The Pat & Shirley Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund, a $35 million initiative of Northwestern University and the Ryan Family Foundation, is advancing life sciences research with immediate ...

Led by Professor Hao F. Zhang, the center will advance its work by developing cutting-edge tools to better understand and ...

Former coal industry innovator George Lytwynyshyn now helps shape sustainability leaders in Northwestern Engineering's MPM program.

A new study from Professor Vadim Backman shows that restoring cellular memory prevents cancer cells’ ability to adapt to evade treatment.

“ Dancing molecules,” the promising new treatment for acute spinal cord injuries developed at Northwestern University, has received Orphan Drug Designation from the US Food and Drug Administration ...

Most robots rely on rigid, bulky parts that limit their adaptability, strength, and safety in real-world environments. Researchers developed soft, battery-powered artificial muscles inspired by human ...

The Los Angeles Times wrote about the recent work by Professor John Rogers that can provide clinical-grade, continuous monitoring of breast milk consumption.

Situated within the M c Cormick School of Engineering and driven by the CS+X initiative, the Department of Computer Science (CS) at Northwestern University prepares students to perform impactful and ...

The Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Northwestern University is pioneering transformational discoveries in synthetic biology, biotechnology, catalysis, medicine, complex systems, ...

Professor Jennifer Dunn and PhD student Jenna Trost’s commentary in Nature Sustainability argues that the Inflation Reduction Act’s standard for electric-vehicle batteries could have unintended ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a key driver of geopolitical power imbalances, fueling the competition for technological supremacy and economic dominance and intensifying global ...

The team developed MobilePoser, a new system that leverages sensors already embedded within consumer mobile devices to accurately track a person’s full-body pose and global translation in space in ...