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Researchers from the University of Chicago have developed a new method to use machine learning to turn static snapshots of cells into better pictures of how cells and genes change dynamically over time.

Groundbreaking report by leading energy researchers, including UChicago computer scientist Rick Stevens, provides ambitious framework for accelerating clean energy deployment while minimizing risks and costs in the face of climate change.

The Szostak lab's latest research highlights RNA replication dynamics, revealing competition between primers and competitors that challenges assumptions about genetic fidelity. This exploration not only aids our understanding of life's origins but also holds promise for applications in gene regulation and genetic stability.

UChicago scholars, including geochemist Nicolas Dauphas and physicists David DeMille and Bonnie Fleming, have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, joining other scientists and researchers chosen in “recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”

New certificate program will give recent UChicago graduates a competitive edge in medical school admissions.

Different types of solar geoengineering are seeing a push for more research. ABC News quotes GS professor David Keith, founding faculty director of the Climate Systems Engineering Initiative.

Partnering across fields of study can lead to advances from medicine to climate change. Chuan He, the John T. Wilson Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, frequently collaborates with scientists across the University of Chicago to expand the reach of his work.

Congratulations to physicist Bonnie Fleming and chemist Chuan He, who have been elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences!

Congratulations to Physics alum Takumi Matsuzawa, PhD'23, who has been named a 2024 Schmidt Science Fellow. The fellowship was established in 2018 to help researchers expand their work across areas of study and build a community of interdisciplinary thinkers dedicated to solving the world’s biggest challenges. As a Schmidt Science Fellow, Matsuzawa aims to better understand self-regulation mechanisms within cells.

Congratulations to Gabriel Yusuke Hoshino, a Physics PhD student in David Miller's group, for being selected to the DOE’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research Program for Experimental Research in High Energy Physics at Fermilab.

Through world-class training and access to state-of-the-art facilities and resources at DOE National Laboratories, SCGSR prepares graduate students to enter jobs of critical importance to the DOE mission and secures our national position at the forefront of discovery and innovation.

Megan Weiner Mansfield, PhD'21 (Geophysical Sciences), has been awarded the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship, a three-year postdoctoral fellowship that provides recipients with resources, freedom, and flexibility to conduct theoretical, observational, and experimental research in planetary astronomy at a selected host institution.

Fellows were selected based on research achievements, plans, and potential to impact the field of planetary astronomy. Fellows were also selected based on their commitment to and plans for advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in planetary astronomy.

Weiner Mansfield's research—leveraging cutting-edge tools across scientific disciplines to transcend our understanding of exoplanet atmospheres and the keys to life—will be conducted at Arizona State University.

LinLin Jones, MPP’21, is a Grants and Contracts Supervisor in the Physical Sciences Division Local Business Center. She joined the University in 2019 and has a Master of Arts in Public Policy Analysis from UChicago. We interviewed LinLin about her interests and experiences.

Listen to a Scientific American podcast about Prof. Melba Phillips, a UChicago physicist who contributed to the development of nuclear physics and then became an outspoken critic of nuclear weapons.

CS Asst. Prof. Sarah Sebo discusses why her robot cheats at Rock, Paper, Scissors.

CS Prof. Andrew Chien is exploring ways to help big electricity users tap clean energy.