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A new study from Northwestern University hijacked the body's transit system and sent tiny, virus-sized containers to effectively deliver an engineered protein to its target cell and trigger a change in the cell’s gene expression.

As more details emerge about the gunman in Donald Trump’s assassination attempt, Northwestern University mass-shooting expert Lori Post is available to talk to media about her research, which identifies developmental typologies of mass shooters.
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Important information for journalists related to Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium — the temporary structures at the Lanny and Sharon Martin athletics facility on Northwestern’s Evanston lakefront.

Northwestern University professors in the fields of political science, communications, psychology and management discuss what they will be watching for during the Republican National Convention, which will take place Monday, July 15 through Thursday, July 18 in Milwaukee.
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A new study from Northwestern University researchers on the most promising studied catalysts, iridium-based oxides, enabled the design of a novel catalyst that maintains higher activity, longer stability and more efficient iridium use, which could make green hydrogen production feasible.

Northwestern University engineers have developed a new soft, flexible device that makes robots move by expanding and contracting — just like a human muscle.

The 2024-25 season at the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts on Northwestern University’s Evanston campus offers a series of plays that grapple with questions of individual responsibility. Kicking off the 2025 season, the Wirtz Center will present the Chicago premiere of composer and lyricist Gabriel Kahane’s “February House” from Friday, Feb. 2 to Sunday, March 2. Henry Godinez, chair of the department of theatre, will direct a re-imagined production of “Man of La Mancha,” from Friday, April 25 to Sunday, May 4.

Members of the media and public are invited to attend the NMO’s Summer Band Concert this Friday, July 12, at 7 p.m. (CT) in Thorne Auditorium (375 E. Chicago Avenue).
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Northwestern University researchers have launched a new, easy-to-use platform for detecting deepfakes, which now is available to a limited number of verified journalists.

Northwestern Law professor Martin Redish weighs in on the Supreme Court ruling on Trump v. United States
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