For the first time, a team of astronomers — including Northwestern University assistant professor of physics and astronomy Jason Wang — used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system. The …
In a new study, a team of researchers from universities across the country discovered that star formation is self-regulatory, meaning stars themselves set their own masses as they are formed. This helps explain why stars in different environments still have …
On August 21, a team of NASA funded Northwestern astrophysicists launched a “Micro-X” rocket from White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico to record an image of Cassiopeia A, the remnant of a supernova.
Northwestern professor of physics and …
A new Northwestern study found that breadfruit, a starchy, nutrient-rich alternative to staple crops, will be relatively unaffected by climate change. Unlike its more popular counterparts (rice, corn, soybeans etc), researchers predict that a very small percentage of suitable land …
Northwestern University’s Office of the Provost has named Regan Thomson an Academic Leadership Program (ALP) Fellow for the 2022-23 academic year. Thomson is a Professor of Chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. Following postdoctoral studies at Harvard …
Chemistry undergraduates JoJo Holm and Anthony Tam have received the 2022 Lambert fellowship, the Chemistry of Life Processes Institute’s most prestigious award. The students will receive multi-year funding for year-round, hands-on laboratory research in Institute faculty laboratories.
Lambert Fellows also …
Northwestern and Radboud University in the Netherlands have recorded millimeter-wavelength light from an explosion caused by the merger of a neutron star with another star.
To record the data, astrophysicists used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international observatory …
A Northwestern University research team has identified a molecular switch in cells that can help scientists establish a fuller understanding of skin regeneration. In addition, these findings may lead to new developments in cancer research and wound healing.
Their study …
A team of Northwestern researchers has developed a new method that predicts debris flow to help warn people living in high-risk areas of potential flooding.
Water runoff caused by intense rainfall can often devastate communities that are not prepared. With …
As NASA’s new James Webb Space Telescope is officially transitioning into scientific operations, Northwestern University astrophysicists Allison Strom and Farhad Yusef-Zadeh will have early access to the device within the next month. Strom will lead the CECILIA (Chemical Evolution Constrained …