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UChicago chemists unveil new ‘placeholder’ method for making molecules more easily A closeup photo of a gloved hand holding a model of a molecule.

UChicago chemists unveil new ‘placeholder’ method for making molecules more easily

Breakthrough could lead to faster drug discovery

Three UChicago scholars receive 2025 Guggenheim Fellowships A student walks between two flowering trees

Three UChicago scholars receive 2025 Guggenheim Fellowships

Prof. Ewain Gwynne awarded 2025 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize Portrait of Ewain Gwynne smiling at camera in front of chalkboard holding a 3D printed spiky object

Prof. Ewain Gwynne awarded 2025 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize

Winners of the 2025 UChicago Science as Art competition announced Anemometer in the High Arctic

Winners of the 2025 UChicago Science as Art competition announced

Stunning images from the UChicago community highlighted research on areas ranging from telescopes to trilobites.

Study by UChicago scientists finds four tiny planets around one of our nearest stars Artist's conception of a scene on the surface of a faraway exoplanet with a barren rugged surface and three other tiny planets visible in distance.

Study by UChicago scientists finds four tiny planets around one of our nearest stars

MAROON-X instrument finds evidence for planets around famous Barnard’s Star

Scientists track sea ice loss with earthquake sensors Jui-Chun Freya Chen and Owen Kirkham set up seismic monitoring equipment

Scientists track sea ice loss with earthquake sensors

UChicago study uses seismological “background noise” from worldwide monitoring network to study Arctic

Lunar rocks help scientists pinpoint when the moon crystallized An artist’s illustration of what the partly molten moon might have looked like.

Lunar rocks help scientists pinpoint when the moon crystallized

UChicago scientists study samples from Apollo missions, reveal new details about lunar history

Doomsday Clock moves closest ever to apocalypse—at 89 seconds to midnight Photo of five people in suits standing at a press conference around a clock reading "89 seconds to midnight".

Doomsday Clock moves closest ever to apocalypse—at 89 seconds to midnight

'Any move towards midnight should be taken as an indication of extreme danger and an unmistakable warning,' said the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Stuart A. Rice, UChicago professor who shaped the field of physical chemistry, 1932-2024 Photo of Prof. Stuart Rice in a sunny office looking at camera.

Stuart A. Rice, UChicago professor who shaped the field of physical chemistry, 1932-2024

Distinguished scientist remembered for groundbreaking research, tireless teaching and mentorship

How an ‘accidental chemist’ honed his approach at UChicago on the way to a Nobel Prize John Jumper, PhD’17

How an ‘accidental chemist’ honed his approach at UChicago on the way to a Nobel Prize

Nobel laureate John Jumper, SM’12, PhD’17, recalls multidisciplinary journey to creating AlphaFold program