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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


ETHS students pair with Northwestern graduate students to explore science, engineering

November 12, 2014

Thirty Evanston Township High School students spent Tuesday at Northwestern shadowing more than 20 NU graduate students, exploring science and engineering outside of the classroom. Kristen Perkins,...

Northwestern professor contributes research on one of the oldest skeletons in North America

May 19, 2014

A Northwestern scientist is a member of an international team that published a report last Friday about one of the oldest human skeletons found in North America. The report, published in the journal...

Northwestern professors created a video describing the physical and chemical properties of spherical nucleic acids. The video received a People’s Choice award in a science visualization competition sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

Northwestern professors win award in international science visualization contest

February 13, 2014

Northwestern researchers won an award last year in the National Science Foundation's science visualization contest for a video on their work creating spherical nucleic acids, pieces of DNA packed around...

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...

Caracotsios: Science denial difficult to overcome

Caracotsios: Science denial difficult to overcome

September 30, 2013

Last week, Popular Science officially shut off comments on its online articles. The 141-year old magazine said, “Even a fractious minority wields enough power to skew a reader's perception of a story...

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