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Scientists use camera flash to turn insulating material into conductor

Washington, Aug 13 (ANI): Can camera flash actually turn an insulating material into a conductor? Yes, if Northwestern University researchers are to be believed.

Lead researcher Jiaxing Huang, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science have found a novel way of turning graphite oxide – a [...]

How noise affects nervous system’s ability to transcribe sounds key to reading skills

Washington, July 14 (ANI): A new study conducted by Northwestern University researchers offers an unparalleled look at how noise affects the nervous system’s ability to transcribe sounds whose subtle differences are key to success with language and reading.

The study suggests that distinguishing such sounds is too much to ask of the nervous system of [...]

Nanoparticles’ colour-changing ability makes it possible to create self-erasing documents

London, July 9 (ANI): Scientists have developed a film that exploits the colour-changing ability of nanoparticles, and can make it possible to create documents that wipe themselves clean after they’ve been read.

Northwestern University researchers in Evanston, Illinois, have revealed that they made the film by coating gold nanoparticles with a layer of hair-like molecules called [...]

Bilingual people better at learning foreign languages than monolinguals

Washington, May 20 (ANI): If you speak two languages, then it would be easier for you to learn the nuances of a new foreign language than your monolingual counterparts, according to a study by Northwestern University researchers.

And this bilingual advantage persists even when the new language being studied is completely different from the languages one [...]

Self-assembly of molecules may offer new therapeutic treatments

Washington, February 15 (ANI): Northwestern University researchers have come up with an approach to deal with some of the major health problems-gather raw materials and then let them self-assemble into structures that can address a multitude of medical needs.

Samuel I. Stupp, whose laboratory has devised the novel approach, says that at the core of the [...]