October 3, 2022
Voices
- Humanity is doing its best impression of a black hole
- Jordan Bimm comments, Why hydrogen leaks continue to be a major headache for NASA launches
- Prof. Nakamura discusses Hurricane Ian on Chicago Tonight
Research
- Surprise finding suggests ‘water worlds’ are more common than we thought
- New class of exoplanet! Half-rock, half-water worlds could be abodes for life
- Scientists find bizarre ‘water-rich’ worlds around red dwarf stars
- Planets with water are more common than previously thought, research suggests
- How common are water-containing exoplanets?
- A new class of super-watery planets may exist beyond the solar system
- Scientists develop new method to find water on other planets
- A newly-discovered planet that is half-water, half-rock is straight out of science fiction
- Webb Space Telescope snaps its first photo of an exoplanet
- The origin of life on Earth, explained
- A wheel made of ‘odd matter’ spontaneously rolls uphill
Education and Community
- UChicago/Argonne computer scientist Ian Foster receives ACM/IEEE Ken Kennedy Award
- Magnitude of vision: The James Webb Space Telescope is up and running, and UChicago faculty are celebrating
- Internet disconnect: Computer science and social science join forces to plumb the digital divide
- UChicago/Argonne researchers will cultivate AI model “gardens” with $3.5M NSF grant
- Polsky Center’s Duality program graduates first quantum computing cohort
- Argonne to establish center on climate change impact in Chicago
- UChicago earns #6 spot in U.S. News Best Colleges national university rankings
- University of Chicago hosts first South Side Science Festival for family to connect with STEM, increase diversity and help with science literacy
- Five UChicago CS students named to Siebel Scholars 2023 class
- Professors David Awschalom and Liang Jiang awarded $1 million for development of South Korea-U.S. quantum center
- President Alivisatos and Provost Lee: Start of Autumn Quarter ‘an exciting time with unlimited opportunities’