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Public trust in drinking water safety is low globally, finds study of 148,585 adults in 141 countries, with trust lowest in Zambia, and highest in Singapore

2 months ago news.northwestern.edu health

U.S. maternal death rate increasing at an alarming rate

4 months ago news.northwestern.edu

New robotic actuator extends and contracts like a biological muscle, in a crawling soft robot that bends in tight environments and an artificial bicep that lifts weights

4 months ago news.northwestern.edu engineering

Being near and having more exposure to urban green space and blue (water) space is linked to lower (up to 35% less) odds of having coronary artery calcification in middle age (an early marker of cardiovascular disease), especially for Blacks and those living in economically deprived neighborhoods

4 months ago news.northwestern.edu disease health

Fatherhood’s hidden heart health toll: Being a father may put men at an even greater risk of poor heart health later in life, reports a new study

5 months ago news.northwestern.edu medicine

Loneliness in adulthood follows a U-shaped pattern: it's higher in younger and older adulthood, and lowest during middle adulthood, reports a new study that examined nine longitudinal studies from around the world.

6 months ago news.northwestern.edu health

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8 months ago news.northwestern.edu health

Engineering viruses to kill deadly pathogens: researchers modified DNA from a “phage,” a type of virus that infects and replicates inside bacteria

9 months ago news.northwestern.edu biology

Immune genes are altered in Alzheimer’s disease patients’ blood - Viral infections or environmental factors could have put person at risk for Alzheimer’s, scientists suggest

9 months ago news.northwestern.edu disease neuroscience

Scientists created a cream of synthetic melanin that mimicking the natural melanin in human skin and can be applied topically to injured skin, where it accelerates wound healing

10 months ago news.northwestern.edu

A fuel cell that harvests energy from microbes living in dirt

10 months ago news.northwestern.edu

Taking inspiration from the human brain, researchers have developed a new synaptic transistor capable of higher-level thinking

11 months ago news.northwestern.edu brain transistor

Researchers developed immersive VR goggles for mice, this enable researchers to map brain activities as mice navigate these scenes and they can understand the neural circuitry underlying behaviors

11 months ago news.northwestern.edu brain

Paid family leave boosted postpartum wellbeing, breastfeeding rates

12 months ago news.northwestern.edu medicine

One sleepless night can rapidly reverse depression for several days in mice

12 months ago news.northwestern.edu medicine

Inverted perovskite solar cell breaks 25% efficiency record

12 months ago news.northwestern.edu

11% of the world’s billionaires have held or sought political office

12 months ago news.northwestern.edu

Reconfigurable transistors for more efficient AI on-device classification

13 months ago news.northwestern.edu ai nanoscience transistor

Being a vegetarian may be partly in your genes: using data from 5,324 strict vegetarians researchers identified 3 genes that are significantly associated with vegetarianism and another 31 genes that are potentially associated

13 months ago news.northwestern.edu genetics

Pulling carbon dioxide right out of the air at low humidities and releases it at high humidities, using innovative kinetic methodologies and a diversity of ions…

13 months ago news.northwestern.edu environment release

New finding might explain why quasars flare and fade so quickly

14 months ago news.northwestern.edu astronomy

Researchers have developed the first electronic device for continuously wireless monitoring the health of transplanted organs in real time that can detected warning signs of rejection up to three weeks earlier than current monitoring methods

14 months ago news.northwestern.edu engineering

If the Chicago region replaced 30% of all on-road combustion-engine vehicles — including motorcycles, passenger cars and trucks, buses, refuse trucks and short- and long-haul trucks — with electric versions, it would annually save more than 1,000 lives and over $10 billion…

14 months ago news.northwestern.edu environment

Covid patients breathe out large amounts of virus early on

14 months ago news.northwestern.edu covid

New study in mice finds dopamine neurons are more diverse than previously thought: they can control also movement, not just rewards

15 months ago news.northwestern.edu neuroscience

Social media algorithms exploit how we learn from our peers

15 months ago news.northwestern.edu algorithm media psychology

Stellar demolition derby births powerful gamma-ray burst: Never-before-seen scenario suggests a new way to destroy a star

17 months ago news.northwestern.edu astronomy

Scientists -after 100 years of research- solved the mystery of what the temporal pole region of the brain does: it has critical functions in word comprehension…

17 months ago news.northwestern.edu brain neuroscience

Mysterious dashes revealed in Milky Way’s center: Hundreds of horizontal filaments point toward our central supermassive black hole