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Now everyone can build battery-free electronic devices
September 22, 2021
Engineers are introducing a new platform that enables makers, hobbyists and novice programmers to build their own battery-free devices that run with intermittent, harvested energy.
New hope for an antibody to treat muscular dystrophy
September 20, 2021
Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed an antibody that can be used to treat muscular dystrophy.
Brain insult from hypertension discovered in middle-aged adults
September 16, 2021
Hypertension that leads to vascular dementia in older adults begins to impact the brain by middle age, reports a large new Northwestern Medicine study, the first to show the process begins so early. But in some middle-aged individuals with this damage, their brains reorganize to bypass the damage and enhance communication between brain cells, the study also found. And these people did better on tasks related to cognitive function.
FDA booster decision should allay unrest about need and timing
September 16, 2021
COVID-19 experts from Northwestern Medicine say the highly anticipated FDA announcement Friday about booster shots will settle questions about booster timing for the general population and people with underlying health conditions.

Researchers find Illinois child care fared well with state support amid COVID-19 chaos
September 16, 2021 – from Northwestern Now
Northwestern University researchers assessing the response to COVID-19 for child care programs in Illinois have found the state’s efforts to bolster child care access to first responders while stabilizing the market were equitable and largely successful.

Block Museum marks 40th anniversary by asking ‘Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts?’
September 16, 2021
The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University celebrates its 40th anniversary and the full reopening of its galleries with the fall 2021 exhibition “Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts: Thinking about History with The Block’s Collection.”

Texas abortion ban will likely ‘disproportionately impact trans and marginalized people’
September 15, 2021
The abortion ban in Texas imposes the burden of pregnancy — and with it, the burden of potential dysphoria, being outed or violence — on trans individuals without viable alternative choices.
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Newsom recall will test GOP theory that Latinos are becoming more conservative
September 14, 2021
Geraldo Cadava, a history professor at Northwestern University and author of “The Hispanic Republican,” said he wouldn’t be surprised if the election to recall Governor Gavin Newsom works, amid evidence of an uptick in Latino support for Trump in 2020.
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Researchers develop new tool for analyzing large superconducting circuits
September 13, 2021
Researchers illustrated their theoretical tool for quantum computing by extracting information from a protected circuit information that was unobtainable using standard techniques.

What was really the secret behind Van Gogh’s success?
September 13, 2021
By using AI to mine big data related to creatives, researchers discovered that exploration directly followed by exploitation is often associated with a career hot streak.