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Northwestern researchers have transformed an organic industrial-scale waste product into an efficient storage agent for sustainable energy solutions that can one day be applied at much larger scales. Above, Emily Mahoney, a Ph.D. candidate in the Malapit lab and the new paper’s first author, in the lab. Photo courtesy Malapit Lab
Chemistry

Scientists turn organic waste into powerful battery solution

Jay Kakade

A team of researchers at Northwestern University has made a sustainable innovation by converting organic industrial waste products into an efficient storage agent. While...

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Quantum Technology

Quantum teleportation becomes reality: Over busy Internet cables

Amit Malewar

Advance opens door for secure quantum applications.

A cloud of cold, trapped strontium atoms hovers inside the atom interferometer.
Science

New tool boosts atomic signals by 1,000 times

Ashwini Sakharkar

Probing the unsolved mystery of dark matter!

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Neuroscience

How have humans evolved to become so skilled at thinking?

Pranjal Malewar

Overthinking what you said? It’s your ‘lizard brain’ talking to newer, advanced parts of your brain.

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Showerheads and toothbrushes are teeming with viruses

Ashwini Sakharkar

There's a jungle of 'untapped biodiversity' in the bathroom, a new study finds.

A new study finds that a common bacterium can break down plastic for food, opening new possibilities for bacteria-based engineering solutions to help clean up plastic waste.
Science

A common bacterium can break down plastic for food

Ashwini Sakharkar

This opens new possibilities for bacteria-based engineering solutions to help clean up plastic waste.

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Researchers witnessed the formation of tiny water bubbles in real-time

Pranjal Malewar

Watch water form out of thin air.

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Science

Researchers uncover how rubbing a surface creates electrical current

Ashwini Sakharkar

Why petting your cat leads to static electricity?

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Health

Spike mutations allow SARS-CoV-2 to enter the brain

Dr. Prajakta Banik

A mutation in the SARS-CoV-2 virus helps it infect the brain, which could explain neurological issues like ‘long COVID.

An artistic illustration of how electricity can strength the sand along ocean coastlines. The inset shows a microscopy image of a "natural cement" (in blue) formed among grains of sand.
Environment

Mild electricity can help fight coastal erosion

Ashwini Sakharkar

A mild zap of electricity can strengthen a marine coastline for generations.

A team including Northwestern researchers has proposed a revolutionary approach toward terraforming Mars using engineered dust particles.
Space

New approach to make Mars friendlier to life

Amit Malewar

How we could warm Mars

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Illinois youth’s mental health crises declined after COVID

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Outpatient ER visits for depression and anxiety dropped and in-patient hospitalization rate stayed the same, indicating mental health crisis.

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Health

Cartilage repair via ‘Dancing Molecules

Dr. Prajakta Banik

A new synthetic nanofiber therapy mimics a protein vital for cartilage formation and maintenance. Intensified molecular motion within the nanofibers boosts cartilage regeneration. Within four...

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Ocean depths produce ‘Dark Oxygen’

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Researchers find oxygen production 13,000 feet below the ocean's surface, challenging the idea that only photosynthetic organisms make Earth's oxygen. Minerals at the deep...

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Technology

New method could make green hydrogen production feasible

Amit Malewar

Less carbon-intensive production methods could help hydrogen fuel the global energy transition.

Illustration of phosphorus cleavage from different biomolecules on the surface of natural iron oxide particles.
Science

New research finds a missing piece of Earth’s puzzling phosphorus cycle

Amit Malewar

Minerals play a newly discovered role in Earth's phosphorus cycle.

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Environment

Soil bacteria breathe out more CO2

Dr. Prajakta Banik

CO2 release in bacterial metabolism.

While the researchers have only tested their new algorithm on simulated robots, they built NoodleBot for future testing in the real world.
Robotics

New algorithm helps robots rapidly and reliably learn complex skills

Ashwini Sakharkar

The new AI platform consistently outperforms state-of-the-art systems.

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Health

Technology alone can’t replace human coaching in obesity treatment

Ashwini Sakharkar

Technology alone resulted in worse weight loss compared to tech and a telehealth coach.

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Technology

Monitoring diseases through sweat becomes accessible to everyone

Editorial Team

Clinical trials on pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis have shown success using a flexible device that can stimulate sweat glands and simultaneously monitor biosignals....

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Space

Astrophysicists traced the violent journeys of stars orbiting our galaxy’s central black hole

Amit Malewar

Stellar collisions produce strange, zombie-like survivors.

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Health

Harnessing cancer’s power to fight it

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Enhanced T cell therapies via natural mutations.

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Environment

Study explains how soil traps carbon

Pranjal Malewar

New findings explain how soil sequesters plant-based carbon from the atmosphere.

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Health

Creating viruses to eliminate harmful germs

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Engineering pseudomonas aeruginosa phages using synthetic biology for clinical relevance.

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Neuroscience

New cause of neuron death in Alzheimer’s discovered

Amit Malewar

Short, toxic RNAs kill brain cells and may allow Alzheimer’s to develop.

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Invention

A new membrane platform to analyze ‘down to a handful of gas atoms’

Ashwini Sakharkar

Ultra-thin ceramic membrane.

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Space

Searching for dark matter in gaps between stars

Amit Malewar

Astronomers anticipate upcoming images of the Andromeda galaxy may hold vital clues.

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Space

A weird FRB erupted halfway across the Universe

Editorial Team

A Fast Radio Burst (FRB) is a fleeting blast of energy that can – for a few milliseconds – outshine an entire galaxy. Over...

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Neuroscience

A new synaptic transistor mimics human intelligence

Pranjal Malewar

Transistor performs energy-efficient associative learning at room temperature.

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Health

Aortic aneurysm predicted by unstable fluttering

Dr. Prajakta Banik

Blood-wall fluttering as a marker for aortic aneurysm progression.

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