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Amid the protests and turbulence of 2020, Americans set a new record for gun purchases, with the FBI tallying a new high of 21 million background checks over the year. That was an increase of 26% over the 2016 record of 15.7 million.

Senate Republicans unlikely to convict former President Trump
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A new Northwestern Medicine study used brain stimulation to improve memory of complex, realistic events and proved it is possible to measure and manipulate realistic types of memory.

In the current paper, Northwestern Medicine researchers found that participants who had been victimized by a weapon as adolescents were between two and three times more likely to perpetuate firearm violence as adults. They also found those with access to a firearm during adolescence were far more likely to perpetuate firearm violence as an adult.

Two professors and more than 50 students from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University will conduct their 17th consecutive Kellogg School Super Bowl Advertising Review.
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The speed of light has come to 3D printing. Northwestern University engineers have developed a new method that uses light to improve 3D printing speed and precision while also, in combination with a high-precision robot arm, providing the freedom to move, rotate or dilate each layer as the structure is being built.

Researchers have developed a new manufacturing platform that can quickly make shelf-stable vaccines at the point of care without the need for cold-chain logistics.

Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a new protein that acts as a trickster to neutralize the COVID-19 infection in a human kidney organoid, a miniature organ made from stem cells in the lab.

Four more interactive children’s programs will debut Feb. 7 to 28 with the latest lineup of “Imagine U Storytime,” the online storytelling series presented by the Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts and the department of theatre at Northwestern University.

Northwestern University researchers conducted a survey experiment focused on how #BlackLivesMatter messages about police reform were landing on Democratic-leaning voters in Georgia during the peak of the runoff election cycle.