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Chemist Gregory Voth and team assemble massive model of the nuclear pore complex and HIV-1 virus capsid.

In a WBEZ audio piece, Prof. Daniel Holz discusses the history and process of the Doomsday Clock.

In an ABC 7 video, Prof. Ben Zhao discusses Nightshade, a tool that protects artwork from being mimicked by AI.

Every year, the Bulletin determines how much metaphorical time we have to avert catastrophe for humankind. Over the past 75 years, the hands of the clock have moved according to whether steps were taken to address threats that could end human civilization on Earth, including climate change and nuclear war.

The University of Chicago, Seoul National University, and the University of Tokyo have agreed to promote a global partnership on academic exchange and research in the field of quantum science and technology.

As their recent research in Nature Chemical Engineering demonstrates, the Bozhi Tian lab, led by graduate student Jiuyun Shi, has developed new interfaces that offer adaptability, precision, and targeted interactions with biological components, a discovery that could have significant implications for the future of healthcare.  

The scientists predicting the probability of a worldwide catastrophe have stated that the Doomsday Clock is still at ninety seconds to midnight.

London Evening Standard article notes that the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists was founded in part by UChicago scientists and that the Doomsday Clock is now housed at the University's Harris School of Public Policy.

In a Nature article, Physics Prof. Juan Collar comments on dark matter research projects in China.

Venture Beat article announces that "Nightshade" from the Computer Science Department's SAND Lab is now available for use.

In this interview, Kim, the 2024 APS President and the Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor, Physics, talks about her plans for APS and global science. 

Stephen Stigler, Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Statistics, has won the 2023 Neumann Prize for his book Casanova's Lottery: The History of a Revolutionary Game of Chance. The prize is awarded for a book in English (including books in translation) dealing with the history of mathematics, aimed at a non-specialist readership.

We tend to separate the brain and the muscle—the brain does the thinking; the muscle does the doing. But a new study shows how the molecules that build structures, i.e, the muscle, can themselves do both the thinking and the doing.

In 1998, astrophysicists discovered that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate, attributed to a mysterious entity called dark energy that makes up about 70% of our universe.

Now, 25 years after the initial discovery, the scientists working on the Dark Energy Survey have released the results of an analysis using the same technique to further probe the mysteries of dark energy and the expansion of the universe.

USA Today article mentions the origins of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists at UChicago. This year, the clock will be updated on Tuesday, Jan. 23, at 10 a.m. EST.

Kristin McCann, chief of staff and executive director of UChicago's Master's in Data Science, and MSDS colleagues detail five ways of cultivating a more joyful workplace amid the great resignation.