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Sponge coated with nanoparticles (left) next to an uncoated cellulose sponge

Metal-filtering sponge removes lead from water

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology

Northwestern Medicine scientists led by Adam Sonabend report results of the first in-human clinical trial using a skull-implantable ultrasound device to open the blood-brain barrier and repeatedly permeate large, critical regions of the human brain t...Show More Caption →

Chemotherapy drug reaches brain in humans for first time

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health

Northwestern researchers have worked with an international team of collaborators to create acetic acid out of carbon monoxide derived from captured carbon.

New catalyst transforms carbon dioxide into sustainable byproduct

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology

Pregnant woman with clock on belly

Dim lights before bedtime to reduce risk of gestational diabetes

Categories Health

Since its founding, SteadyScrib has tested its new product on more than 40 individuals and created more than 10 different prototypes. Photo by Stephen Lewis

A pen designed for Parkinson’s patients

Categories Brain & Behavior, Health, Technology

Pendant tracks heat signatures from lit cigarettes in real time

Smart necklace aims to help you stop smoking

Categories Technology

Fluorescent images of human neurons (stained with red, green and blue) growing on coatings with fast-moving molecules (left) or conventional laminin (right) for 60 days. Neurons spread homogenously and showed more complex branching on the highly mobile coating developed at Northwestern.

Lab-grown neurons hold promise for neurodegenerative disease

Categories Brain & Behavior

A breadfruit tree in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Photo by Nyree Zerega

Caribbean breadfruit traced back to Capt. Bligh’s 1791-93 journey

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Social Sciences

In a study of Drosophila fruit flies, NIH scientists found that only about 30% of the genes that are hallmarks for aging may set an animal's internal clock. The rest may reflect the body's response to bacteria. Above is a picture of a Drosophila gut, a key source of bacteria.

Aging is driven by unbalanced genes, study finds

Categories Health

Everyday products can trigger uterine fibroids

Categories Health

Although it is impossible to pinpoint the precise locations of the incursions, it is clear that the incursions are clustered around hot spots. These are the so-called red-zones: parts of the Line of Actual Control between China and India, where the border is not clearly defined.

Chinese incursions into India are increasing, strategically planned

Categories Social Sciences

A zebrafish showing, from lea to right, the eye, the pseudobranch, and the gills

Why fish look down when they swim

Categories Life & Non-humans

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