November 29, 2022
Voices
- Prof. David Jablonski comments, A clam presumed extinct for 40,000 years has been found alive
- Jordan Bimm comments, Artemis I launches U.S.’s long-awaited return to the moon
- Assoc. Prof. Pedro Lopes comments, Skin computers could be the next big thing in wearables
Research
- Advanced nanoparticles provide new weapon to fight difficult cancers
- Scientists discover a potential ‘diamond factory’ near the center of the Earth
- Scientists discover way to target ‘undruggable’ molecules involved in cancer
- A massive space rock impact may have kickstarted Earth's magnetic field
- A slime mold turns your smartwatch into a living Tamagotchi
- Chemists create an 'artificial photosynthesis' system that is 10 times more efficient than existing systems
- UChicago CS research finds new angle on database query processing with geometry
- James Webb Space telescope reveals a faraway planet’s band of clouds
- Many planets could have atmospheres rich in helium, study finds
- The James Webb telescope shows how starlight transforms a distant, Jupiter-like planet
- Trending now: How Netflix chills our free will
Education and Community
- Prof. Giulia Galli receives ISSNAF 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award
- A quantum-computing startup gets big-name backing
- UChicago AI Summit examines promise and concerns for science and society
- 2022 Chicago Quantum Summit to gather leaders defining the emerging field
- Pranav Gokhale, PhD‘20, among Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 for 2022
- $9.2M grant to UChicago computer scientists will improve graph analytics
- Meet 3 LGBTQ+ scientists putting pride in STEM
- New CS and DSI faculty Haifeng Xu brings strategic intelligence to NeurIPS 2022
- The computing pipeline: a foundation for diversifying computer science
- UChicago receives $10 million for new Pritzker Plant Biology Center