NU researchers have developed a new device that can mimic human touch, making advancements in sensory substitution medical technologies. The new study, published March 27 in Science, an acclaimed research...

Northwestern researchers have developed the world’s smallest pacemaker, which with its dissolvable nature allows it to be inserted non-invasively into patients’ bodies. Fit into the tip of a syringe,...

McCormick Prof. Yonggang Huang was elected as a Foreign Member to the Royal Society, the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence, Northwestern announced Wednesday. Huang’s election recognized...

Wheelchairs have come a long way from the manual, self-propelled variety, with some motorized ones using joysticks or keypads to propel the devices. For some, though, motorized wheelchairs aren’t...

Crabs! Beetles! Inchworms! Oh my! Northwestern researchers announced the development of the smallest-ever remote controlled walking robots in shapes resembling peekytoe crabs, crickets and other insects. In...