DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

Award honors the nation’s most innovative, early-career scientists

A multidisciplinary study identifies the active site of Nature’s chosen enzyme for conversion of methane to methanol

Northwestern University Researchers Engineer Colloidal Quasicrystals Using DNA-Modified Building Blocks

An engineered version of the pigment boosts healing and may prevent sunburns in the first place

researchers have observed a mysterious phenomenon known as the chirality-induced spin selectivity (Ciss) effect in isolated molecules

Award honors the nation’s most innovative, early-career scientists

Even as the world slowly begins to decarbonize industrial processes, achieving lower concentrations of atmospheric carbon requires technologies that remove existing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Even as the world slowly begins to decarbonize industrial processes, achieving lower concentrations of atmospheric carbon requires technologies that remove existing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

A multi-institutional team of researchers, including Shana Kelley, has received $45 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H)

Northwestern University researchers including Tobin Marks have been awarded a $750,000 three-year grant

Agriculture relies on synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, which is made using energy- and carbon-intensive processes and creates nitrate-containing runoff.

Northwestern University researchers including John Rogers have developed the first electronic device for continuously monitoring the health of transplanted organs in real time.

Cross-field expert to help further Northwestern sustainability research

With a novel recycling process, Northwestern researchers break down and rebuild polyurethane to make new foam

Prof. Richard Silverman's pioneering biopharmaceutical company, Akava Therapeutics, Inc., had its compound AKV9 given FDA clearance

Kalow as one of DOE's 2023 Early Career Research Program award winners

The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant which will enable a pilot study with Chicago-area residents to test for lead, copper and PFAS

Coupling of electronic and nuclear dynamics revealed in molecules with ultrafast lasers and X-rays

Showing students that science can be inclusive

Spinoff company’s cathode coating results in a safer battery that is packed with power

Scientists are developing a promising new material that improves radiation detection

Northwestern faculty will explore scientific innovations and the power of difference during events in Chicago and Evanston

Timothy Earle, Teri Odom and Richard Silverman recognized for contributions to their fields

Carbon capture method works by using carbon to make acetic acid

These researchers are developing amazing new ways to help restore our precious planet.

Academy is one of nation’s most prestigious honorary societies

Noninvasive approach is fast, cost-effective and could be used to treat a variety of cancers

Northwestern professor Shana Kelley named president of biomedical science hub

Young researchers represent the scientific leaders of tomorrow

New class of materials has ‘no counterpart or analogue in nature’

Luisa Iruela-Arispe, Teri W. Odom, Murali Prakriya and Linda A. Teplin will be honored this summer in Washington, D.C.

‘Rational vaccinology’ increases potency by changing the structural location of antigens, adjuvants

Biomedical sensing is one application of efficient, low-cost transistors

Scientists and engineers unlock the body’s healing powers

Researchers advanced the age of human neurons beyond what was previously possible

Tiny motor one day could drive innovations in materials science and medicine

First Northwestern professor to win most prestigious award in the Muslim world

Two projects focus on new materials and cell engineering