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By studying prehistoric rocks and fossils emerging from the side of Mount Ashibetsu in Japan, researchers have precisely refined the timing and duration of Ocean Anoxic Event 1a (OAE 1a), an extreme environmental disruption that choked oxygen from Earth’s oceans to cause significant extinction, especially among plankton.

A new study by developmental scientists at Northwestern University provides new insight into a hallmark of human communication: our flexibility to use non-linguistic signals to serve our communication needs.

Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy received a $1 million gift from the Kapor Foundation to establish the Center for Technology, Policy, and Opportunity, which will lead a range of initiatives, beginning with a new interdisciplinary graduate program designed to address challenges arising at the intersection of technology, society and policy.

A new Northwestern Medicine study provides direct evidence in mice that Type 2 diabetes medication metformin reversibly cuts the cell’s energy supply by interfering with mitochondria to lower glucose levels.

Now, The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern will celebrate the region’s Indigenous creativity with a major exhibition, “Woven Being: Art for Zhegagoynak/Chicagoland.”

Whether it’s due to cold weather, holiday stress or disrupted routines — or a combination of all three — heart attack and stroke rates surge during the last two weeks of December, warns Northwestern Medicine cardiologist Dr. Patricia Vassallo.
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Breathing coordinates hippocampal brain waves to strengthen memory while we sleep, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

A newly developed tool that harnesses computer vision and artificial intelligence (AI) may help clinicians rapidly evaluate placentas at birth, potentially improving neonatal and maternal care, according to new research from scientists at Northwestern Medicine and Penn State.

Assuming dark matter exists, its interactions with ordinary matter are so subtle that even the most sensitive instruments cannot detect them. In a new study, Northwestern University physicists now introduce a highly sensitive new tool, which amplifies incredibly faint signals by 1,000 times — a 50-fold improvement over what was previously possible.

Many critically injured patients are first taken to the closest non-trauma-specialized hospitals before being transferred to a higher-level trauma center. Northwestern Medicine has researched the barriers to transfer.