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Northwestern researchers discovered different electrical charges build up on the front and back parts of a sliding object, creating a current of static electricity.

A large multi-institutional collaboration, led by Northwestern University, has received a $20 million grant to develop and apply new artificial intelligence (AI) tools to astrophysics research and deep space exploration.

A new Northwestern Medicine study in mice has discovered a novel way to lengthen the “healthspan” of women's ovaries — improving maintenance of the ovaries and preventing key age-related changes in ovarian function.

Patients with cancer want their care team to assess them early in treatment about their concerns related to costs of care, reports a Northwestern Medicine study. It is the first time a study has sought cancer patients’ input on how they want to be screened for financial needs.

The Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University and the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago will co-host a series of screenings, discussions and events that pay homage to the groundbreaking festival that championed women filmmakers and marked a watershed moment in the history of cinema. “Films by Women/Chicago ’74” originally took place at the Gene Siskel Film Center in September 1974 at the height of the feminist movement.

Immunotherapy administered before and after chemotherapy, along with surgical removal of the bladder, improved survival compared to chemotherapy alone in patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer, according to results of a recent clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Northwestern University has named three new members to its Board of Trustees: David Helfand, chair, CEO and president of Equity Commonwealth; Jack Kang, senior manager at Wabtec Corporation; and Rodney Priestley, dean of the Graduate School and the Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Princeton University.

While research has tried to explain the multiple causes for South Asians’ increased cardiovascular disease risk, including risk factors like Type 2 diabetes and less physical activity, relatively no work has assessed the success of attempts to change the heart health of one of the fastest-growing ethnic groups in the U.S.

A new Northwestern Medicine study may better inform doctors’ decisions about which brain areas to preserve during brain surgery on people with brain tumors or epilepsy, thereby improving patients’ language function after brain surgery.

For the second U.S. presidential election in a row, a Northwestern University data scientist is running a novel forecasting platform, which updates the odds of a win by former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris each day.