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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


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Northwestern is suing Moderna over the biotechnology company’s use of technology critical to their blockbuster COVID-19 vaccine.

Northwestern files lawsuit against Moderna, seeks royalties for COVID mRNA vaccine technology

October 22, 2024

Northwestern filed a lawsuit against Moderna Wednesday alleging the company misused the University’s patented lipid nanoparticles to develop its SpikeVax COVID-19 vaccine. NU had a critical role in...

Two hands hold an iPhone opened to the app Qupid. There is a pickup line on screen that reads “Are you a camera, because everytime I look at you I smile.”

AI dating assistant designed by NU student plays cupid

October 20, 2024

Qupid, an AI dating assistant, offers a new way to start conversations on dating apps: AI-generated pickup lines. Developed by Weinberg senior Andrew Gao, Qupid offers users both general and personalized...

Computer with text bubbles coming out of it

NU researchers design novel full-body sensor system, launch center for toddler mental health

October 16, 2024

Northwestern secured a record $1.05 billion in research funding this fiscal year, a 5% increase from 2023. The Daily compiled a recap of NU’s latest research developments. Full-body motion capture...

What makes the program special is the “uniformity of the curriculum,” Gingrich said.

‘Caltech embedded inside of Northwestern’: A look into Integrated Science Program

October 10, 2024

Unlike most students in Northwestern’s Integrated Science Program, Weinberg junior Justin Dynes was unaware that the advanced natural science and mathematics curriculum existed.  “I applied to...

SOIL Director Alessandro Rotta Loria estimates that on average, heat islands underneath urban areas are warming by 2.5 degrees Celsius per decade globally.
Alt text: Two people stand in front of a testing device for electrical experiments in an engineering laboratory.

How one Northwestern lab digs deep for climate change solutions

October 9, 2024

Downtown Chicago’s building foundations are sinking. That revelation was one of many discovered by researchers at Northwestern’s Subsurface Opportunities and Innovations Laboratory in a study published...

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