UChicago paleontologists investigate how life entered and adapted to the deep sea
Clams, mussels show different patterns of evolution as they delved deeper
U.S. weather and climate disasters could top $1 trillion by 2030
Analyzing NOAA's billion-dollar weather disaster database, a UChicago study projects sharply rising costs driven by climate change and expanding development
Dark Energy Survey releases new analysis of how the universe expands
Data from six-year galaxy mapping project narrow down the possible models for how the universe behaves
Chen Ning Yang, PhD’48, world-renowned physicist and Nobel laureate, 1922-2025
UChicago alum made groundbreaking discoveries on the nature of particles
Chicago youth explore science on-campus with Space Explorers
Since 1991, UChicago’s Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics has connected students from Chicago Public Schools with world-class astronomers and physicists
UChicago physicists develop a modular robot with liquid and solid properties
‘Granulobot’ can reassemble and reorganize to adapt to its environment
Simulations show how HIV sneaks into the nucleus of the cell
UChicago chemists assemble massive model of the nuclear pore complex and HIV-1 virus capsid
UChicago scientist awarded Heineman Prize for Astrophysics for ‘pioneering work’
Prof. John Carlstrom cited for microwave interferometry and observations of cosmic microwave background
Using electricity, scientists find promising new method of boosting chemical reactions
UChicago chemists hope to lay foundation for greener chemistry
A better understanding of quicksand-like fluids could lead to future technology
UChicago scientists make breakthrough in physics behind ‘oobleck’-like fluids