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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.
As we age, we grow more lonely
April 25, 2024
Loneliness in adulthood follows a U-shaped pattern: it’s higher in younger and older adulthood, and lowest during middle adulthood, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study that examined nine longitudinal studies from around the world.
Studying the role of inflammation in heart disease
April 22, 2024
Northwestern Medicine scientists have been selected to lead one of only three research centers nationally as part of a $15 million American Heart Association (AHA) research initiative studying the role of inflammation in heart disease.
Brightest gamma-ray burst of all time came from the collapse of a massive star
April 12, 2024
In 2022, astronomers discovered the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time. Now, astronomers confirm that a ‘normal’ supernova, the telltale sign of a stellar collapse, accompanied the GRB. The team also looked for signatures of heavy elements like gold and platinum in the supernova. They found no evidence of such elements, deepening the mystery of their origins.
Northwestern football ‘staying home’ with temporary enhancements to the Lanny and Sharon Martin facility on lakefront
April 10, 2024
Northwestern football will play a majority of its games this season at the Lanny and Sharon Martin athletics facility near Lake Michigan on the University’s Evanston campus, keeping the team close to home as it seeks to build on its bowl-winning 2023 season.
Northwestern launches effort to develop best practices for news organizations using artificial intelligence
April 8, 2024
To help journalists and news organizations understand potential use and misuse of generative artificial intelligence, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has granted Northwestern University $1 million from its aligned commitment through Press Forward.
First gravitational-wave detection of a mass-gap object merging with a neutron star
April 5, 2024
Researchers detected the first gravitational-wave signal from a merger between a potential neutron star and a mystery object in the “mass gap” — the range that lies between the heaviest known neutron star and the lightest known black hole.
The Waa-Mu Show takes a new approach to an old tradition
April 5, 2024
Northwestern University presents “The 93rd Annual Waa-Mu Show: Taken Away, A Musical Trilogy” April 26 through May 5 in Cahn Auditorium. Rather than a single, longer-format musical, student writers and the cast have collaboratively shaped a trilogy of short-form musicals around a common theme — loss and the poignant exploration of something being taken away.
Redevelopment of Norris University Center’s East Lawn to begin this summer
April 5, 2024
Construction will begin this summer to redevelop Northwestern University’s East Lawn — an open area adjacent to Norris University Center on the Evanston campus. It will be renamed the Cohen Lawn.