Chemistry

Takeout noodles inspire UChicago scientists to invent remarkable synthetic tissue Restaurant worker holds long strands of hand-pulled noodles

Takeout noodles inspire UChicago scientists to invent remarkable synthetic tissue

Breakthrough creates tough material able to stretch, heal and defend itself

Surprise discovery shakes up our understanding of gene expression Two twining strands of RNA in different colors

Surprise discovery shakes up our understanding of gene expression

Breakthrough opens field of study, potential avenues for medicine

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Chemistry breakthrough could help produce new drugs, molecules

Invention of teeny-tiny organic films could enable new electronics Method to join organic molecules

Invention of teeny-tiny organic films could enable new electronics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Scientists measure half-life of element that’s longer than the age of the universe XENON1T experiment

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

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

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