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AI tool instantly assesses self-harm risk
May 13, 2024
A new assessment tool that leverages powerful artificial intelligence was able to predict whether participants exhibited suicidal thoughts and behaviors using a quick and simple combination of variables.
Northwestern to lead Midwestern carbon-capture hub
May 8, 2024
Called the Midwest Nuclear DAC Hub (MINDAC), the Northwestern-led program will unite a diverse group of research and commercial partner institutions to test the feasibility of using a zero-emission nuclear fleet to power air handling units that remove CO2 from the atmosphere.
COVID-19 pandemic changed attitudes toward wearables
May 8, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly increased interest in wearable health-monitoring devices among low-income Hispanic and Latine adults living in the U.S.
Multiple Grammy Award-winners a part of Bienen School of Music's 2024-25 subscription series
May 6, 2024
Audiences will enjoy eleven debuts in the 2024-25 concert season as Northwestern University’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music resumes its four guest artist subscription series which include the Skyline Piano Series, Segovia Classical Guitar Series, Winter Chamber Music Festival, and Keyboard Conversations.
The enemy of your enemy is, indeed, your friend. Physics confirms it.
May 3, 2024
Most people have heard the famous phrase “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Now, Northwestern University researchers have used statistical physics to confirm the theory that underlies this famous axiom.
Do earthquake hazard maps predict higher shaking than actually occurred?
May 3, 2024
A new study by Northwestern University researchers and coworkers explains a puzzling problem with maps of future earthquake shaking used to design earthquake-resistant buildings.
Sugar-based catalyst upcycles carbon dioxide
May 2, 2024
In a new Northwestern University study, the catalyst successfully converted carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide (CO), an important building block to produce a variety of useful chemicals.
This algorithm makes robots perform better
May 2, 2024
Northwestern engineers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm designed specifically for smart robotics. By helping robots rapidly and reliably learn complex skills, the new method could significantly improve the practicality — and safety — of robots for a range of applications, including self-driving cars, delivery drones, household assistants and automation.
Gene linked to epilepsy, autism decoded in new study
April 26, 2024
A new Northwestern Medicine study helps explain how changes in the SCN2A gene — a known cause of infantile seizures, autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability —
affect whether or not a child will develop autism or epilepsy, the age at which seizures start for those with epilepsy and the severity of the child's other impairments.
Listening to mindfulness audios during radiation improves physical, emotional side effects
April 25, 2024
Men with prostate cancer who are treated with radiation therapy experience significant side effects such as fatigue, sleep problems, anxiety and depressive symptoms. But listening to mindfulness audio recordings significantly eased those symptoms, a new Northwestern Medicine study has found.