Louise Lerner

For first time, scientists follow sodium and potassium inside cell organelles A scientist wearing white lab coat and purple gloves stands at a lab bench with a microscope holding a petri dish

For first time, scientists follow sodium and potassium inside cell organelles

From Israeli digs to Greenland villages, UChicagoans travel the world for research Greenland

From Israeli digs to Greenland villages, UChicagoans travel the world for research

Students, faculty share how they spent their summers studying everything from languages to glaciers

Northwestern, UChicago to receive $50 million to study life sciences using mathematics From left: Profs. Margaret Gardel, Mary Silber, Rebecca Willett, and Stephanie Palmer

Northwestern, UChicago to receive $50 million to study life sciences using mathematics

New institute will be an international hub focused on fundamental questions

NSF to establish $15.5M Center for Living Systems at the University of Chicago Two professors standing outside on a college campus on a sunny day smiling at camera

NSF to establish $15.5M Center for Living Systems at the University of Chicago

XRISM satellite launches to study the universe in different colors of X-rays Artist illustration of a tubular spacecraft in space, with wings extending out from both sides

XRISM satellite launches to study the universe in different colors of X-rays

Data to reveal flows of matter and energy close to black holes, elemental makeup of the universe

Scientists demonstrate new, improved way to make infrared light—with quantum dots Xingyu Shen

Scientists demonstrate new, improved way to make infrared light—with quantum dots

New method from UChicago chemists could lead to cost-effective sensors

What NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has discovered in its first five years looping the sun Parker Solar Probe

What NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has discovered in its first five years looping the sun

University of Chicago scientists invent smallest known way to guide light Closeup of a rectangular block of plastic with a thin line visible in the center. It is held by a scientist wearing purple gloves who is not in focus

University of Chicago scientists invent smallest known way to guide light

Scientists found that a sheet of glass crystal just a few atoms thick could trap and carry light. Not only that, but it was surprisingly efficient and could travel relatively long distances—up to a centimeter, which is very far in the world of light-based computing.

UChicago scientists observe first evidence of ‘quantum superchemistry’ in the laboratory Zhendong Zhang, left, and Cheng Chin work in Chin’s lab in the basement of the Gordon Center.

UChicago scientists observe first evidence of ‘quantum superchemistry’ in the laboratory

Breakthrough could point way to fundamental insights, new technology

Study reveals long-debated makeup of the molecules that help organize your cells Matt Tirrell (center) in the lab with researchers

Study reveals long-debated makeup of the molecules that help organize your cells

Structure of polyelectrolyte complexes could lead to better drugs and technology, say UChicago scientists