A team with Professor Krishna Shrinivas discovered how a landmark found in the nucleus of cells in many organ systems forms ...

Ghadge now has an inside perspective on how science moves from research to real-world impact thanks to a trio of site visits in San Francisco, the birthplace of biotech. She and 11 of her classmates ...

The Pat & Shirley Ryan Family Research Acceleration Fund, a $35 million initiative of Northwestern University and the Ryan Family Foundation, is advancing life sciences research with immediate ...

Research Areas The Department of Industrial Engineering has seven research areas for students to choose from. Every research area is unique and has its own research theme and course work. Jump to a ...

With a century dedicated to research and teaching in the field, the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering is ranked among the top departments in the nation. Our award-winning faculty ...

Our Idea A carbon-negative building material that locks away CO 2 permanently and turns it into valuable materials, which can be used to manufacture concrete, cement, plaster and paint.

A novel method developed in Professor Ted Sargent’s lab addresses perovskite solar cell durability challenges, bringing the technology closer to commercial use.

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. On November 12 in Las Vegas, ...

Research from Professor Daniel Abrams highlights the different ways that in-person events foster community building and collaboration compared to virtual conferences, which still have value.

SPORT, a computational tool for designing proteins, demonstrates the potential for better products and better medical treatments.

Northwestern researchers created a liquid crystal embedding coating that improved homogeneity for large perovskite films that could one day be used in solar cells.

In a major clinical study, the tool developed by Professor Mozziyar Etemadi boosted productivity by up to 40 percent without compromising accuracy.