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Northwestern University astrophysicist Adam Miller has received a 2025 Cottrell Scholar Award from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), the United States’ first foundation wholly dedicated to science.

Two Northwestern University faculty will speak at this year’s American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Boston on Friday, Feb. 14.
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Award-winning actor, writer and producer Steve Carell will deliver this year’s commencement address to Northwestern University’s Class of 2025.

The recent backlash over telehealth company Hims & Hers’ upcoming SuperBowl ad selling compounded weight-loss drugs speaks to the complicated nature of weight loss in America today, say Northwestern University obesity experts Drs. Justin Ryder and Veronica Johnson.
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Newborns with heart complications can rely on their newly developed immune systems to regenerate cardiac tissues, but adults aren’t so lucky. A new Northwestern Medicine study in experimental animals reveals a critical difference in how macrophages — a part of the immune system — help repair the heart in newborns versus adults after a heart attack.

Journalists seeking expert sources to weigh in on the Department of Justice lawsuit claiming that local and state laws violate federal immigration law are invited to reach out to professors of political science and economics at Northwestern University.
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Northwestern University scientists are working toward a possibly more effective treatment for aphasia patients: using a brain computer interface (BCI) to convert brain signals into spoken words. The first step is determining where in the brain the BCI should record from to decode someone’s intended speech.

CHICAGO --- The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the city of Chicago, the state of Illinois and Cook County Thursday morning over its sanctuary city policies. The suit claims the local and state laws violate federal immigration law.
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Mantis shrimp withstand repeated high-impact forces without structural damage. Researchers discovered the shrimp’s clubs feature a protective pattern that controls how stress waves travel through its body.

Using a novel, medication-based approach, a new Northwestern Medicine study successfully reversed existing inguinal hernias in male mice and fully restored their normal anatomy without surgery.