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New study explores how workers are using large language models and what it means for science organizations.
 

A publication from the Chuan He lab has been selected as one of Nature Magazine's "Top 25 Life and Biological Sciences Articles of 2024."
 

IBM and the University of Chicago are deepening their partnership to accelerate quantum computing advancements, with significant implications for disciplines like chemistry.

A novel bioelectronic approach by the Bozhi Tian Group uses nanocatalysts to pre-condition cells against stress.

Interdisciplinary UChicago research will use machine learning to create delicate, complicated quantum materials.

Researchers and enthusiasts from the Great Lakes region gathered at the University of Chicago for a day of engaging talks, networking, and collaboration in the inaugural Great Lakes Graphics Workshop organized by the 3DL Lab.
 

Congratulations to Don York, PhD’71, the Horace B. Horton Professor Emeritus in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics! The Norman Maclean Faculty Award recognizes UChicago scholars’ contributions to teaching and student life.

Rina Foygel Barber, Louis Block Professor of Statistics, Margaret L. Gardel, Horace B. Horton Professor of Physics and Molecular Engineering, and Peter B. Littlewood, Professor of Physics and Chair, were elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
 

University of Chicago Prof. Frank Calegari has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Calegari’s research is in the area of algebraic number theory. He is particularly interested in the Langlands program, a set of mathematical ideas that has been called the "grand unified theory of mathematics.”

Professor Heinrich Jaeger contributes to the creation of thin, flexible sheets of self-assembled nanoparticles of magnetite that can be lifted and bent using an external magnetic field.

Physics postdoc Anthony Badea leads research on the creation of quark-gluon plasma believed to have filled the universe in the microseconds after the Big Bang. 

PhD candidate Jas Brooks leads a study that developed an innovative nasal interface to alter the perceived ease of breathing.

A new study by University of Chicago chemists shows how to quickly and easily make variations on a type of molecules called pyrazoles, which are often used in drug development.

NASA’s Curiosity rover found siderite rocks on Mars using X-ray diffraction technology, indicating the planet once had a carbon-rich atmosphere.
 

World Quantum Day recognizes Fred Chong, David Miller, and David Awschalom for their work in quantum research.