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With one major holiday down and more to come, Northwestern Medicine expert Dr. John Coleman says celebrate safely at home and don't inundate our already taxed health care systems with COVID cases.
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Using cesium lead bromide in the form of perovskite crystals, the research team found they were able to create highly efficient gamma ray detectors in both small, portable devices for field researchers and very large detectors.

Northwestern researchers wanted to understand how microbes sustain survival strategies in environments with too little iron to thrive — something that should stall the citric acid cycle.

People living behind bars are among those most vulnerable to COVID-19.
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A new COVID-19 global surveillance system developed at Northwestern can dynamically track not just where the virus is now, but where it is going, how fast it will arrive and whether that speed is accelerating.

National Academy of Medicine President Dr. Victor Dzau will discuss the equitable and global distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine during an hourlong virtual keynote address Dec. 4.
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The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts and the American Music Theatre Project at Northwestern University announce the virtual performance lineup for Dec. 9, 2020, to April 11, 2021. Online productions include a cyberpunk drama that raises questions about identity in the digital age; a video album filmed in Chicago featuring songs by Salzman and Cunningham; Imagine U’s adaptation of the story “Tomás and the Library Lady” and three offerings from the “Visions and Voices” Black playwright reading series.

World AIDS Day is a reminder that disparity continues to undermine global response to myriad pandemics, said Northwestern University professor Steven Thrasher.
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A new Northwestern Medicine study shows how advanced imaging technology can pinpoint what may have caused COVID-19 patients’ nerve damage and help determine the best course of treatment.

When asked which activities respondents had engaged in over the past 24 hours, the researchers found a “substantial jump” in people engaging in indoor activities outside of the home, including 40% of people saying they went into their workplace, up from 25% in April.