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William Dichtel’s research with colleague Brittany Trang found that heating a combination of a widely used solvent and lye can destroy many types of common cancer-causing PFAS found in Teflon pans and many other products.

Riccardo Muti’s last season as music director of the CSO, and Lyric Opera’s “Don Carlo” are also among the highlights of the season.

A computer simulation of a supermassive black hole surprised astrophysicists by producing a rare type of X-shaped radio galaxy.

Coroners need hours in crime scenes to collect information about homicides. However, the high-resolution Microcalorimeter X-ray Imaging, or Micro-X, developed by the Northwestern University and funded by the NASA, headed on a five-minute “astronomical forensic mission” to collect evidence on the death of a star. The mission launched on August…

A group of over 12,000 chemicals called PFAS now pollute our water, food, and air. Now, a novel discovery offers a cheap, efficient method to eliminate some types of PFAS from water, which pose risks to human health.

Nearly six months into his murderous invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has brought shame on his once great nation and cemented his own legacy as a war criminal. The lasting ignominy Putin’s war and his lies have brought to Russia are just as self-destructive as they are contemptible…

New method capitalises on ‘Achilles’ heel’ of PFAS to degrade them more easily, scientists say

Over 53 years, the family-owned business has served up hot dogs to NU alums including David Schwimmer, Seth Meyers, Charlton Heston; actors William Petersen and Katie Holmes; Cubs pitchers Kerry Wood and Mark Prior; and Wildcats football coach Patrick Fitzgerald.

University of Oregon President Michael Schill will replace former president-elect Rebecca Blank, who stepped down after learning of a cancer diagnosis.

U.S. economic productivity during the pandemic was driven entirely by firms with remote work capacity, according to a new study co-authored by Robert Gordon of Northwestern University.

“The telescope works, and it works brilliantly. Our knowledge about the universe is about to take a giant leap forward,” said Jacob Bean, a University of Chicago astronomy professor.