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University of Chicago’s PUEO mission floated above Antarctica for 23 days, collecting data on ultra-high energy neutrinos from 120,000 feet, with results expected in one year.

This March, the University of Chicago will become a crossroads for researchers, designers, artists, and technologists from around the world as it hosts the 20th ACM Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, TEI’26, from March 8–11, 2026. For UChicago students, faculty, and staff, it’s a chance to engage with leaders at the forefront of human-computer interaction and help celebrate two decades of innovation in tangible, embedded, and embodied technologies.

The workshop convened researchers to discuss progress on AI models, tools and data commons for applying AI to biology, medicine, and healthcare.

On February 17, Univision Chicago aired a feature on Space Explorers, a signature program of UChicago’s Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics.

Astronomer Wendy Freedman shares humanity's quest to measure the expanding universe, revealing an exciting scientific mystery: our measurements don't match. Drawing from decades leading major observatories and the Giant Magellan Telescope project, she explains how the James Webb Space Telescope is achieving unprecedented accuracy in cosmic measurements.

The clock alerts humanity to the danger of nuclear catastrophe. With the expiration this week of an arms treaty between the United States and Russia, scientists say we are 85 seconds to midnight.

Unique UChicago-led instrument PUEO caught a ride aboard a NASA balloon in search of high-energy neutrinos.

How leading insurers are translating AI investment into growth, productivity, and value.

Argonne researchers put ​“vibe coding” tools to the test in scientific workflows.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced on Jan. 27 that the hands of the Doomsday Clock moved forward four seconds and now sits at 85 seconds to midnight—citing expiring nuclear treaties, climate change, and AI and disinformation as among the major threats which have worsened in the past year.

The DSI’s Faculty Co-Directors of Novel Intelligence, James Evans, Chenhao Tan, and 7 Nobel laureates, showcased AI that is transforming research.

A small group of scientists and policy experts meet behind closed doors in Chicago to decide how close humanity is to annihilation. They’re not predicting the future—but they are watching it closely.

In the shadow of her family’s atomic legacy, a writer set out to understand the increasingly urgent debate about humanity’s capacity to end itself—and what it can teach us about living.

In 2025, the Physical Sciences Division at the University of Chicago continued its enduring legacy of scientific discovery, translating innovation into bold impact in service of a better world. We’re thrilled to share a few of our proudest achievements.

This new International Research Laboratory (IRL) will be a three-way partnership between UChicago, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and Université Paris Cité.