Dissolving implantable device relieves pain without drugs June 30, 2022 New device could provide an alternative to opioids and other highly addictive drugs
Falling stardust, wobbly jets explain blinking gamma ray bursts June 29, 2022 New simulation also shows gamma ray bursts are 10 times rarer than previously thought
Northwestern establishes new fossil fuel investment guidelines June 23, 2022 In addition to education, research and programming efforts aimed at tackling climate change, Northwestern adopts both engagement and capital allocation strategies to promote change
Flawed research not retracted fast enough to prevent spread of misinformation, study finds June 14, 2022 Could Twitter discourse function as a “red flag” system for problematic research?
Wandering star disrupts stellar nursery June 13, 2022 Event provides new evidence that traveling stars can form binary systems
Genetic analysis of tree confirms what Indigenous people of Borneo knew June 9, 2022 Fruit-bearing tree originally thought to be one species is actually two
Photosynthesis-inspired process makes commodity chemicals June 9, 2022 New strategy is less expensive, less energy intensive than current industrial processes
As gun deaths surge, scientists fill knowledge gaps in field of violence intervention June 2, 2022 Landmark study reveals extreme levels of exposure to violence, risk of being shot for community violence intervention workers
Unpaid social media moderators perform labor worth at least $3.4 million a year on Reddit alone May 31, 2022 Can regular users wield the value of their contributions as leverage against Big Tech?
Smart, dissolving pacemaker communicates with body-area sensor and control network May 26, 2022 Wireless devices also use haptic feedback to talk to patient