Wendy Freedman one of Nature’s 10 people who helped shape science in 2024
UChicago cosmologist recognized for pioneering work on Hubble constant measurements
UChicago scientist develops new paradigm to predict behavior of atmospheric rivers
Study by Asst. Prof. Da Yang provides powerful framework that sheds light on key processes driving extreme weather
NSF, Simons Foundation launch $20 million National AI Research Institute in Astronomy
UChicago part of SkAI Institute to develop AI tools and accelerate astronomy’s data-driven revolution
Gene Mazenko, UChicago physicist and leading theorist in statistical mechanics, 1945–2024
Remembered for humor, love of sports, and patient but rigorous mentorship
UChicago’s Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics celebrates 20 years of discovery
Astronomers, physicists investigate big questions about the universe in unique collaborative environment
David B. Rowley, geologist who overturned conventional wisdom about Earth’s surface evolution, 1954–2024
David Ballantyne Rowley, Professor Emeritus in UChicago’s Department of the Geophysical Sciences, who specialized in paleoaltimetry, paleogeography, and tectonics, died May 30.
UChicago physicists develop a modular robot with liquid and solid properties
‘Granulobot’ can reassemble and reorganize to adapt to its environment
Storm signals
Climate scientist Tiffany Shaw will study whether climate predictions were right, for right reasons
Cells in confinement and people in crowds have similar behaviors
Way cells grow and multiply—normally considered part of the same process—regulated separately, UChicago biophysicists find