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Northwestern opens Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center
June 21, 2019
The Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Biomedical Research Center — the largest new building dedicated to biomedical research at an American medical school — officially opened June 17.
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No wires, more cuddles: Sensors are first to monitor babies in the NICU without wires
February 28, 2019
Northwestern University bioelectronics pioneer John Rogers, McCormick School of Engineering, teamed up with a Feinberg School of Medicine dermatologist to develop soft, flexible wireless body sensors that replace wire-based sensors currently used in neonatal intensive care units (NICU). The team recently completed a collection of first preterm infant studies at Prentice Women’s Hospital and the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago and concluded that the wireless sensors provided data as precise and accurate as that from traditional monitoring systems.
Diagnosing 'art acne' in Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings
February 16, 2019
Tiny protrusions threaten to destroy Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings. Northwestern University scientists have developed a tool to better study the phenomenon known as "art acne."
World’s smallest wearable measures UV exposure
December 5, 2018
The world’s smallest wearable, battery-free device has been developed by Northwestern Medicine and Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering scientists to measure exposure to light across multiple wavelengths, from the ultra violet (UV), to visible and even infrared parts of the solar spectrum. It can record up to three separate wavelengths of light at one time.
Block Museum shines a light on medieval Africa as a cultural force in major new traveling exhibition
November 15, 2018
The Block Museum of Art is launching “Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture and Exchange Across Medieval Saharan Africa." It is the first major exhibition to highlight West Africa’s global reach in the medieval period of the 8th to 16th centuries by looking directly at its material remains through loans from Mali, Morocco and Nigeria.
‘Game-changing’ skin sensor could improve life for a million hydrocephalus patients
October 31, 2018
A Band-Aid-like skin sensor non-invasively monitors brain shunt performance, which could improve life for a million hydrocephalus patients, and prevent surgeries and CT scans.
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Are you average, reserved, self-centered or a role model?
September 17, 2018
Researchers led by Northwestern Engineering’s Luis Amaral sifted through data from more than 1.5 million questionnaire respondents to find at least four distinct clusters of personality types exist — average, reserved, self-centered, and role model — challenging existing paradigms in psychology.
Ancient Greenland was much warmer than previously thought
June 4, 2018
Lake flies found in rare sediment cores indicate Greenland’s climate during the last two interglacial periods experienced extreme warming, information which will feed into climate and ice sheet models to more accurately forecast future warming and sea-level rise
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Stephen Colbert and celebrity alumni spend 'A Starry Night' at Northwestern
April 22, 2018
A star-studded lineup of Northwestern University School of Communication alumni turned the newly christened Ryan Fieldhouse into a rollicking, full-throttle reunion Saturday night (April 21), paying tribute in music and comedy to the school’s storied past while challenging the next generation of students to carry on the tradition.
Stretchable electronics a 'game changer' for stroke recovery treatment
February 17, 2018
Developed in the lab of Northwestern University engineering professor John A. Rogers, in partnership with Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, the sensor is the latest in Rogers’ growing portfolio of stretchable electronics that are precise enough for use in advanced medical care and portable enough to be worn outside the hospital, even during extreme exercise.