Chemistry

HIV virus

Researchers discover how a small molecule is the key to HIV forming capsules

Ink in a vial

UChicago chemists invent way to customize compounds just a few atoms thick

Laser cutter

A laser cutter could create new wave of bioelectronics

Artist's illustration of a new electrocatalytic process that can convert carbon dioxide and water into ethanol

A new catalyst can make ethanol out of carbon dioxide

Prof. Stephen Berry in his office

R. Stephen Berry, ‘one of the most influential chemists of his generation,’ 1931-2020

illustration of organelle in a cell

Spies like us: UChicago scientists develop probes made of DNA to track molecular secrets

cartoon rendering of a coronavirus particle up close

UChicago chemists race to decode RNA of new coronavirus

Three chemists discuss equations at blackboard

UChicago scientists predict new state of matter

Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt collects samples of lunar soil from the moon in 1972.

One small grain of moon dust, one giant leap for lunar studies

Noodle making in Xi'an

Takeout noodles inspire UChicago scientists to invent remarkable synthetic tissue