Physics

Using powerful lasers, scientists recreate how magnetic fields grow in clusters of galaxies Telescope image of dozens of galaxies clustered in space

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

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

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

For first time, researchers send entangled qubit states through a communication channel Researcher works in gloves on metallic quantum assembly

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

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

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

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

Pivotal discovery could open new field of quantum ‘magnonics’ Abstract dots and points of light

Pivotal discovery could open new field of quantum ‘magnonics’

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

What we’ll remember from 2020—at UChicago and beyond View from Rockefeller Chapel Tower with snow

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

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

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

‘Search of a lifetime’ for supersymmetric particles at CERN Lesya Horyn

‘Search of a lifetime’ for supersymmetric particles at CERN