Astronomers are pulling back the curtain on two of the universe’s biggest mysteries: how planets are born and how invisible ...

New research finds that top AI models—including Anthropic’s Claude and OpenAI’s o3—can engage in “scheming,” or deliberately ...

Study has detected '6PPD' chemicals from tires in human urine, revealing daily exposure to particles derived from vehicle ...

Recently, Yuen-Zhou received two noteworthy awards: the Brown Investigator Award from Caltech and the 2025 Medal from the ...

It's moldable, biocompatible and glitters like gold. Plastic that can conduct an electric charge is a material that can be used for everything from sensors that can monitor our health to self-cooling ...

New discovery unlocks secrets of Earth’s inner core - The mysteries of how hot the core is and what it’s made of are beginning to be solved ...

A new catalyst may enable mixed plastic recycling The future of plastic recycling could soon become far simpler and more efficient. Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new plastic ...

The polar vortex itself forms because of Mars’s tilted axis, which creates seasons much like Earth’s. Each northern winter, a ...

The College of Natural Sciences welcomed more than a dozen new tenured and tenure-track faculty members in 2025.

A new study shows how land and ocean weathering form one system, linking rivers, rocks, and seafloor muds to shape Earth’s ...

Excess fat in brain immune cells weakens defenses against Alzheimer’s. Blocking fat storage restored their ability to fight disease. For many years, scientists believed that fat in the brain had ...

Anamarie Whitaker, assistant professor of early care and education policy, and Aditya Kunjapur, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, are the 2024 Gerard J. Mangone Young ...