2020
Richard Miller, pioneer of computational astrophysics, 1926–2020
March 23, 2020
Prof. Richard Miller, founding Chair on the Committee of Information Sciences and pioneer in numerical simulations of the formation of structure in the universe and dynamics of galaxies, died Mar. 7 in Chicago.
Research by PhD Student Pranav Gokhale and EPiQC Wins IBM Q Best Paper
March 20, 2020
Research by PhD Student Pranav Gokhale and EPiQC Wins IBM Q Best Paper
An Automated Menu for LHC Data and the Search for Dark Matter
March 18, 2020
With a CDAC Discovery Grant, physicist David Miller and computer scientist Yuxin Chen hope to build a "self-driving" system for selecting and analyzing data from the Large Hadron Collider at CERN
UChicago Medicine’s Emily Landon answers common questions about COVID-19
March 17, 2020
UChicago Medicine’s Emily Landon answers common questions about COVID-19. Assoc. Prof. Landon specializes in infectious disease, and serves as medical director of antimicrobial stewardship and infection control at University of Chicago Medicine.
“Active materials” could inspire new technology
March 13, 2020
James Franck Institute physicist Prof. Vincenzo Vitelli and his group push the boundaries between materials and machines. In a new Nature Physics paper, they explain "active materials” could inspire new technology
How AI could help translate the written language of ancient civilizations
March 13, 2020
Oriental Institute, Computer Science scholars collaborate on program to read cuneiform tablets
A Smithsonian curator remembers UChicago chemist Toshiko Mayeda
March 10, 2020
UChicago female chemist Tosh Mayeda went from an internment camp to studying the chemistry of the solar system
UChicago computer scientists propose Fawkes, a system fighting unauthorized facial recognition models
March 10, 2020
UChicago computer scientists propose Fawkes, a system that allow individuals to inoculate themselves against unauthorized facial recognition models
A theory for generating and moving energy efficiently
March 10, 2020
Scientists Shiva Safaei, Prof. David Mazziotti, and LeeAnn Sager discuss a prediction that dual states of matter can exist in the same material—which may be useful for applications
Feeding 10 billion people on Earth is possible—and sustainable, scientists say
March 9, 2020
Feeding 10 billion people on Earth is possible—and sustainable, scientists say. New findings featuring co-author Jonas Jägermeyr, a postdoctoral research in Computer Science, has been published in Nature Sustainability
Meet astronomy & astrophysics student Amy Tang
March 4, 2020
Amy Tang was born in Shenyang, China, and grew up in Toronto, Canada. She was an undergraduate physics student at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. She is a fifth year graduate student in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics. We interviewed her about her experiences below.
Scientists seize rare chance to watch faraway star system evolve
March 4, 2020
Adina Feinstein, a NSF Graduate Research Fellow at UChicago, talks about the difficulties of finding young planets
What makes a UChicago computer scientist a beloved campus figure
March 3, 2020
Geeky T-shirts, open door policy make UChicago computer scientist beloved campus figure
New coronavirus protein, mapped in Chicago, reveals drug target
March 2, 2020
New coronavirus protein, mapped in Chicago, reveals drug target. UChicago part of team that solved the structure.
Wired Magazine covers Astro Prof. Wendy Freedman’s work on the Hubble Constant
March 2, 2020
Wired Magazine covers Astronomy Prof. Wendy Freedman and team's use of the “tip of the red giant branch” (TRGB) stars to arrive at a significantly lower Hubble rate than other observers