On Dec. 11, leading experts in AI, cybersecurity, and national security discussed AI-enabled terrorism and warfare, emerging ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Ryan Truby and his team members received a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Director’s Fellowship, which is presented to selected DARPA Young Faculty ...

Worker fatigue in safety-critical industries like manufacturing increases the risk of accidents and injuries while decreasing overall performance. The interdisciplinary engineering team developed a ...

Northwestern Engineering’s Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering share a strong history of interconnected research activities, established research centers, and ...

Existing haptic feedback technology has limitations for people with disabilities. The patch can enhance user experiences in virtual reality and improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities, ...

Natural biological systems cannot efficiently convert waste CO₂ or its derivatives into useful building-block chemicals at a scale that can keep pace with rising atmospheric carbon. Engineer a fully ...

As president of Schneider Electric North America Operations, Aamir Paul (’00) leads all operations from strategy to execution in Canada, Central America, Mexico, and the US—delivering best-in-class ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a key driver of geopolitical power imbalances, fueling the competition for technological supremacy and economic dominance and intensifying global ...

A new process that converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern ...

Quantum teleportation could provide long-distance quantum connectivity via the existing fiberoptic infrastructure, but the photons needed for teleportation are lost among the millions of light ...

As Earth’s climate continues to warm, researchers around the globe are exploring ways to capture CO 2 from the air and store it deep underground. The method transforms CO2 into valuable, ...