Physics

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

View from Rockefeller Chapel Tower with snow

What we’ll remember from 2020—at UChicago and beyond

Jack Steinberger

Jack Steinberger, Nobel-winning physicist and UChicago alum, 1921-2020

Lesya Horyn

‘Search of a lifetime’ for supersymmetric particles at CERN

Graduate student Caitlin Anderson at the TIRF microscope

For the first time, scientists demonstrate self-repair mechanism in cells

Andrea Ghez

Watch Nobel laureate Andrea Ghez explain how to prove a black hole exists

Andrea Ghez

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Andrea Ghez to deliver Oct. 22 UChicago lecture