Chemistry

Clemens C. J. Roothaan in computation center

Clemens C.J. Roothaan, eminent quantum chemist and concentration camp survivor, 1918-2019

RNA editing

Using human genome, scientists build CRISPR for RNA to open pathways for medicine

Heart muscle cell

For the first time, scientists recreate cell division—outside a cell

Molecules and pills

Scientists design better method to build molecules that could be drugs—in half the steps

XENON1T experiment

Scientists measure half-life of element that’s longer than the age of the universe

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How an alum’s invention helped propel the U.S. space race

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Scientists tap into open-access quantum computer to tease out quantum secrets

UChicago researchers look at lysosome data

Scientists build flashlights to peek inside the ‘garbage disposal’ of cells

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Scientists design custom nanoparticles with new ‘stencil’ method

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UChicago scientists create way to power pacemaker with light