2023
John B. Goodenough, Nobel-winning creator of the lithium-ion battery, dies at 100
June 26, 2023
An unassuming professor who remained active into his 90s, Goodenough is credited with the breakthrough that gave rise to the batteries powering today’s electronic devices.
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Argonne finishes building its most powerful supercomputer yet
June 23, 2023
Computer science professor Rick Stevens discusses the capabilities of Argonne's supercomputer, Aurora.
Infrastructure woes could slow South Pole telescope plans
June 23, 2023
Astrophysicist John Carlstrom discusses the launch of CMB-S4.
Photography by Keith Vanderlinde
PSD recognizes four students with a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship
June 22, 2023
The Physical Sciences Division has selected four graduate students to receive a William Rainey Harper Dissertation Fellowship for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Eleven books to read over summer 2023
June 20, 2023
UChicago teaching award winners, including chemist Bozhi Tian, share their selections.
Photo by Jean Lachat
Designing a less toxic method for MXene synthesis
June 20, 2023
Prof. Dmitri Talapin, Doctoral Candidate Di Wang, and Postdoctoral Researcher Chenkun Zhou discuss a new method to synthesize MXenes.
Image by Di Wang
Chicago Quantum Exchange produces new quantum education video series for high schoolers
June 20, 2023
Kate Timmerman, CEO of the Chicago Quantum Exchange, comments on Quick Quantum: for High Schoolers, an educational video series.
Flow proof helps mathematicians find stability in chaos
June 16, 2023
Prof. Amie Wilkinson discusses a series of new papers that describe how to reconstruct key dynamical systems with relatively little data.
Tempest in a teacup: UChicago physicists make breakthrough in creating turbulence
June 15, 2023
Scientists, including physicist William Irvine, create contained ball of turbulence in a tank that could help answer longstanding questions.
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The clams that fell behind, and what they can tell us about evolution and extinction
June 15, 2023
UChicago scientists, including David Jablonski, the William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Service Professor of Geophysical Sciences, study how bivalves evolved after the Cambrian Explosion.
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‘Breakthrough’ could explain why life molecules are left- or right-handed
June 14, 2023
Prof. Jack Szostak comments on several new papers that suggest a path for key biomolecules to have accumulated on Earth's surface in just one mirror image form, saying “it’s a real breakthrough...homochirality is essential to get biology started, and this is a possible—and I would say very likely—solution.”
Streaming with Brad: Canadian wildfire impact
June 14, 2023
Will the wildfires get worse? Prof. Elizabeth Moyer joins CBS 2’s Brad Edwards to talk more about the impacts of the Canadian wildfires.
Climate change warning signs started in the 1800s. Here’s what humanity knew and when.
June 12, 2023
Article notes that in 1896, Prof. Thomas Chamberlin wrote about carbon dioxide's role in regulating the earth's temperature.
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NASA mission to the sun answers questions about solar wind that causes aurora borealis
June 9, 2023
Article mentions UChicago research on solar winds.
Image courtesy NASA
U of C, France scientific partnership a win for Chicago as a research, tech hub
June 8, 2023
Juan de Pablo, executive vice president for science, innovation, national laboratories and global initiatives, discusses a partnership establishing the International Research Center for Fundamental Scientific Discovery in Hyde Park.