Physics

UChicago mathematician, physicists win $3 million ‘Oscars of science’ Alex Eskin

UChicago mathematician, physicists win $3 million ‘Oscars of science’

UChicago names building after pioneering physicist Albert Michelson Albert A. Michelson

UChicago names building after pioneering physicist Albert Michelson

White House honors two UChicago scientists for innovative research Thumbnail

White House honors two UChicago scientists for innovative research

New exoplanet is smallest to be precisely measured Kepler mission rendering

New exoplanet is smallest to be precisely measured

Scientists combine light and matter to make particles with new behaviors Illustration of doppelganger orbits

Scientists combine light and matter to make particles with new behaviors

Clemens C.J. Roothaan, eminent quantum chemist and concentration camp survivor, 1918-2019 Clemens C. J. Roothaan in computation center

Clemens C.J. Roothaan, eminent quantum chemist and concentration camp survivor, 1918-2019

Scientists use X-rays from faraway galaxy cluster to reveal secrets of plasma Plasma in distant galaxy cluster

Scientists use X-rays from faraway galaxy cluster to reveal secrets of plasma

Scientists use atoms to simulate quantum physics in curved spacetimes Unruh radiation simulation

Scientists use atoms to simulate quantum physics in curved spacetimes

For the first time, scientists recreate cell division—outside a cell Heart muscle cell

For the first time, scientists recreate cell division—outside a cell

Scientists break record for highest-temperature superconductor Sample inside the DAC

Scientists break record for highest-temperature superconductor