Division of the Physical Sciences

For a sustainable future, scientists rethink plastics and devices

UChicago scientists and engineers seek to transform plastics, electronics, transportation

UChicago scientists experiment with materials that can “remember”

New research identifies properties that allow proteins to strengthen under pressure

Physicists reveal how motion can be generated by frustration

University of Chicago scientists lay out a theory for the emerging field of non-reciprocal matter

There might be many planets with water-rich atmospheres

UChicago study finds way that hot, rocky planets in other systems could form and keep atmospheres

Ceramic chips inside meteorites hint at wild days of the early solar system

Analysis by UChicago scientists reverses earlier findings, suggests large temperature swings