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Water Scarcity Could Undercut US Lithium Mining

Professor Jennifer Dunn found that climate-driven water shortages in already arid western US regions could significantly constrain proposed domestic lithium mining projects needed to support clean energy technologies.

McCormick Student Entrepreneurs win VentureCat Grand Prize

Trevor Abbott and Quinn McGinley won $100,000 for HaptE, a computer vision system that reduces execution errors and optimizes the warehouse floor in real time.

Mario Harik Stresses Frontline Workers’ Role in Keeping Freight Moving

The CEO of XPO Inc., Harik spoke at the 44th Annual William A. Patterson Distinguished Transportation Lecture, held May 13 at the Walter Athletics Center Auditorium.

Rethinking Disaster Recovery

A new report, coauthored by Northwestern University faculty including Professors Emeritus Stephen Carr and William Miller, Professor Jennifer Dunn, and Adjunct Professor Andreas Waechter, urges immediate reforms in post-disaster reconstruction.

Megalibraries in Pole Position for Autonomous Discovery over Self-Driving Labs

Professor Chad Mirkin demonstrated that a high-speed materials platform could generate massive data to fuel AI-driven discovery.

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