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Analysis Reveals Challenges for Desalination

A new report from Professor Jennifer Dunn and collaborators concluded zero-liquid discharge technology can ease water scarcity but is costly and energy intensive. Read more

Concept

Student Team Wins Highest Honor at NASA BIG Idea Challenge

The student group’s expandable technology was recognized as having the best potential to contribute to NASA’s future Artemis moon missions.Read more

New material

Antiferromagnetic Material May Enable Efficient Memory Tech

Designed by a team with Professor James Rondinelli, the material represents a paradigm shift in how we think about this class of compounds.Read more

Perovskite

Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells Triples

Coated cells developed by a team of Northwestern researchers also delivered a solar power conversion efficiency of 26 percentRead more

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