Louise Lerner

Hand moving the Doomsday Clock

As world awaits Doomsday Clock announcement, a look at its UChicago roots

close-up on the face of a cracked plaster statue of a Buddha, with part of its cheek missing

Shattered Buddhist statues restored with help from the OI

View of a star partially obscured by a large rocky planet with magma ocean

Why some planets eat their own skies

Prof. Giulia Galli sits in her office with a pile of textbooks and a model of molecules.

Physicist taps quantum mechanics to crack molecular secrets

Kung fu master Oscar Lam with students

Scientific process inspires UChicago art/science lab, whose latest play entangles quantum concepts and kung fu

Scientists in quantum lab

In surprise breakthrough, scientists create quantum states in everyday electronics

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Chemistry breakthrough could help produce new drugs, molecules

Method to join organic molecules

Invention of teeny-tiny organic films could enable new electronics

Seal traverses sheet of Antarctic sea ice

Antarctic sea ice is key to triggering ice ages, study finds

Object hitting Earth illustration

NASA moon rocks help form new picture of early moon and Earth