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

The Daily Northwestern

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

The Daily Northwestern


Pinto: Why you should care about investment in space technology

Pinto: Why you should care about investment in space technology

January 20, 2015

In the past few days, reports of a $1 billion investment by Google Inc. and Fidelity Investments in Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been making headlines. According to these reports, Google is planning to...

Kane: Cruz’s appointment at odds with Obama’s STEM initiative

January 15, 2015

Improving science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education is a top priority for the Obama administration. Among the goals of the president’s STEM initiative are developing American students’...

Sekerci: U.S. government should fund private space companies, not NASA

January 6, 2015

Space is the next frontier for humanity and there are endless possibilities in our vast universe. The first big leap in space exploration was to set foot on the moon, which NASA accomplished several times....

Microgravity Group selected to participate in NASA program

March 5, 2014

The Northwestern University Microgravity Group was selected to participate in a weeklong NASA program to test how a specific protein responds in microgravity environments. The NASA Reduced Gravity...

Folmsbee: Shutdown hits science hardest

Folmsbee: Shutdown hits science hardest

October 14, 2013

Today marks the 15th day of the shutdown of the federal government, but amid the closure of national parks and delays in passport processing, science itself has been placed in a stranglehold. This shutdown...

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