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Computer scientist Bo Li outlines the path to safe self-driving cars, saying, "First of all, rigorous standardized testing is very important...there's no standardized testing yet," and adding that "we need to have various components to work together with a car, for instance, adding the traffic rules as a logical knowledge database, or adding the regulations so that the cars have not a single model."

A Newsweek article mentions UChicago researchers' success engaging in machine learning algorithm-based attacks on NIST-recommended encryption candidates.

Collaboration to spur innovation in fields ranging from quantum to AI to data science.

Drawing from letters, books, journals, photographs, astronomical glass plates, and scientific tools from the University of Chicago Library’s Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, as well as materials borrowed from Yerkes Observatory, Lowell Observatory, and the Adler Planetarium, a new exhibition explores the astronomical work and lived experiences of the women who contributed to astronomical research at the Yerkes Observatory. In so doing, it also foregrounds the ways in which Yerkes Observatory was a uniquely welcoming place for women and the role communities play in the advancement of both science and individual careers.

Exhibition Dates: September 18 – ­­­­December 15, 2023
Exhibition Location: The Joseph Regenstein Library, 1100 East 57th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637

Photo: Astronomer at the 40-inch refractor telescope of Yerkes Observatory under the 90-foot dome. The Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, The University of Chicago Library.

XRISM satellite launches to study the universe in different colors of X-rays.

Image: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab

Congratulations to...
Viresh Rawal: ACS Award for Creative Work in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Guangbin Dong: Elias J. Corey Award for Outstanding Original Contribution in Organic Synthesis by a Young Investigator
Mark Levin: Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award

Congratulations to Daniel Gilman, who has been named a Brinson Prize Fellow at the University of Chicago in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics.


 

Congratulations to Prof. Marcela Carena, Prof. Wendy Freedman, and Dean of the Physical Sciences Division Angela Olinto! The three PSD scientists have been named Notable Women in STEM by Crain's Chicago Business.

The NSF has awarded UChicago a $35 million contract to operate a new facility specializing in the application of a cyclic particle accelerator called synchrotron to Earth and environmental sciences.

Photo: Beamline scientist Tony Yu preparing an acoustic emission experiment for the 1000-ton multi-anvil press in the GSECARS 13-ID-D station.
Credit: Mark Rivers, University of Chicago

"Quantum chemistry, a field that delves into the behavior and interactions of molecules and atoms at the quantum level, holds the key to unlocking a deeper understanding of the fundamental nature of our universe. By exploring the intricate world of quantum mechanics, scientists can make groundbreaking discoveries that have far-reaching implications in various scientific disciplines. One of these researchers is Dr. Laura Gagliardi, a chemistry and molecular engineering professor at the University of Chicago."

Read the rest at Inside Quantum Technology News.

UChicago scholars--including PSD scientists Daniel Holz, Fred Ciesla, Robert Rosner, David Jablonski, and Elisabeth Moyer--contemplate the end of the world for an article in The Core, the College's alumni magazine.

In a NYT article, Prof. John Carlstrom comments on the Simons Observatory, saying that “as with any big project, it has many gates to get through before the construction funding is secure.”

Photo courtesy of UC San Diego

New method from UChicago chemists, including Philippe Guyot-Sionnest, could lead to cost-effective sensors.

Photo by Jean Lachat

Smithsonian Magazine article mentions the efforts of former UChicago president Robert Maynard Hutchins and Nobel Prize–winning chemist Harold Urey to convince the public to support global nuclear weapons control.

Photo: Researcher Cesare Emiliani and Harold Urey (right) in a lab. University of Chicago Photographic Archive, apf1-08449

Article highlights Innovate Illinois, a public-private coalition involving UChicago, and its efforts to build the state's "quantum economy."