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Dr. Kelly Michelson, director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, says whether or not people will get vaccinated against COVID-19 is shaping up to be a “huge issue.”
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A team of Northwestern University graduate students at the Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications is providing daily fact-checks on public statements about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Researchers have developed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil in water. It could be used to inexpensively and efficiently clean up oil spills.

Weinberg Professors John Alba Cutler and Leslie M. Harris named Radcliffe Institute Fellows

Researchers have designed and developed a new system that enables battery-free, Internet of Things devices to keep time during intermittent power outages.

Families who receive grants from Compass to Care, are predominantly from Illinois and Iowa, and have a child under 18 who is in an active cancer treatment regimen and needs to travel at least 60 miles to access care.

After astronomers visually spotted a bright burst in 2016, researchers have determined that the anomaly is the third fast blue optical transient (FBOT) ever captured in radio- and X-ray wavelengths.

Northwestern Law professors available on upcoming Supreme Court rulings
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Using fruit flies, neurobiologists have identified a “thermometer” circuit that relays information about external cold temperature from the fly antenna to the higher brain.

A new Northwestern Medicine collection of mobile apps called IntelliCare -- free for downloading in the Apple and Android stores – significantly reduces anxiety and depression, reports a new study to be published May 20 in JAMA Psychiatry.