Suicide lawsuit against China-born scientist Jane Wu’s US university to proceed
A judge has permitted the continuation of a lawsuit against Northwestern University related to the suicide of neuroscientist Jane Wu, with allegations of discrimination and wrongful confinement.
Change to nightly eating habits may help protect your heart, study suggests
A study suggests that changing nightly eating habits, such as abstaining from food three hours before bedtime, could improve heart health.
Dreams help you with difficult questions that you sleep on before solving them
A new study from Northwestern University suggests that the brain can continue to work on challenging problems during REM sleep, allowing for some degree of direction in the contents of dreams related to specific issues.
"Dancing Therapy" Restores Spinal Cord Injury in the Laboratory
Researchers at Northwestern University created the most detailed spinal cord model to date in the lab, inducing injury and subsequently treating it with 'dancing molecules.'
Inception-style 'dream hacking' helps people solve life's hardest problems
Researchers at Northwestern University have pioneered a method of 'dream hacking' that could enhance creativity by influencing the topics of dreams.
Unprecedented Medical Achievement: How Doctors Kept a Patient Alive Without Lungs?
Surgeons at Northwestern University successfully kept a 33-year-old man alive for 48 hours without lungs using a total artificial lung system while waiting for a lung transplant.
Where in our body is the secret of human intelligence hidden
A recent study from Northwestern University sheds light on the relationship between the gut microbiome and brain function, suggesting that changes in gut microbes may influence intelligence.