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Joel Mokyr, the Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and professor of economics and history in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, today (Oct. 13) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

To prevent sepsis in children, scientists at Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago developed and validated AI models that accurately identify children at high risk for sepsis within 48 hours, so they can receive early preemptive care.

New research led by researchers from Northwestern University and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign estimates that U.S. wastewater treatment plants emit the equivalent of approximately 47 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) each year. Of these emissions, two greenhouse gases, methane and nitrous oxide, play a larger role than previously understood, exceeding current government estimates by 41%.

Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the international team identified a supernova’s source star, or progenitor, at mid-infrared wavelengths for the first time.

Nina Totenberg, veteran legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio, will be the featured speaker for Northwestern University’s 36th annual Leopold Lecture. Totenberg will reflect on the U.S. Supreme Court, top legal issues affecting everyday Americans and the important cases being considered by the court.

The Evelyn Dunbar Memorial Early Music Festival celebrates Renaissance composers John Dowland and Orlando Gibbons through lectures, concerts, a master class and special performances by internationally acclaimed artists and Bienen students.

A few easy-to-implement tools — a training video, electronic health record prompts and handouts for families — greatly increased how often pediatricians recommended early peanut introduction to infants, reports a new clinical study led by Northwestern University and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

Northwestern University engineers have developed a novel strategy that makes quantum light sources, which dispense single photons, more consistent, precise and reliable.

Svetlana Mojsov received this year's Kimberly Prize for her discovery of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1), an incretin hormone produced by gut tissue that plays a key role in insulin secretion and glucose metabolism. Her work has been translated into widely used treatments for diabetes and weight loss.

Christopher W. Stubbs, an astronomer and experimental physicist at Harvard University, will deliver the 2025 CIERA Annual Public Lecture at Northwestern University this week. During his 90-minute talk, Stubbs will discuss new information hidden within the unprecedented amount of data flowing from the recently launched Vera C. Rubin Observatory.
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