Physics

Non-reciprocal phase transitions - demonstration with tiny desktop robots

Physicists reveal how motion can be generated by frustration

Cheng Chin in the lab with a lot of equipment

In long-awaited breakthrough, UChicago scientists harness molecules into single quantum state

A qubit (the small rectangle) is set onto a sapphire substrate, which sits upon a fingertip to show scale.

UChicago, Fermilab physicists build a quantum bit that can search for dark matter

Telescope image of dozens of galaxies clustered in space

Using powerful lasers, scientists recreate how magnetic fields grow in clusters of galaxies

Prof. William Irvine

UChicago physicist William Irvine selected for $2 million Brown Investigator Award

Researcher works in gloves on metallic quantum assembly

For first time, researchers send entangled qubit states through a communication channel

Metaphorical illustration of a field of molecules being examined by computers and also magnifying glass

New research could boost a solar-powered fuel made by splitting water

Brightly colored wavy patterns

In step toward autonomous materials, researchers design patterns in self-propelling liquid crystals

Abstract dots and points of light

Pivotal discovery could open new field of quantum ‘magnonics’

Illustration of merging black holes and the ripples of gravity created around them

Ripples in space-time could provide clues to missing components of the universe