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A new study, published in Science Advances, demonstrates the use of charged nanoscale metal-organic frameworks for generating free radicals using X-rays within tumor tissue to kill cancer cells directly. Furthermore, the same frameworks can be used for delivering immune signaling molecules known as PAMPs to activate the immune response against tumor cells. By combining these two approaches into one easily administered “vaccine,” this new technology may provide the key to better local and systemic treatment of difficult-to-treat cancers.

Possibility of dark bosons entices physicists like Elina Fuchs of Enrico Fermi Institute. Hints of anomalous activity in heavy isotopes could be clues to new physics

UChicago chemists invent way to customize compounds just a few atoms thick
 

The University of Chicago's Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics (KICP) has secured $10 million in new funding through two gifts: a $5 million gift from an anonymous alumnus and his wife and a match of $5 million from The Kavli Foundation. The first gift will name the directorship of the Institute in memory of Prof. David N. Schramm, a legendary professor of theoretical astrophysics at the University of Chicago.
 

Meet nine members of the incoming class and get behind the PSD Fellowship Challenge to support an unprecendented year for admissions. We are raising $3.6M to impact each student's graduate education.

Geosciences professor David Jablonski discusses mass extinction with National Geographic

Event Horizon Telescope, including UChicago-led South Pole Telescope, reveals turbulent evolution

Five UChicago CS Students Named in 2021 Class of Seibel Scholars

This summer the Physical Sciences Division announced several institutional advancements, like the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation, major NSF support for materials science research, and exciting developments with CMB collaborations. Read the full list of articles for July, August, and September.

Welcome to the new faculty members joining the Physical Sciences Division during the '20-21 academic year!

Is there life on Venus? Chicago’s WGN news interviews astrochemist Jennifer Bergner

PSD’s September spotlight is Alex Filatov, PhD, Director of X-ray Diffraction Facilities, Department of Chemistry. Alex has been with UChicago for six years.

PSD’s September spotlight is Nita Yack, Manager of the Department of Computer Science. Nita has been with UChicago for 32 years.

A $400,000 gift from local company Radix Trading, LLC will support PhD students. Radix’s contribution is part of the PSD Fellowship Challenge and will be matched dollar-for-dollar by an anonymous challenge donor. Together, this $800,000 in gifts will name the Radix Trading Fellows—a cohort of 20 students for the 2020-21 academic year.

Prof. Robert Rosner elected Vice President of the American Physical Society, will become President in 2023