Northwestern University

Hosted Jan. 16 by Northwestern’s Alpha Mu Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha — the fraternity of Martin Luther King Jr. — the annual candlelight vigil at Alice Millar Chapel featured remarks by Rev. Dr. Michael C. R. Nabors, pastor of Evanston’s…

Although most public attention surrounding deepfakes has focused on large propaganda campaigns, the problematic new technology is much more insidious, according to a new report by artificial intelligence (AI) and foreign policy experts at…

Could the new and wildly popular chatbot ChatGPT convincingly produce fake abstracts that fool scientists into thinking those studies are the real thing?That was the question worrying Northwestern Medicine physician-scientist Dr.…

Trained civilians working to intervene in and de-escalate street violence face job-related violence themselves, as well as secondary trauma from that violence, according to two published articles in peer-reviewed journals.Scientists found…

Northwestern University and the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) astrophysicists have discovered the tightest ultracool dwarf binary system ever observed.The two stars are so close that it takes them less than one Earth…

Northwestern University-led researchers have created the first highly mature neurons from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), a feat that opens new opportunities for medical research and potential transplantation therapies for…

Northwestern graduate students have voted to unionize and will join the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE).The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) moderated the election held Jan. 10 to 11 on the Evanston and…

Results of a new study by Northwestern University researchers will help earthquake scientists better deal with seismology’s most important problem: when to expect the next big earthquake on a fault.Seismologists commonly assume that big…

Northwestern University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), recognized leaders in the growing field of synthetic biology, recently received significant grant awards from the Army for basic research projects involving…

Environmental contaminants like fluoride, lead and pesticides exist all around and even within us. While researchers have simple ways to measure concentrations of such contaminants inside lab environments, levels are much more difficult…