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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · 3h

Northwestern connection to 2025 Physics Nobel

This year’s #NobelPrize recognized macroscopic #quantum tunneling in superconducting circuits. A key enabler behind today’s progress is the transmon qubit, co-designed by Northwestern University physicist Jens Koch. Learn more: tinyurl.com/2yz4ruf4

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · 1d

Northwestern among top-ranked universities for #entrepreneurship. "These schools are hotbeds of big ideas, buzzy startups, and groundbreaking innovations...propelling future business leaders on their entrepreneurial journeys." tinyurl.com/2s3r4b4y

Ignition Schools 2025: The Top 50 Institutions Producing Tomorrow's Entrepreneurs and Innovators

The second annual list from Inc. and Fast Company honors the standout schools offering accelerators, venture centers, research opportunities, and more.

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Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University @ipratnu.bsky.social · 9d

IPR welcomed three new fellows this fall who are investigating power and opportunity in American life—from mass incarceration and political communication to clean energy and fair hiring. Click here to read more: spr.ly/63328Ad53y

IPR's new fellows (left to right): Chika Okafor, Elizabeth Thom, and Alexander Coppock

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · 14d

From flexible electronic monitors the size of a Band-Aid to tiny pacemakers that dissolve harmlessly in the body when no longer needed — the work of the Querrey Simpson Institute of Bioelectronics at #Northwestern seems truly miraculous. tinyurl.com/3f6cam35. #research #innovation #biomedical

Northwestern University Lab Helps Shape the Future of Medical Monitoring

From flexible electronic monitors the size of a Band-Aid to tiny pacemakers that dissolve harmlessly in the body when no longer needed — the work of the Querrey Simpson Institute of Bioelectronics at ...

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Jun 12

Northwestern launches University-wide DS/AI research hub. “Data science and AI are reshaping every aspect of society,” Kho said. “Our goal is to foster an environment where all faculty and students feel confident using AI technologies to make advancements in their fields.” tinyurl.com/ywnm9n9h

Northwestern Network for Collaborative Intelligence to empower University-wide use of data science and AI

Initiative will support faculty and students using and benefiting from AI tools in their work

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Jun 10

Northwestern’s Rogers Research Group advances medicine through collaborative, interdisciplinary research. “It’s really about [pursuing] science questions whose answers lead to technologies that are meaningful to how we treat patients.” tinyurl.com/2ezckym2

Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · May 15

“Researchers across disciplines are working to understand more about the brain, mind and body during young adulthood,” said Adrian Randolph, dean of Weinberg College. “This institute will take a collaborative approach — something at which we excel at Northwestern. tinyurl.com/2yr865j3 #northwestern

Northwestern receives $25 million gift to advance adolescent mental health research

New institute will study psychology of emerging adults, leading to innovative wellness programming for students at the University and beyond

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · May 10

"One of the key insights from this work is that violence concentrates in super small networks. There’s a small number of people who are picking up guns. These (network maps) let you get to that question of ‘Who’s going to get shot next?’" tinyurl.com/ykf8cj85. #northwestern #sociology #gunviolence

Andrew Papchristos talks gun violence research

Content warning: This story contains mentions of gun violence. Sociology Prof. Andrew Papachristos has worked on community-based gun violence prevention in Chicago for more than 15 years. Papachristos...

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · May 2

Northwestern scientist Julius Lucks makes an eloquent appeal for why research funding matters to us all. tinyurl.com/yjbk5zca #syntheticbiology #research #northwestern #funding

What’s next for Northwestern researchers amid funding cuts and work stoppages?

Northwestern researchers received notices from the Department of Defense to stop their work immediately.

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Apr 17

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NU to fund research impacted by stop-work orders

Northwestern will continue to fund research affected by more than 100 stop-work orders announced last week, Board of Trustees Chair Peter Barris and University President Michael Schill announced in a ...

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Apr 16

Northwestern research has a huge beneficial impact on society--advancing health and solving real problems. tinyurl.com/3wrtm6n4 #northwestern #research #innovation #funding

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Jeff Nichols @backwardsriver.bsky.social · Apr 5

Dental School Clinic, Northwestern University, 1910

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Apr 3

dailynorthwestern.com/2025/04/03/l.... Chu suggested developing better renewable batteries, building more wooden structures and exploring a new potential carbon capture method as potential strategies that may help achieve the goal of net-zero carbon emissions.

