Division of the Physical Sciences

Researchers discover another step in how your cells assemble

UChicago chemists use simulation to reveal key mechanism in microtubule growth

Digital artwork blooms endlessly on campus

‘Ever Blossoming Life – Gold,’ which has joined Smart Museum collection, is on display in Eckhardt Research Center

John P. Schiffer, nuclear physicist, 1930-2022

John Schiffer, professor emeritus of physics at the University of Chicago and former director of the Physics Division at Argonne, died on June 6.

Scientists release first analysis of rocks plucked from speeding asteroid

Samples from asteroid Ryugu suggest it’s leftover from formation of the Sun billions of years ago

Sponge-like solar cells could be basis for better pacemakers

Invented by UChicago scientists, a new kind of solar cell could spur useful technology

To understand biology, scientists turn to the quantum world

Researchers hope sensors using quantum tech could transform biology research