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People are beginning to break out of their COVID-19 quarantine bubbles and while there are mental health benefits to increased socializing, but it’s important to do it carefully to reduce your risk.
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An international research collaboration has detected a mystery object inside the puzzling area known as the “mass gap” -- the range that lies between the heaviest known neutron star and the lightest known black hole.

Researchers have developed 'robotic soft matter,' a new family of soft materials that imitates living creatures by bending, rotating and crawling when hit with blue light.

The unemployment rate in the United States is more than double that of other advanced economies, such as Germany’s, and inadequate employment protection in the U.S. likely is the key factor.
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Northwestern professors available on DACA ruling
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Students applying for the 2025 class at Northwestern University will not be required to submit an SAT or ACT score, University officials announced Thursday.

Researchers develop an artificially intelligent web-based app called CAVIDOTS, which searches through scientific literature and generates easy-to-skim summaries of research.

Antibody testing research receives NSF RAPID grant

Medill has been awarded $1 million by the Robert R. McCormick Foundation to launch the Metro Media Lab, aimed at improving and supporting local news in Chicago through the Local News Initiative.

Report: Police deadly force policies in largest U.S. cities fail to meet human rights standards
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