2025
Research reinvents MXene synthesis
December 23, 2025
A 40-year-old forgotten paper helped develop a faster, more efficient method of building futuristic 2D materials at a fraction of the cost.
International Year of Quantum ends, but the innovations continue at UChicago
December 23, 2025
A look back at the University of Chicago’s quantum breakthroughs for 2025.
Predictive “mismatch” leads to carbon capture breakthrough
December 23, 2025
Work revealing how water impacts carbon dioxide capture from air named Journal of the American Chemical Society “Editor’s Choice.”
Using quantum mechanics, researchers crack the hidden chemistry of ice
December 23, 2025
New theory by UChicago researchers has implications for melting permafrost and climate change.
Scientists are secretly meeting to decide how close we are to Doomsday, for now it’s 89 seconds to midnight
December 23, 2025
A small group of scientists and policy experts meet behind closed doors in Chicago to decide how close humanity is to annihilation. They’re not predicting the future—but they are watching it closely.
India’s big chance for brain gain
December 23, 2025
NDTV interviews Yamuna Krishnan.
Meet Apoorva Gupta, MS in Applied Data Science
December 19, 2025
Apoorva Gupta, a second-year student in the MS in Applied Data Science program, has been learning how data science is already used in the real world in ways he never realized. We interviewed Apoorva about his experiences here.
Lemon-shaped world is the most stretched-out planet ever seen
December 19, 2025
New York Times: An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new phenomenon in the universe.
New quantum chemistry method to unlock secrets of advanced materials
December 18, 2025
Method developed by UChicago researchers could help explain how transport properties emerge from quantum effects in materials like solar cells and superconductors.
Who sets the Doomsday Clock?
December 18, 2025
In the shadow of her family’s atomic legacy, a writer set out to understand the increasingly urgent debate about humanity’s capacity to end itself—and what it can teach us about living.
Experts urge caution as Trump’s big bill incentivizes AI in healthcare
December 18, 2025
Analysts say benefits could be felt in under-resourced rural hospitals but warn against AI as a cost-cutting measure.
NASA’s Webb telescope finds bizarre atmosphere on a lemon-shaped exoplanet
December 18, 2025
Faraway planet defies our understanding of planet formation, say UChicago scientists.
Expanding the search for quantum-ready 2D materials
December 12, 2025
The Galli Group has created a high-throughput computational strategy, creating a new, data-driven approach to finding ideal 2D materials and substrates for quantum technologies.
What to read and watch over winter break 2025
December 12, 2025
Recommendations from UChicago award winners, including CS alum Polly Ren, SB’25, College Undergraduate Student Prize in Undergraduate Teaching winner.
Statistician Li Ma returns to UChicago to advance design-aware assessment of models in the AI era
December 12, 2025
Li Ma brings his expertise in design-aware modeling back to Hyde Park as a Professor of Statistics and Data Science.