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Northwestern pediatric mental health and well-being expert will virtually present findings Feb. 11 from her study of more than 3,000 children under age 13 about their social media use.
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A new study by neuroscientists at Northwestern University validates the possibility of influencing dreams and offers a crucial step to support the theory that dreams in REM sleep — the rapid eye movement phase of sleep in which lucid dreaming can occur — may be especially conducive to helping individuals come up with creative solutions to a problem.

Northwestern University has launched the Simpson Querrey Brain Health Institute (SQ-Brain), made possible by nearly $25 million in philanthropic funding from University Trustee Kimberly K. Querrey (’22, ’23 P).

Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Law Zachary D. Clopton has been appointed dean of Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, effective Feb. 1. Clopton succeeds Hari Osofsky as the permanent dean after six months in the interim role.

As a series of landmark social media trials kick off this week between tech giants Meta, Snap, TikTok and YouTube, and parents alleging the platforms are addictive and harmful, Northwestern University psychology and law experts are available for interviews with the media.
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This winter, the Institute for New Music at Northwestern University’s Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music brings students and audiences into direct conversation with some of the most influential figures shaping contemporary music and sound art. Over two days in February, the Bienen School’s Contemporary Music Ensemble presents a program honoring the profound artistic dialogue and enduring friendship between Yoko Ono and John Cage — two visionaries whose radical ideas reshaped the boundaries of music, performance and conceptual art.

Men begin developing coronary heart disease — which can lead to heart attacks — years earlier than women, with differences emerging as early as the mid-30s, according to a large, long-term study led by Northwestern Medicine.

Using computational modeling, the team found the particles influence each other’s motion by stirring their shared medium. The results suggest that in biological systems, too, the environment itself — whether fluid, tissue or air — may play a crucial role in orchestrating collective rhythms.

New soft, flexible device fits through an operative port already used for fetoscopic surgery to track heart rate, blood oxygen levels and temperature. Device could sense fetal distress sooner, enabling earlier interventions to prevent complications.

Only 2% of U.S. homes rely on wood as their primary heating source, but residential wood burning accounts for 22% of fine particulate matter in winter air.