August 2, 2019
This month, PSD researchers have been featured for determining a new measure of the disputed Hubble constant, discovering new exoplanets, and analyzing the microbiome of the Great Lakes. In case you missed it, review our news headlines from July 2019.
Voices
- Postdoctoral researcher Stephanie Olson discusses the search for Earth-like exoplanets
- Prof. Wendy Freedman comments on Hubble tension in Live Science
- Asst. Prof. Maureen Coleman explains UChicago's research on microbes and microbiomes across the Great Lakes
- Prof. Ben Zhao discusses A.I., mechanization, and the future of work with CNBC
- Asst. Prof. Bill Fefferman discusses the practical applications of quantum computing
- UChicago Magazine features Prof. Margaret Gardel's path to biophysics
- CS BX/MS alum uses technology to tackle inequality
- Prof. Sidney Nagel explains what droplet and bubble experiments mean for principles of universality
- WWTW interviews Asst. Prof. Blase Ur about how people can protect themselves in light of the latest data breach
Research
- Scientists combine light and matter to make particles with new behaviors
- Scientists use 3-D imaging and AI to examine questions around climate and biodiversity
- See also: Futurity
- Prof. Freedman leads study of red giant stars for new measurement of disputed Hubble constant
- See also: NASA
- CNN
- Phys.org
- Sky and Telescope
- Pioneering research tackles questions about formation, age, makeup of moon
- Dickinson lab collaborates with UChicago Medicine to revolutionize disease treatment with biotechnology and functional molecules
- Computer science student contributes to research on why we shouldn't trust neural network to analyze images
- See also: Chicago Sun Times
- Fast Company
- UChicago funds promising projects with Argonne and Fermilab in the emerging fields of artificial intelligence and quantum science
- Geophysical scientists explore role of viruses in climate and nutrient cycles
- Computer scientists work to improve electric muscle stimulation (EMS) technology
- Coleman Lab researchers sample Great Lakes water to understand microbiome
- UChicago and Argonne scientists collaborate with researchers in Israel to understand the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer system
- UChicago and Sony CSL researchers create muscle stimulators designed to speed up human reflexes
- New exoplanet is smallest to be precisely measured
- See also: MSN
Education and Community
- László Babai and Nick Feamster receive named, distinguished service professorships
- Chicago Quantum Exchange announces 5 new corporate partnerships
- Assoc. Prof. of Math Maryanthe Malliaris joins other Quantrell and Graduate Teaching award winners to share summer reading recommendations
- Profs. David Awschalom, Mike Franklin, and Rick Stevens are among Crain’s Chicago annual list of Chicago tech leaders
- Computer Science welcomes eight new faculty members to join in the 2019-20 academic year
- Prof. Joshua Frieman elected President of the Aspen Center for Physics
- Prof. Doug MacAyeal awarded the Seligman Crystal
- Chemistry's Bryan Dickinson featured as a 40 under 40 Chicago Scientists
- Visiting Research Asst. Prof. Brian Nord awarded UChicago grant to bring AI to cosmology