Physics

Prof. Robert Rosner

UChicago scientist Robert Rosner elected to presidency of the American Physical Society

Prof. Linda Young with Argonne colleagues Anthony DiChiara, Maria Chan and Anirudha Sumant

UChicago physicist leaves mark on X-ray sciences as leader, mentor

Image of large detector with honeycomb pattern

Dark matter detector picks up unexplained new signal

close-up of red spring

UChicago scientists push the boundaries between materials and machines

Three chemists discuss equations at blackboard

UChicago scientists predict new state of matter

Large circular detector framework at the Large Hadron Collider with worker in foreground

University of Chicago to build instrumentation for upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider

Repeating 2-d pattern of connected lego straws

Scientists discover hidden symmetries, opening new avenues for material design

Prof. Parker in front of blackboard with equations

Prof. Eugene Parker wins prestigious Crafoord Prize in Astronomy

Side by side comparison of line drawings of different kinds of order

Researchers discover that materials ‘remember’ past stresses as they age

Illustration of a physics phenomenon with four "wings" emanating from the center.

How a ‘vegetable ion’ helped scientists unlock theory behind transitions of materials