Chemists shrink gallium nitride, the material behind LED lighting, into nanocrystals
Molten-salt method from UChicago and Argonne could unlock durable materials for printed electronics, flexible devices
UChicago chemists invent new way to swap nitrogen into molecules
Breakthrough could speed up new drug discovery
UChicago chemists 'film' light-matter hybrid particles
Breakthrough could enable future computing or electronic technologies
The secret ingredient in a new biomedical device? Lithium-ion battery tech
UChicago scientists team up to deliver lithium with fewer side effects in innovative biomedical patch
Karl F. Freed, pioneering theoretical chemist and decoder of molecular complexity, 1942–2026
University of Chicago Prof. Emeritus Karl Frederick Freed, whose mathematical rigor provided the scaffolding for modern molecular theory, died Jan. 11 at the age of 83.
UChicago scientists clock a driving factor in the evolution of error correction
Study finds it’s faster for organisms to fix their errors than to do a ‘sloppy job’
UChicago scientists find better way to make infrared light—using quantum dots
Energy-efficient infrared light sources could boost sensors, technology
How quantum science is moving from lab to hospital
Greg Engel and Julian Solway are leading the new UChicago Berggren Center to bring quantum tools into the clinic. In a Q&A, they explain what that means for patients
Research unveils new way to make futuristic 2D materials
A 40-year-old forgotten paper helped UChicago scientists develop a faster, more efficient method for synthesizing MXenes at a fraction of the cost
Healthcare electronics are booming—here’s how to make them more sustainable
Analysis from UChicago, Cornell finds circuit boards drive largest carbon footprint