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Prof. Lek-Heng Lim wins Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship Lek-Heng Lim

Prof. Lek-Heng Lim wins Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship

UChicago researchers invent compact CRISPR systems to more easily edit genes Weixin Tang lab

UChicago researchers invent compact CRISPR systems to more easily edit genes

Researchers discover another step in how your cells assemble Microtubules

Researchers discover another step in how your cells assemble

UChicago chemists use simulation to reveal key mechanism in microtubule growth

Tempest in a teacup: UChicago physicists make breakthrough in creating turbulence A black background with a purple-orange ball in the center

Tempest in a teacup: UChicago physicists make breakthrough in creating turbulence

The clams that fell behind, and what they can tell us about evolution and extinction Two black and white 3D images of clams, one very scalloped, one smooth

The clams that fell behind, and what they can tell us about evolution and extinction

UChicago scientists study how bivalves evolved after the Cambrian Explosion

Researchers get first up-close look at mysterious planet’s atmosphere Hazy mini-Neptune composite

Researchers get first up-close look at mysterious planet’s atmosphere

Exoplanet GJ 1214b is too hot to be habitable, but likely contains water vapor

NSF awards $52M to upgrade Simons Observatory in Chile to explore origins of universe Jeff McMahon in lab with telescope

NSF awards $52M to upgrade Simons Observatory in Chile to explore origins of universe

Improvements include improved receiver, solar panels to power the observatory and data processing pipeline

Scientists find link between photosynthesis and ‘fifth state of matter’ Outline of the veins in a leaf in black and white

Scientists find link between photosynthesis and ‘fifth state of matter’

Winners of the 2023 UChicago Science as Art competition announced Origami in a tube

Winners of the 2023 UChicago Science as Art competition announced

Prof. Wendy Freedman to present Ryerson Lecture on ‘Our Expanding Universe’ Wendy Freedman portrait

Prof. Wendy Freedman to present Ryerson Lecture on ‘Our Expanding Universe’

Public invited to eminent astronomer’s May 15 talk at Rubenstein Forum