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A Northwestern University research team has identified a molecular switch, through a protein called CDK9, that plays an early and critical role in the skin stem cell differentiation process.

For the first time, scientists have recorded millimeter-wavelength light from a fiery explosion caused by the merger of a neutron star with another star. The researchers examined the short-duration gamma-ray burst's afterglow to determine its location.

Thanks to a gift from Nexstar Media Group, Inc., parent company of WGN Radio, a 70-year swath of WGN radio’s audio archive now resides at Northwestern University Libraries in the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections and University Archives.

Being exposed to work requirements in order to receive food stamps from the U.S. government significantly increased use of mental health care resources for depression and anxiety, a new Northwestern University study has found. The policy’s negative effects occurred much sooner for women than men.

As part of their COVID-19 global-surveillance efforts, scientists at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have been traveling internationally to meet with local clinicians and scientists, including those who provide care to remote communities along the Amazon River.

Over the past 21 years of opioid overdose deaths, geography has played a role in where they have occurred, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. But the coming wave will not discriminate between rural and urban areas, the study findings suggest. Every type of county—from the most rural to the most urban—is predicted to see dramatic increases in deaths from opioid-involved overdoses.

Northwestern University researchers have augmented a physics-based numerical model to investigate and predict areas susceptible to debris flows, or fast-moving landslides.

How much should the wider general public be concerned after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the unprecedented global monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency? Northwestern Medicine experts weigh in.

Health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic formed a new type of professional organization—the health professional amplifier—to tweet accurate health and safety information, amplify one another and offer support when members are harassed or attacked online. A new Northwestern Medicine paper explains the genesis of these groups and why they are an effective tool to combat misinformation and disinformation online.

Bothsidesism — also referred to as false balance reporting — can damage the public’s ability to distinguish fact from fiction and lead audiences to doubt the scientific consensus on pressing societal challenges like climate change, a new Northwestern University study has found.