Physics

Niobium-based superconducting devices could lead to smaller, more efficient linear colliders.

Niobium-based superconducting devices could lead to smaller, more efficient linear colliders.

University-funded art project integrates light, science, and hundreds of balloons.

<p>By special arrangement, Swedish Ambassador Jonas Hafstrom comes to Chicago for ceremony.</p>

Trillions upon trillions of cosmic rays hit the Earth every day. What are they?

The world’s first reactor was built underneath the stands of a University of Chicago stadium as part of the Manhattan Project—kicking off the Atomic Age.

<p>A look at the ‘Creative Machines’ course</p>

One of the most important numbers in cosmology, the Hubble constant tells us how fast the universe is expanding, which in turn tells us the age of the universe and its history.