Postdoctoral researchers

Prof. Melody Swartz in laboratory

Exploiting cancer cells to aid in their own destruction

Researcher works in gloves on metallic quantum assembly

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

Scientist works in lab holding pipette

UChicago, Argonne scientists zero in on molecules that could fight COVID-19

A Multiscale Coarse-Grained Model of the SARS-CoV-2 Virion, Biophysical Journal (2021)

UChicago scientists create first computational model of entire virus responsible for COVID-19

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

Graduate student Caitlin Anderson at the TIRF microscope

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

Quantum coherence

UChicago scientists discover way to make quantum states last 10,000 times longer

close-up of red spring

UChicago scientists push the boundaries between materials and machines

Repeating 2-d pattern of connected lego straws

Scientists discover hidden symmetries, opening new avenues for material design

Visualization of a blue planet half in shadow, with mass of clouds gathered over the bright side

NASA’s TESS spacecraft discovers its first habitable planet, first world with two stars