First-of-its-kind device ‘tags’ an organ to monitor abnormal, life-threatening fluid leaks
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Northwestern students, faculty and staff are creating new solutions to big problems ranging from science and technology to health care, the social sciences and humanities
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Creating artificial ‘muscles’ for safer, softer robots
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Bringing Brown v. Board of Education to life on its 70th anniversary
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