2025
Bridging medicine and machine learning: predicting skin cancer in resource-limited settings
June 2, 2025

MD/PhD Candidate Steven Song and collaborators Spencer Ellis and Derek Reiman designed a machine learning model able to predict non-melanoma skin cancer under resource-limited settings.
The RNA Revolution: Linking the lab to the clinic to tackle challenges in cancer
June 2, 2025

New insights into the role of RNA in cancer took center stage at a recent symposium hosted at the University of Chicago.
UChicago spark conference brings MS-ADS alumni together
June 2, 2025

The first-ever UChicago Spark conference focuses on celebrating alumni achievements, exchanging new ideas, and building momentum for the future.
Science meets soil in Fermilab’s prairie land
June 2, 2025

The prairie restoration success at Fermilab has become a living laboratory — supporting scientific research, fostering biodiversity and providing essential ecosystem services like erosion control and enhanced soil health.
New measure of the universe’s expansion suggests resolution of a conflict
June 2, 2025

Team led by UChicago scientist Wendy Freedman using James Webb Space Telescope finds no evidence of tension in Hubble Constant.
For these students, a South Side beach is a geoscience laboratory
June 2, 2025

UChicago undergrads learn to ‘read’ the shoreline as they study coastal resilience in Susan Kidwell's class.
Clouds could enhance the search for life on exoplanets
June 2, 2025

Huanzhou Yang's research uses simulations to determine how telescopes could detect oxygen gas and ozone, revealing clouds could aid in the detection of biosignatures.
Test of AI Weather forecasts shows they miss extreme storms
June 2, 2025

Weather forecasts based on AI are faster and sometimes more accurate than traditional ones, but they may miss rare and unprecedented weather events.
Doubt cast on claim of ‘hints’ of life on faraway planet
June 2, 2025

Rafael Luque's research receives widespread discussion after a reanalysis of the original data.
Possible sign of life in deep space faces new doubts
June 1, 2025

UChicago analysis of new and old data suggests the signal is weak and explainable by other molecules.
UChicago scientists invent breakthrough device to detect airborne signs of disease
June 1, 2025

The new device created by Prof. Bozhi Tian's lab to detect molecules in air samples could one day be used to diagnose a wide array of diseases.
Computational tool predicts materials for new energy economy
June 1, 2025

Researchers in PME and Chemistry have developed a new computational tool that predicts which metal-organic frameworks will be most stable for a given need, such as catalyzing reactions to store and extract energy from chemical energy carriers without combustion.
2025 Research Day highlights growth with global impact
June 1, 2025

The Data Science Institute’s annual event showcased cross-campus collaborations spanning climate science, government, and more.
AI is good at weather forecasting. Can it predict freak weather events?
June 1, 2025

A new study from scientists from the University of Chicago found that neural networks cannot forecast “gray swan” weather events, which might not appear in existing training data but could still happen—like 200-year floods or massive hurricanes.
Can we authenticate human creativity?
June 1, 2025

Ben Zhao discusses the effects of generative AI on the future of art and how to protect the future of creativity.