A new ‘pop-up’ device developed by Professor John Rogers lets scientists map and manipulate activity in human neural ...

A new strategy developed by Professor Nathan Gianneschi grabs cancer-driving proteins and directs them to the cell’s disposal ...

On Jan. 16, the Center for Human-Computer Interaction + Design convened an interdisciplinary group of bold thinkers to ...

Ethylene—the chemical used to create much of the world’s plastics—has a carbon problem that Professor Ted Sargent is working to solve.

Engineers have long assumed that heating metals always softens them, but how metals behave at extreme deformation rates remained unclear. This counterintuitive finding reframes purity as a design ...

Many direct air capture systems rely on heat and oxygen-sensitive materials, which can make them energy-intensive, less efficient, and less durable in real-world air conditions. Researchers devised an ...

Industrialization disrupted the labor of artisans and craftworkers, just as the era of information technology and automation shifted workforce tasks and led to occupational obsolescence. How will the ...

In-person conferences can be expensive and difficult to organize, making some wonder whether they are worth the cost and time. The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on all aspects of society, ...

A team including 25 Northwestern Engineering students took the highest honor at NASA’s 2024 annual Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge forum. This year’s theme — ...