As pro-Palestinian protests continue to rage on university campuses across the United States, demonstrators and university leadership of Northwestern University in the US state of Illinois announced, late Monday (Apr 29) that they have reached an agreement to end the encampment set up on campus.

Northwestern University reaches deal with pro-Palestinian protesters to end encampment on campus

Four prestigious universities in the United States, namely Dartmouth, Northwestern, Rice, and Vanderbilt, have agreed to a combined settlement of $166 million to resolve allegations of favouring wealthy student applicants.

Top US universities settle for $166 million over favouring wealthy students

Researchers at the prestigious Northwestern University have developed virtual reality (VR) goggles for mice to create immersive scenarios for brain research. "By more faithfully simulating natural environments, the researchers can more accurately and precisely study the neural circuitry that underlies behaviour," the researchers said in the study published on Friday (Dec 8).

Researchers develop VR goggles for mice to create immersive scenarios for brain research

A shooting incident in Evanston, Illinois killed at least one man and injured two teens at an Evanston beach and Northwestern University was placed under a lockdown for over an hour, Fox News reported on Thursday.

Evanston beach shooting kills one, lockdown orders for Northwestern University lifted

A team of engineers at Northwestern University has developed a tiny robotic crab prototype, and it looks absolutely adorable. The robot crab is tinier than a flea but it can apparently walk, bend, twist, turn and jump and perform several other functions.

Watch: This adorable robotic crab is the 'smallest-ever' remote-controlled walking robot

Northwestern University engineers have created the smallest-ever human-made flying structure in the form of a winged microchip, drawing inspiration from the film "Ant-Man.

Winged microchip: US scientists create smallest-ever human-made flying structure

A wearable device the size of a postage stamp is being tested by researchers at Northwestern University and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab as a way to monitor and catch early signs and symptoms of COVID-19.

Small wearable device monitors virus symptoms

January 28 in history: Canada SC strikes down all anti-abortion laws, Lego designs patented and more