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Will the lure of deepfakes prove irresistible to democratic governments? What questions should governments ask — and who in government should be asking them — when a deepfake is being considered?
Mar 14, 2024
Northwestern University researchers have developed the first selective therapy to prevent allergic reactions, which can range in severity from itchy hives and watery eyes to trouble breathing and even death.
Jan 20, 2024
Alzheimer's disease, expected to impact around 6.7 million people in the U.S. in 2023, causes a significant loss of brain cells, but the reasons for neuron death are not well understood.
Jan 18, 2024
In summer 2022, astronomers detected the most powerful fast radio burst (FRB) ever observed.
Jan 10, 2024
A rendering of a mouse on a treadmill with the new IMRSIV system. Credit: Dom Pinke
Dec 11, 2023
As seismic activity intensifies ahead of an impending eruption of a fissure near Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano, the island’s Reykjanes Peninsula is experiencing hundreds of earthquakes per day.
Nov 16, 2023
Nearly everyone can lower their blood pressure, even people currently on blood pressure-reducing drugs, by lowering their sodium intake, reports a new study…
Nov 12, 2023
More than a tenth of the world’s billionaires have held or sought political office, according to a new study in Perspectives on Politics.
Nov 1, 2023
Forget the cloud. Northwestern University engineers have developed a new nanoelectronic device that can perform accurate machine-learning classification tasks in the most energy-efficient manner yet.
Oct 13, 2023
From the Impossible Burger to “Meatless Mondays,” going meat-free is certainly in vogue.
Oct 7, 2023
When scientists viewed the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST) first images of the universe’s earliest galaxies, they were shocked.
Oct 4, 2023
Northwestern University researchers have developed the first electronic device for continuously monitoring the health of transplanted organs in real time.
Sep 8, 2023
In 2017, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a dramatic reversal in its approach to peanut-allergy prevention, recommending parents expose their infants as young as four months old to peanuts to prevent peanut allergy.
Jul 24, 2023
Pregnant people who had bigger fluctuations in stress from one moment to the next—also called lability—had infants with more fear, sadness and distress at…
Sep 7, 2022
