A team with Professor Krishna Shrinivas discovered how a landmark found in the nucleus of cells in many organ systems forms ...

The Pat & Shirley Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund, a $35 million initiative of Northwestern University and the Ryan Family Foundation, is advancing life sciences research with immediate ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics is using its uncommon position within an engineering school to seek out applied math applications in the real ...

With a century dedicated to research and teaching in the field, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is ranked among the top departments in the nation. Our award-winning faculty ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a key driver of geopolitical power imbalances, fueling the competition for technological supremacy and economic dominance and intensifying global ...

A team of scientists with Professor Tobin J. Marks broke down plastic using a simple, inexpensive catalyst and air.

Led by Professor Jennifer Dunn, Northwestern Engineering students investigated the sustainability of common single-use devices.

The bioinspired artificial muscles developed by Professor Ryan Truby enable robotic limbs to push, lift, and kick.

In a major clinical study, the tool developed by Professor Mozziyar Etemadi boosted productivity by up to 40 percent without compromising accuracy.

Professor Jennifer Dunn and PhD student Jenna Trost’s commentary in Nature Sustainability argues that the Inflation Reduction Act’s standard for electric-vehicle batteries could have unintended ...

Northwestern engineers have successfully demonstrated quantum teleportation over a fiberoptic cable already carrying Internet traffic, introducing the new possibility of combining quantum ...

In a review paper published in Nature Reviews Genetics, Professor Michael Jewett explores how cell-free gene expression stands to help the field of synthetic biology dramatically impact society, from ...