Chemistry

UChicago researchers find way to extract more water from air

Optimized material pulls 50% more water than previous version, showing potential to help those in arid climates

A chemist who studies the spots where chaos sneaks in

UChicago Asst. Prof. Sarah King awarded prestigious Cottrell Scholarship

Pioneering UChicago chemist wins 2023 Wolf Prize

Prof. Chuan He earns prestigious award for foundational RNA research

Tiny ion is crucial for HIV replication, say UChicago chemists

Simulation explains how virus forms capsid, may suggest new avenues for treatments

Chemists create an 'artificial photosynthesis' system that is 10 times more efficient than existing systems

A Nature Catalysis study from six chemists at the University of Chicago shows an innovative new system for artificial photosynthesis that is more productive than previous artificial systems by an order of magnitude.

Scientists discover way to target ‘undruggable’ molecules involved in cancer

UChicago breakthrough targets proteins called transcription factors—a goal for more than 30 years