Shana Kelley has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Kelley is the Neena B. Schwartz Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering in Weinberg College, …
For something so precise, so miniscule, this was big. Really big.
A new measurement of the electron magnetic moment from Board of Trustees Professor in Physics Gerald Gabrielse and his research group at Northwestern University’s Center for Fundamental Physics has …
Bryna Kra have received the 17th annual Dorothy Ann and Clarence L. Ver Steeg Distinguished Research Fellowship Award. Kra is the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of Mathematics at Weinberg College, and is a leading expert in ergodic theory and …
When physicists steered a tiny microparticle toward a cylindrical obstacle, they expected one of two outcomes to occur. The particle would either collide into the obstacle or sail around it. The particle, however, did neither.
The researcher team — led …
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) has selected Northwestern University to co-lead its new biomedical research hub in Chicago, which will develop new technologies for studying human tissues with unprecedented resolution. The hub’s ultimate goal is to unite the region’s best …
Northwestern played a crucial role in the historic detection of gravitational waves, which were first predicted by Albert Einstein in 1916. On September 14, 2015, a team of more than 1,000 scientists and engineers from around the world detected these …
Suzan van der Lee was honored with the Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor of the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences during an investiture ceremony of endowed chairs on March 9.
She conducts geophysics research and teaches geophysics and data science …
Astrophysicist Wen-fai Fong, was recognized by Astronomy Magazine in their list, “Rising Stars in Astronomy.” Fong is assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Northwestern.
Fong is one of 25 early-career researchers recognized by Astronomy Magazine for …
The American Physical Society (APS) announced a new measurement of the electron’s magnetism – a discovery made by the Gabrielse Group in Northwestern’s Center for Fundamental Physics (CFP).
The CFP specialize in tabletop experiments that “investigate the particles, interactions, and …
Todd Gingrich has been recognized as a 2023 Sloan Fellow of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Gingrich is assistant professor of chemistry at Northwestern.
The renowned Sloan Research Fellowship Program recognizes and rewards outstanding early-career faculty who “have the …