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Northwestern University

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Axolotls Reveal How Broken Limbs Know Where They Are During Regeneration

Categories Life & Non-humans

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TikTok Teen Skincare Routines Risk Lifelong Allergies

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health, Social Sciences, Technology

An artistic illustration depicting how a trehalose-containing peptide amphiphile nanofiber (TPA) captures disease-associated Aβ42 proteins, preventing their entry into neurons.

Sugar-Coated Nanotherapy Traps Toxic Proteins in Alzheimer’s

Categories Brain & Behavior, Technology

Spherical nucleic acids (SNAs) are a globular form of DNA that enter cells more easily and bind targets more effectively than linear DNA. This structural advantage makes them powerful tools for gene regulation, gene editing, drug delivery, and vaccine development—demonstrating potential even in curing certain deadly skin cancers in clinical trials. SNAs show how changing a therapy’s structure can transform its impact in the body.

Shape Matters for Future of Nano Cancer Treatments

Categories Health, Technology

Northwestern researchers have demonstrated that multiple inexpensive and abundant materials, including activated carbon, nanostructured graphite and iron and aluminum oxide nanoparticles, can facilitate direct air capture of CO2.

Carbon capture could become practical with these scalable, affordable materials

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology

Holding half its weight in carbon dioxide, the material could replace sand in concrete and other construction materials while trapping greenhouse gas.

Scientists Create ‘Artificial Sand’ That Eats CO2, Could Transform Construction Industry

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology

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Your Brain Decodes Hidden Messages in Speech Melody

Categories Brain & Behavior

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Why babies recover, but adults scar, after heart damage

Categories Health

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Study Links 3-Day Juice Diet to Unhealthy Gut Bacteria Changes

Categories Health

Astronomers first detected the new FRB, dubbed FRB 20240209A, in February 2024 with the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME).

Ancient Galaxy Reveals New Type of Cosmic Radio Burst Source

Categories Physics & Mathematics, Space

Northwestern engineers have successfully demonstrated quantum teleportation over a fiber optic cable already carrying Internet traffic, introducing the new possibility of combining quantum communication with existing Internet cables. Getty Images

Scientists Achieve Quantum Teleportation Over Active Internet Cables

Categories Physics & Mathematics, Technology

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Overthinking what you said? It’s your ‘lizard brain’ talking to newer, advanced parts of your brain

Categories Brain & Behavior

Senior woman wearing face mask lying on hospital bed Credit: RUBEN BONILLA GONZALO

Could COVID-19 Offer Clues to New Cancer Treatments?

Categories Health

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