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‘Dancing molecules’ heal cartilage damage
July 26, 2024
Researchers applied dancing molecules therapy to damaged human cartilage cells.
Lampreys possess a ‘jaw-dropping’ evolutionary origin
July 26, 2024
Northwestern University biologists have pinpointed when the gene network that regulates these stem cells may have evolved and gained insights into what might be responsible for lampreys’ missing mandibles.
In Illinois, ‘older adults are at increased risk for suicide’
July 25, 2024
Nearly 20% of suicides in Illinois between 2020 and 2021 were among people 65 years and older, according to recently released data from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Deep-ocean floor produces its own ‘dark oxygen’
July 22, 2024
An international team of researchers, including a Northwestern University chemist, has discovered that metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor produce oxygen — 13,000 feet below the surface.
Minerals play newly discovered role in Earth’s phosphorus cycle
July 18, 2024
Iron oxide, a naturally occurring mineral in soils and sediments, can perform the reaction that transforms organic phosphorus to generate the inorganic form.
J.D. Vance’s ‘worrisome’ anti-IVF stance
July 17, 2024
Northwestern University fertility expert says IVF should be the one thing all politicians can agree on.
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Transporting precious cargo using the body’s own delivery system
July 16, 2024
A new study from Northwestern University hijacked the body's transit system and sent tiny, virus-sized containers to effectively deliver an engineered protein to its target cell and trigger a change in the cell’s gene expression.
Mass shooters are often ‘socially stunted’ with ‘zero coping skills’
July 16, 2024
As more details emerge about the gunman in Donald Trump’s assassination attempt, Northwestern University mass-shooting expert Lori Post is available to talk to media about her research, which identifies developmental typologies of mass shooters.
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Temporary athletics structure on Northwestern lakefront
July 15, 2024
Important information for journalists related to the temporary structures at the Lanny and Sharon Martin athletics facility on Northwestern’s Evanston lakefront
Trump has not made a strong case for why voters of color should vote for him, says political scientist
July 11, 2024
Northwestern University professors in the fields of political science, communications, psychology and management discuss what they will be watching for during the Republican National Convention, which will take place Monday, July 15 through Thursday, July 18 in Milwaukee.
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