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May 20, 2024
DeKalb, IL – The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a grant of $270,000 over three years to Northern Illinois University Chemistry Professor Tao Li for...
May 2, 2024
DeKalb, IL – It sounds like it could be the set-up to a joke: What is the most abundant particle in the universe, is something...
April 22, 2024
The human circulatory system is a marvel of nature, comprised of 60,000 miles of veins, arteries and capillaries that carry food, oxygen, hormones and other...
April 22, 2024
The average Indy racer gets about four miles to a gallon of gasoline. On their trip to the world-famous racetrack in Indianapolis, the NIU Supermileage...
Edible Campus gardens are expanding and beginning to provide valuable research data
April 17, 2024
DeKalb, IL – In 2023, NIU’s Edible Campus program broke ground on more than 100 raised beds throughout campus as well as the 5,000-square-foot Anderson...
March 12, 2024
DeKalb, IL – Scientists are using new tools that provide a window into the ancient past to better understand how the Grand Canyon’s oldest rocks...