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Known as SGRB181123B, the burst occurred just 3.8 billion years after the Big Bang. It is the second most-distant well-established SGRB ever detected and the most distant event with an optical afterglow.

Experts talk about the realities of social distancing in schools as President Trump and the Centers for Disease Control spar over guidelines for reopening and what measures schools should consider to limit the spread of Covid-19.
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A new Northwestern Medicine remote weight-loss program provides maximum weight loss for the lowest cost for people with obesity and does so with much less hassle than the gold-standard National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP).

Burrell serving life sentence for 2002 death of Minneapolis resident 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards

Northwestern is participating in a lawsuit filed today by the Illinois attorney general and attorneys general from 17 other states alleging that the new guidance from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is harmful to both international students and to the American universities that enroll them.

New immunotherapy comprises two immunity-boosting drugs housed inside a spherical nanoparticle, which can more easily enter and stimulate the immune system to fight off cancer.

Faster results from COVID-19 tests could save hundreds of lives in Illinois and likely thousands of lives nationally, said a Northwestern Medicine disease modeling expert.
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Researchers are developing an artificial intelligence tool to find insights hidden inside decades of federal courtroom data, enabling others to ask if the justice system is fair.

Northwestern University is launching a new weekly COVID-19 series of roundtables with transportation industry professionals who are working toward the safe and strategic reopening of cities.

Researchers have created a new form of melanin, called selenomelanin, that has the ability to protect human tissue from X-rays during medical treatment, spaceflight and more.