Researchers discover cleaner route to purifying rare earth elements
UChicago PME scientists show that atomic channels can separate rare earth elements from each other—without using toxic chemicals
Stretchable AI patch computes on your body, no server required
New fabrication method enables large-scale transistor arrays to run AI algorithms in milliseconds, a step toward guiding precision cardiac treatments
Using quantum mechanics, researchers crack the hidden chemistry of ice
New theory by UChicago PME researchers has implications for melting permafrost and climate change
Fully automated lab system learns to grow materials on its own
UChicago PME researchers built a ‘self-driving’ method to make thin films for electronics
Tiny sensors rapidly detect ‘forever chemicals’ in water
New portable test can find different PFAS chemicals, including those now regulated by the E.P.A.
New self-assembling nanoparticles could transform drug delivery
UChicago PME scientists created a simple system to carry next-generation medicines
Researchers uncover a surprising new way the immune system ‘remembers’
UChicago scientists find white blood cells, not just antibodies, play a role in recognizing invaders
UChicago scientists discover new material for optically-controlled magnetic memory
Pritzker Molecular Engineering research holds promise for energy-efficient memory
UChicago scientists develop a plastic that can be re-formed as needed
Plastic can change from stretchy and bendy to stiff and rigid—and back
A better understanding of quicksand-like fluids could lead to future technology
UChicago scientists make breakthrough in physics behind ‘oobleck’-like fluids