Chemistry

New method swaps single atom in a molecule to speed drug discovery

UChicago chemists invent faster, cheaper technique to turn isoxazoles into pyrroles, a building block for medicines

New method boosts crop yield and drought resistance using plants’ own genes

UChicago tests lifted rice harvests up using plants’ own protein, with implications for other crops

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 '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.

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