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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on Thursday evening a new pain medication that targets sodium channels involved in pain signaling. It offers an alternative to opioid medications, which carry the risk of dependence and addiction.
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The Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund, a $35 million initiative of Northwestern University and the Ryan Family Foundation, is accelerating life sciences research with immediate societal impact.

A collaboration between Northwestern University and Georgia Tech has unlocked new potential for the field by creating a novel high-performance organic electrochemical neuron that responds within the frequency range of human neurons.
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Though Northwestern University experts across fields fear that President Trump’s executive order regarding gender could exacerbate violence, discrimination and harassment of transgender people, legally, the document is “largely unworkable."
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A natural compound derived from gut-friendly bacteria significantly slows the progression of vitiligo and may restore pigmentation, reports a new Northwestern University pre-clinical study in mice.

Northwestern physicists propose a strategy to maintain communications in a constantly changing, unpredictable quantum network. By rebuilding these disappearing connections, the researchers found the network eventually settles into a stable — albeit different — state.

Illinois has a new tool to monitor violent deaths and non-fatal firearm violence at the county level to hopefully better prevent and reduce violence in the state.

The Bienen School of Music offers an exciting lineup of voice and opera events this winter, featuring renowned artists and unique interdisciplinary performances. Acclaimed soprano Sondra Radvanovsky will lead a public vocal master class. Later in the season, Bienen hosts soprano Karen Slack, celebrated for her artistry and advocacy for Black classical musicians.

For the first time, astronomers have traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to the outskirts of an ancient, dead, elliptical galaxy — an unprecedented home for a phenomenon previously associated with much younger galaxies.

EVANSTON, Ill. --- On Friday, the U. S. Supreme Court unanimously voted to uphold a federal law banning the social media app TikTok. Unless sold by its China-based parent company, ByteDance, the app will be removed from app stores beginning on Sunday, Jan. 19.
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