Redrawing our borders

What are borders these days? When travel was local, borders and communities were easy to define, but now our connectivity is more complex. It’s time to think of borders differently, according to Northwestern University researchers.
To reflect toda…

Molecular fossil

In today’s world of sophisticated organisms proteins are the stars. They are the indispensible catalytic workhorses, carrying out the processes essential to life. But long, long ago ribonucleic acid (RNA) reigned supreme.
Now Northwestern Universi…