A new study from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management found that research proposals showing stronger signs of AI-assisted writing were four percentage points more likely to receive funding from ...

For most of modern science, the first stages of a research idea were largely invisible. A researcher noticed an anomaly, connected two concepts, questioned an established assumption, or identified a ...

The first statistically significant results are in: not only can Large Language Model (LLM) AIs generate new expert-level scientific research ideas, but their ideas are more original and exciting than ...

Decades of research on click chemistry reveal how questioning assumptions and forward-looking questions turn new ideas into ...

Scientific breakthroughs rely on decades of diligent work and expertise, sprinkled with flashes of ingenuity and, sometimes, serendipity. What if we could speed up this process? Creativity is crucial ...

The Research Development Office (RDO) assists faculty at the earliest stages of idea development who are pursuing large interdisciplinary research initiatives, including the preparation of grants that ...