Science hype man @NorthwesternU | Voice behind @NUSources | Pushcart Prize-losing essayist | narcoleptic workaholic | former managing editor @TriQuarterlyMag
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Amanda Morris retweeted
Quite an innovation!
Continuous real-time monitoring of inflammation and protein biomarkers in the body with a shaking sensor
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@HZargartalebi @NorthwesternU @czbiohub
Amanda Morris retweeted
Very honored to host the great @drsanjaygupta (Associate Chief of Neurosurgery at @HospitalGrady and Chief Medical Correspondent at @CNN) on his visit to our labs today to explore the latest research (through @NU_QSIB) and commercialization (through @epicorebio) activities around our soft, skin-interfaced microfluidic devices – ‘lab on the skin’ technologies – for collection, capture and colorimetric biomarker analysis of microliter volumes of sweat. Lab tours, engaging discussions, in-depth interviews and live demonstrations – all in the context of a feature piece on this emerging method for medical diagnostics that will appear in December on the CNN show Vital Signs. Stay tuned! Big thanks to @aTonyBanks, @MingyuZhouNU and Monica Li for laboratory and device preparations, to Dr. Lorenzo Gallon for representing our clinical collaborations, and to @amanda_mo, Ana Wedding and @Ciran0 for logistical support. Excellent teamwork -- flawless execution from start to finish!
Amanda Morris retweeted
A new Northwestern-led center is set to receive up to $52 million from the @NSF. 🤖
@HAND_ERC will develop dexterous robot hands that can assist humans with manufacturing, caregiving, handling dangerous materials & more. spr.ly/6012laIg0
@NorthwesternEng | @ResearchNU
Amanda Morris retweeted
This Craigslist ad for a 1999 Toyota Corolla is a masterclass in copywriting.
Amanda Morris retweeted
Researchers have developed a first-of-its-kind sticker that can detect post-surgical complications with a standard ultrasound: bit.ly/48ENgFm
@NU_QSIB | @NorthwesternEng | @NUFeinbergMed
Amanda Morris retweeted
A team of researchers from Northwestern Engineering's @Wells__H2O have developed a new fuel cell that harvests energy from microbes living in dirt. bit.ly/3O5VDCq @cee_nwu
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"We need science journalists now more than ever, but with alarming frequency, legacy and digital-first publications alike are showing that they can't provide these journalists with stability. So who will?" @michaelgreshko buff.ly/3uVE1lT
Amanda Morris retweeted
A new catalytic process developed at Northwestern University in the US breaks down nylon-6 in minutes – without the need for high temperatures & toxic solvents that lead to harmful byproducts
chemistryworld.com/news/new-…
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Nylon-6 lingers in our environment for thousands of years, tangling wildlife in its grasp.
Northwestern chemists have developed a solution: a new catalyst that quickly and cleanly breaks down Nylon-6—without toxic solvents or harmful byproducts. bit.ly/3GtliAX
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Listen to an audio transcription of Iceland's earthquake activity triggered by volcanic stirrings with Northwestern University's Earthtones: earthtunes.ci.northwestern.e…
via news.northwestern.edu/storie…
Amanda Morris retweeted
I can't overemphasize how dramatically the Arctic is warming, how much this is affecting people in the Arctic already, how quickly ice is retreating, and how much this will eventually affect people all around the world. Keep fighting for climate action.
Amanda Morris retweeted
See it for yourself: glaciers we're studying in Greenland are shrinking quickly. @CNN shares before-and-after photos in their coverage of our @NatureClimate paper.
There's still time to save these glaciers - with a fast transition away from fossil fuels.
cnn.com/2023/11/12/climate/g…
Amanda Morris retweeted
Prof @Jennifer_M_Dunn will serve as chief decarbonization officer of the Midwest Hydrogen Hub, which will decarbonize through strategic hydrogen uses including steel/glass production, refining, and sustainable aviation fuel.
Read more, via @WhiteHouse: whitehouse.gov/briefing-room…
Honored to be invited to celebrate investments in the Hydrogen economy in Philadelphia yesterday. Thrilled with the plain spoken acknowledgement of climate change as a crisis. Delighted to hear from @SecGranholm. @MWCleanHydrogen
Amanda Morris retweeted
Northwestern University researchers say those very young JWST galaxies were unusually bright, not unusually large. (Astronomers have been fretting they'd have to rejigger galaxy formation theories.) iopscience.iop.org/article/1…
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This is Beta Pictoris b—a planet 12 times the mass of Jupiter—sailing around its star in a tilted orbit.
Constructed from real data, astrophysicist Jason Wang (@semaphore_P)'s video condenses 17 years of footage, making it the longest time-lapse video of an exoplanet to date.
Amanda Morris retweeted
to the trolls out there YES underground climate change is a thing NO it’s not the same as atmospheric climate change and we’re not fearmongering FOR THE LOVE OF GOD please read before commenting
had a lot of fun covering this with @rebeccapaigejo: chicagotribune.com/news/envi…
Amanda Morris retweeted
For the first time, a Northwestern study has linked underground climate change to the shifting ground beneath urban areas.
Although rising temperatures are a concern, the researchers also view it as a potential opportunity to reuse heat waste as a thermal energy resource.
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"What our work says is even in the worst case scenarios, the environmental footprint of not only vegan diets but low meat diets are much, much better than high meat consuming diets," said Peter Scarborough, an Oxford professor who led the study. nyti.ms/3Y4Ms9h
ALT A headline reads: "People who eat a plant-based diet account for 75% less greenhouse gas emissions than those who eat meat." A sentence reads: "A vegan diet also results in much less harm to land, water and biodiversity, according to new research from the University of Oxford."
Amanda Morris retweeted
A study published in @commseng from @Rotta_Loria
@cee_nwu explores the impact of subsurface heat islands on ground deformation and its possible influence on civil infrastructure. @NorthwesternEng
@NorthwesternU Read more here: nature.com/articles/s44172-0…
Amanda Morris retweeted
A symphony in space 🔭
Researchers, including @NUCIERA astrophysicists, used exotic stars to tune into the hum of overlapping gravitational wave signals—and observed evidence of the longest, slowest gravitational waves ever recorded.