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Tagged: research

Spell check for research? Confronting the reproducibility crisis with explainable AI

  • January 19, 2021
You might have heard of the famous “marshmallow test.” The study, and follow-ups that extended over decades, found that children who could delay gratification—and consequently get two marshmallows instead of…

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Biology professor wins $450K grant to study cells important to cancer research

  • October 19, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — How and why does cancer spread from one part of the body to another? Those are key questions behind the research of NIU biological sciences professor Olivier Devergne, whose…

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NIU faculty ramp up COVID-19 research

  • April 14, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — Amid the busy transition to remote teaching, NIU faculty members also have pivoted aspects of their research programs to turn attention to the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the university, in…

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Undergraduate research project goes the distance

Study in children with autism spectrum disorder sheds light on repetitive speech

  • February 27, 2020
Cassidy VanZuiden’s Undergraduate Research and Artistry Day (URAD) project — exploring why children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) echo or parody speech — grew into a national award-winning project and…

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Scientists develop safer lead-based perovskite solar cell

  • February 19, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — Researchers at Northern Illinois University and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colorado, are reporting today (Feb. 19) in the journal Nature…

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NIU’s Fred Markowitz wins Fulbright award to Finland

Sociologist will study links between incarceration, mental health services

  • January 15, 2020
The largest U.S. treatment setting for people with serious mental illness isn’t the country’s network of hospitals, as you might expect. Rather, it’s the prison and jail system, according to…

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The frugal professor: A careful spender himself, Tim Michaelis applies trait to entrepreneurship

  • January 13, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — It wouldn’t be entirely inaccurate to say NIU Business Professor Tim Michaelis can squeeze two dimes out of nickel. An expert on accruing credit-card points, he once paid…

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Council wars? One type of conflict benefits communities, study says

  • November 6, 2019
NIU political scientist Scot Schraufnagel says politics today, from the national stage to grassroots government, is in a state of hyper-conflict. Intense debate over policy issues is common. And few…

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Study: Severely disturbed habitats impacting health of Madagascar’s treasured lemurs

  • July 9, 2019
DeKalb, Ill. — A new study led by Mitch Irwin and Karen Samonds of Northern Illinois University finds that degraded rainforest habitats are having an unhealthy impact on at least…

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Research on baby cries eases parents’ concerns with the use of AI algorithm

  • July 1, 2019
DeKALB, Ill. — New parents will likely agree that one of the most concerning and frustrating things about parenting an infant is trying to figure out why their baby is…

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