1+ hour, 40+ min ago  (372+ words) Northwestern University scientists have developed a new liquid material that charges like a battery, transforms like a living organism and then resets itself in open air. Traditionally, harvesting energy, storing it and using it require separate materials or devices. The…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (400+ words) Scientists may soon stop hunting for new materials " and start designing them to order. For the first time, Northwestern University scientists have demonstrated that megalibraries " that dramatically accelerate materials discovery " can do more than uncover promising new materials. It can…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (260+ words) Northwestern chemist Julia Kalow has received a 2026 Brown Investigator Award. Kalow, an associate professor of chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, is one of eight researchers selected for the 2026 award program and the first Northwestern faculty member…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (420+ words) Composed of five or more elements in nearly equal amounts, high-entropy alloys (HEAs) have emerged as promising catalysts due to their compositionally complex surfaces that can accelerate chemical reactions. Until now, scientists have not been able to precisely engineer these…...

5+ mon, 4+ day ago  (531+ words) In a breakthrough that defies nature, Northwestern University and Stanford University synthetic biologists have created a new artificial metabolism that transforms waste carbon dioxide (CO2) into useful biological building blocks. In the new study, the team engineered a biological system that…...