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Plastic recycling could soon get simpler. In a study from Northwestern University and collaborators published in Nature Chemistry, researchers report an inexpensive, single-site nickel catalyst that selectively deconstructs common mixed polyolefin waste.
Sep 2, 2025
In a lab at Northwestern University, chemists have reimagined how CRISPR travels.
Sep 1, 2025
The heart gives out too soon. In America, where heart failure already weighs on six million adults, a new study shows Black patients are first hospitalized almost a generation earlier than their white counterparts.
Sep 1, 2025
Children in disadvantaged neighborhoods face up to 20 times higher odds of being hospitalized for gun injuries than their peers in more advantaged areas.
Aug 25, 2025
Scientists have discovered human pegivirus—a relatively obscure virus from the same family as hepatitis C—in the brains of 50% of Parkinson's disease patients examined, while finding none in healthy control brains.
Jul 11, 2025
When an axolotl loses part of its limb, the remaining cells face a crucial question: what exactly needs to be rebuilt?
Jun 17, 2025
Northwestern University researchers have found that teen skincare routines popular on TikTok expose young users to dangerous levels of skin irritants that could trigger permanent allergies.
Jun 9, 2025
Northwestern University scientists have developed an innovative nanotherapy that directly targets the root cause of Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions.
May 14, 2025
Scientists are building incredibly small medicines that could revolutionize how we treat devastating diseases, including certain forms of cancer that have been nearly impossible to cure until now.
Apr 25, 2025
Researchers at Northwestern University have expanded the potential of carbon capture technology that plucks CO2 directly from the air by demonstrating that there are multiple suitable and abundant materials that can facilitate direct air capture.
Apr 9, 2025
The construction industry may soon build with materials that actively remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, thanks to an innovative process developed by…
Mar 19, 2025
That subtle rise in pitch when someone asks a question? The emphasis placed on certain words to convey importance?
Mar 3, 2025
Newborns with heart complications can rely on their newly developed immune systems to regenerate cardiac tissues, but adults aren’t so lucky.
Feb 11, 2025
The allure of a juice cleanse, often touted as a fast track to better health, may be more fiction than fact, according to a new Northwestern University study.
Feb 5, 2025
