Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a key partner in the Midwest Alliance for Clean Hydrogen (MachH2), one of seven new Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs across the nation selected to receive $7 billion in funding to accelerate the domestic market for…

In the United States, premature death associated with exposure to nitrogen dioxide pollution — a toxic gas emitted primarily by burning fossil fuels in cars, trucks and power plants — is more likely to impact people of color compared to the…

In a new Northwestern University-led study, researchers identified and recorded from three genetic subtypes of dopamine neurons in the midbrain region of a mouse model.Although there is a long-standing, common assumption that most — if…

Mandy Distel will become Northwestern University’s permanent chief financial officer, and Luke Figora will become the University’s permanent chief operating officer, effective Aug. 7, President Michael Schill announced today. Both have been…

Surveys of Twitter and Facebook users show people are exhausted by and unhappy with the overrepresentation of extreme political content or controversial topics in their feeds.In a review published Aug. 3 in the journal Trends in Cognitive…

Today in the U.S., a child with risk factors for heart disease (high blood pressure, overweight, etc.) can wait close to a year to see a cardiologist because of high demand and limited resources. This is precious time that could be spent…

When COVID-19 presented the world with the greatest health challenge in modern history, it was biomedical scientists who stepped up to develop diagnostic testing and vaccines to slow the spread of the disease.But how did these in-demand…

Kirabo “Bo” Jackson, the Abraham Harris Professor of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University’s School of Education and Social Policy (SESP), has been appointed as a member of President Biden’s Council of Economic Advisers…

The viral ALS Ice Bucket Challenge a few years ago raised major funding that resulted in the discovery of new genes connected to the disease. One of those genes is NEK1, in which mutations have been linked to as much as 2% of all ALS…

Polyurethane plastics are ubiquitous, used everywhere from mattresses to shoes. But once these products are no longer wanted, these materials litter landfills and oceans across the world.Now, a group of researchers at Northwestern…