According to the IET’s official statement, Mirkin was honored “for inventing and developing many of the tools, techniques, and materials that have …
A team of Northwestern researchers, led by Professor Chad Mirkin, have created a system for gene editing that may help future scientists develop CRISPR-based therapeutics.
The research, titled “CRISPR Spherical Nucleic Acids,” was published last week in the Journal …