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U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy on Friday called for cancer warning labels to be added to alcohol, citing that alcohol increases the risk of developing at least seven types of cancer.
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Nobel laureate Sir Fraser Stoddart, a Board of Trustees Professor at Northwestern University, died Dec. 30. He was 82.

Northwestern University engineers are the first to successfully demonstrate quantum teleportation over a fiber optic cable already carrying Internet traffic.

Northwestern University experts are available to comment on the Presidential transition, Trump's first 100 days and more
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The holidays can intensify feelings of grief for people navigating a loss, but because most people’s association with grief is limited to the death of a loved one, they are less equipped to cope with other common types of loss. Katherine Atkins, clinical training director and Sonya Lorelle, associate program director at the Family Institute at Northwestern University are available to discuss overlooked forms of grief and share tips for navigating grief during the holidays.
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Food allergies can turn holiday cheer into stress and anxiety for millions of Americans. But it doesn’t have to be this way, says Melissa Engel of Northwestern University.
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By studying a still-forming exoplanet and its surrounding natal disk, the researchers uncovered a mismatched composition of gases in the planet’s atmosphere compared to gases within the disk. The surprising finding potentially confirms long-held skepticism that scientists’ current model of planet formation is too simplified.

By studying prehistoric rocks and fossils emerging from the side of Mount Ashibetsu in Japan, researchers have precisely refined the timing and duration of Ocean Anoxic Event 1a (OAE 1a), an extreme environmental disruption that choked oxygen from Earth’s oceans to cause significant extinction, especially among plankton.

A new study by developmental scientists at Northwestern University provides new insight into a hallmark of human communication: our flexibility to use non-linguistic signals to serve our communication needs.

Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy received a $1 million gift from the Kapor Foundation to establish the Center for Technology, Policy, and Opportunity, which will lead a range of initiatives, beginning with a new interdisciplinary graduate program designed to address challenges arising at the intersection of technology, society and policy.