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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


Illustration of a black sponge with water around it.

Northwestern researchers develop sponge to clean oil spills

May 9, 2022

Sponges similar to an ordinary kitchen or memory foam sponge may soon clean up oil spills, courtesy of Northwestern researchers. The environmental subgroup of McCormick Prof. Vinayak Dravid’s lab...

The OHM sponge. The sponge is hydrophobic, meaning it resists water, but oleophilic, meaning it attracts oil.

Soaked: How a sponge could clean up oil spills

June 16, 2020

A Northwestern-led team has developed a reusable sponge designed to clean up oil spills. The OHM sponge can be used dozens of times and can recover oil for future use, according to the research published...

Technological Institute. A team of McCormick professors discovered how to build structures out of gold nanoparticles and DNA.

Northwestern researchers assemble gold, DNA into structures that manipulate light

January 31, 2018

Harry Potter fans, take note: Northwestern researchers have discovered how to build structures on surfaces out of gold nanoparticles and DNA, which could lay the groundwork for devices akin to Harry’s...

The Buffett Institute for Global Studies, 1902 Sheridan Road. Members have been finalized for the search committee that will select a new executive director for the Institute.

Buffett director search committee announced

January 6, 2018

Members have been finalized for the search committee that will select a new executive director for the Buffett Institute for Global Studies, Provost Jonathan Holloway announced in a Friday email to faculty...

Northwestern researchers develop noninvasive method for early detection of Alzheimer’s

January 15, 2015

A team of Northwestern researchers has developed the first noninvasive method of detecting Alzheimer’s disease in a living animal. This approach can detect the disease before early symptoms appear...

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