“This is, to my knowledge, the first use of AI that demonstrably improves productivity, especially in health care. Even in other fields, I haven’t seen anything close to a 40 percent boost,” said ...

Northwestern University is hosting the Diffusion Fundamentals XI conference from June 30-July 2 in Evanston. This event, “Spreading in Nature, Technology, and Society” will bring together a highly ...

Roboticists have no idea how to manually design a robot as athletic and intelligent as even the simplest animals. We could take inspiration from the evolutionary design of animals. But we will need to ...

If you’ve ever seen commercials for sports drinks, you’ve probably heard the mention of electrolytes. Mostly known as agents to maintain fluid balance in the human body, electrolyte intake is promoted ...

When you open WebMD.com to check symptoms, the domain places one cookie on your browser. Pop over to ESPN.com for the latest scores, and 49 cookies start tracking user information. Click on Wired.com ...

Northwestern University’s International Institute for Nanotechnology (IIN) has announced the recipients of the 2025 international Kabiller awards. The biennial awards recognize three top scholars — ...

When Ameet Mallik (’94, MS ’95) arrived at Northwestern in 1990 and began pursuing a degree in chemical engineering, he was filled with a love of physics, chemistry, and math. Shown by his father — a ...

Northwestern University has launched an institutional network dedicated to the integration of data science and AI across all aspects of research and education. The Northwestern Network for ...

During his time at Northwestern Engineering, Turner Davidson spent countless hours in the workshop inside the Ford Engineering Design Center. Not only was Davidson there to build cars as part of ...

What skills or knowledge did you learn in the undergraduate program that you think will stay with you for a lifetime? I learned a lot in my four years here, but I would say the most important was ...