NU hosts former U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu

Former U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu spoke with Northwestern students and faculty Wednesday about current obstacles to achieving net-zero emissions and potential technological improvements that ...

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Apr 3

Northwestern #engineers have developed a tiny pacemaker that can fit inside the tip of a syringe and be non-invasively injected into the body. Bioelectronics pioneer John Rogers led the device development, which is especially valuable for pediatric patients. #northwestern tinyurl.com/4natz48v

World’s smallest pacemaker is activated by light

Tiny device can be inserted with a syringe, then dissolves after it’s no longer needed

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Mar 28

Northwestern Medicine is improving cardiac care & saving lives. The research could "fundamentally change the standard of care for millions of patients living with AFib,” said Dr. Rod Passman, who is leading the REACT-AF clinical trial. #heart #northwestern #medicine tinyurl.com/jzecdmsx

NIH-funded trial studies if wearables can reduce the need for continuous blood thinners for patients with atrial fibrillation

Northwestern Medicine is an enrollment site for the clinical trial

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Feb 27

Three #Northwestern professors — Julia Gaudio, Rachel Greenfeld and István Kovács — have received the prestigious Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the NSF, the foundation’s most prestigious honor for junior faculty members. shorturl.at/p1msh

Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Feb 26

Northwestern #Engineering professor Todd Murphey is the University's inaugural director of transformative research. In this role, he will help expand opportunities to conduct federally funded and secure #research initiatives. researchcomm.northwestern.edu/research-new...

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Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy @trienensinst.bsky.social · Feb 20

How to reconcile a warming planet with colder, more intense winter weather? ❄️

Faculty Affiliate Daniel Horton @danethan.bsky.social shared insights from his research on atmospheric shifts and #climatechange for a piece in TIME: time.com/7221680/clim...

Why Climate Change Sometimes Brings Major Winter Storms

Winter storms will not become a thing of the past as temperatures rise. Here's how climate change affects snow storms.

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Feb 12

Northwestern is leading the way in research innovation--and in researching innovation! #kellogg #northwestern #research www.chicagobusiness.com/education/no...

Northwestern, Kellogg School land $25 million for new institute

The gift establishes the Northwestern Innovation Institute, which will be led by the Kellogg School, to examine how innovation occurs across science, technology and business.

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Feb 7

Nature’s Tiny Warriors. Known for delivering blows as powerful as a .22 caliber bullet, mantis shrimp should be crushed by their own strikes. But #Northwestern researchers have unlocked their secret: patterned armor that filters stress waves to act as built-in defense. tinyurl.com/2v37sn72

Mantis shrimp clubs filter sound to mitigate damage

Patterned armor selectively blocks high-frequency stress waves

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Feb 3

At the Jan. 28 Water Jamboree, Northwestern Engineering Dean Chris Schuh stressed the value of interdisciplinary work and efforts to combat PFAS and forever chemicals, ways to test for lead, hydrology, and the impact of water sustainability. tinyurl.com/56z7f7m5

Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Jan 30

Northwestern's innovative life science research gets a major boost from Ryan Family. tinyurl.com/y52xbch3

Second round of Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund awards more than $2 million to Northwestern scientists

Strategic seed funding fuels transformative research and translation to advance the biosciences and produce societal benefit

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Jan 29

Northwestern professor Andrew Papachristos has studied gun violence and intervention programs for two decades. “The most common misconception about gun violence is that it’s random. But we know...where and when it’s going to happen." tinyurl.com/yw8khasr #northwestern #research #networks #policy

Stopping Gun Violence

Professor Andrew Papachristos uses network science to curb gun violence.

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Jan 22

Northwestern Medicine obesity expert Dr. Robert Kushner is a member of the commission that devised the new definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity. “The commission’s report is a major step forward in recognizing obesity as a disease and not merely a risk factor." tinyurl.com/mrtnnyk8

A better definition of obesity

New guidelines use more than just body mass index to diagnose obesity

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Northwestern Research @nuresearch.bsky.social · Jan 8

Northwestern scientists advancing #green energy with new #battery tech tinyurl.com/3b2te34u

Green battery discovery turns trash into treasure

Northwestern researchers leverage industrial waste to store energy

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