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Using powerful lasers, scientists recreate how magnetic fields grow in clusters of galaxies Telescope image of dozens of galaxies clustered in space

Using powerful lasers, scientists recreate how magnetic fields grow in clusters of galaxies

UChicago physicist William Irvine selected for $2 million Brown Investigator Award Prof. William Irvine

UChicago physicist William Irvine selected for $2 million Brown Investigator Award

Scientists confirm third-nearest star with a planet—and it’s rocky like Earth 3-d illustration of a rocky planet with veins of magma

Scientists confirm third-nearest star with a planet—and it’s rocky like Earth

UChicago, Argonne scientists zero in on molecules that could fight COVID-19 Scientist works in lab holding pipette

UChicago, Argonne scientists zero in on molecules that could fight COVID-19

Ceramic chips inside meteorites hint at wild days of the early solar system artist illustration of bright sun surrounded by glowing disk of matter

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

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

Roger Hildebrand, Manhattan Project veteran and ‘giant’ of physics and astrophysics, 1922-2021 Roger Hildebrand in bow tie with microphone

Roger Hildebrand, Manhattan Project veteran and ‘giant’ of physics and astrophysics, 1922-2021

Pandemic ‘a historic wake-up’ call, but Doomsday Clock remains unchanged Bulletin of Atomic Scientists board members Robert Rosner and Suzet McKinney pull cloth away to reveal 2021 Doomsday Clock

Pandemic ‘a historic wake-up’ call, but Doomsday Clock remains unchanged

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists urge greater global cooperation at Jan. 27 unveiling event

UChicago scientists create first computational model of entire virus responsible for COVID-19 A Multiscale Coarse-Grained Model of the SARS-CoV-2 Virion, Biophysical Journal (2021)

UChicago scientists create first computational model of entire virus responsible for COVID-19

Pioneering multiscale model allows researchers to plug in and better understand information as new discoveries are made

Ripples in space-time could provide clues to missing components of the universe Illustration of merging black holes and the ripples of gravity created around them

Ripples in space-time could provide clues to missing components of the universe

Peter O. Vandervoort, astrophysicist and beloved UChicago mentor, 1935-2020 Prof. Emeritus Peter O. Vandervoort, 2009

Peter O. Vandervoort, astrophysicist and beloved UChicago mentor, 1935-2020

Alum’s career at University spanned 70 years, impacted generations of students