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Researchers led by Northwestern University and the University of Texas at Austin (UT) have developed the first cardiac implant made from graphene, a two-dimensional super material with ultra-strong, lightweight and conductive properties. Similar in appearance to a child’s temporary tattoo, the new graphene “tattoo” implant is thinner than a single strand of hair yet still functions like a classical pacemaker.

Northwestern's Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts presents “Indecent,” for two weekends beginning April 21. “God of Vengeance,” an evocative work of Jewish culture, was praised and criticized for taboo themes of censorship, immigration, queerness and anti-Semitism.  It had a short run due to obscenity charges against the artists involved. In “Indecent,” a troupe of actors and musicians recount their involvement with the production and take the audience on a journey spanning 50 years.

Approximately 7 million adults in the U.S. are living with opioid use disorder (OUD). Yet a new Northwestern Medicine study that measured residential treatment use among Medicaid enrollees across nine states found only 7% of enrollees with OUD received residential treatment, an integral part of the recovery process for many.

For the first time, Northwestern University scientists have discovered it is possible to isolate a tumor’s attack cells non-invasively from blood, rather than from tumors. The finding opens the door for ACT to treat harder-to-reach cancer types and makes it a more viable option for hospitals.

Following the release of Report #100 on “Estimating Current Vaccine Rates,” Northwestern Now interviewed James Druckman to find out what he has learned since the polling began, and what the future plans are for the COVID States Project.

In a new study led by William Brady at the Kellogg School of Management, researchers found that people tend to over perceive moral outrage online, which contributes to affective polarization. They recommend more transparency, algorithms that do not boost negative content and a more thoughtful approach to engaging with content among users.

One hundred and fifteen years after the execution of Joe James in Springfield, Illinois, lawyers and law students from the Northwestern Pritzker School of Law’s Center on Wrongful Convictions in Chicago are part of a team that has filed a petition seeking a posthumous pardon for James.

Sixteen of the nation’s most prominent colleges and universities, including Northwestern, have teamed up in a new effort to help students, from small-town and rural America enroll in, succeed at and graduate from the undergraduate program of their choice.

The Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for Performing and Media Arts in Chicago hosts two new and innovative productions exploring little-known truths about the history of slavery.

A new $3 million, four-year grant from the National Center for Special Education Research led by Northwestern University’s Megan Roberts aims reduce the time to autism diagnosis for hundreds of Illinois kids, which can have lifelong benefits.
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