Maureen Searcy

Scientists unite to explore origins of life

The Origins Federation Conference gathered researchers across disciplines in the search for how life emerged and evolved

A UChicago professor’s ‘artisanal’ approach to science

Physicist Arvind Murugan earns Schmidt Science Polymath award for work at intersection of physics, biology, computation and materials science

Deep beneath the French Alps, scientists hunt for dark matter

UChicago scientists probe the nature of mysterious ‘hidden-sector’ dark matter in DAMIC-M experiment

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

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.