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UChicago researchers find hidden logic behind cellular decisions Microscopic view showing cells with blue and purple staining.

UChicago researchers find hidden logic behind cellular decisions

Study reveals how cells run complex computations without a brain, challenging traditional engineering principles

Nobel laureate John Jumper returns to UChicago to discuss the AlphaFold protein revolution John Jumper speaks at the Herman Bloch Memorial Lecture

Nobel laureate John Jumper returns to UChicago to discuss the AlphaFold protein revolution

Watch alum John Jumper deliver Bloch Lecture at standing-room-only event

A breakthrough by UChicago scientists enables greener microfabrication Chuanwang Yang

A breakthrough by UChicago scientists enables greener microfabrication

New, more sustainable process uses water instead of harmful chemicals

Breakthrough by UChicago scientists could ease notoriously difficult chemical reaction Photo closeup of a gloved hand holding a small beaker with yellow liquid

Breakthrough by UChicago scientists could ease notoriously difficult chemical reaction

Study introduces new method for altering vinyl systems, important in drug and materials science

UChicago scientists pioneer technique to visualize anti-ferroelectric materials Sarah King (left) and Joseph Spellburg (right)

UChicago scientists pioneer technique to visualize anti-ferroelectric materials

University of Chicago chemists discover a key protein in how lysosomes work Two scientists work in a lab back-to-back, one is adjusting a large device in a copper cage, the other is peering through a microscope

University of Chicago chemists discover a key protein in how lysosomes work

Protein lets calcium ions into cell; finding could open new avenues for therapies

UChicago scientists innovate ‘hook and slide’ method to improve drug discovery Closeup of several fishhooks dangling on a white background

UChicago scientists innovate ‘hook and slide’ method to improve drug discovery

New method to homologate amides makes it easier to modify molecule structure

Philip Eaton, renowned chemist and ‘founder of cubane,’ 1936-2023 Philip Eaton

Philip Eaton, renowned chemist and ‘founder of cubane,’ 1936-2023

Pioneering scientist pushed the boundaries of our understanding of chemistry