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Pham Tuan Huy, a young Vietnamese mathematician, and his colleagues have solved a problem that has existed in the mathematical community for nearly 50 years.

A new supercomputer simulation traces how thousands of small galaxies eventually became the Milky Way.

Astrophysicist leads launch of NASA balloon to detect high-energy particles from the cosmos

Join DSI for the 2026-27 Distinguished Speaker Series!

Climate change is increasing the frequency of extreme weather events, and accurate, fast and efficient AI weather forecasts could help lessen their impact.

UChicago computer science Prof. Andrew A. Chien, former vice president of research at Intel, answers questions about AI, sustainability and water.

Congratulations to Pedro Lopes, who received an Academic Communicators Network Excellence Award for Digital Communications.

Remembered for innovative curiosity, leadership, and contagious enthusiasm.

MSCAPP students Sinan Grehan and Wendy Wang spent the summer at the Energy Policy Institute at UChicago using data, econometrics, and environmental research to investigate policy questions that range from wetlands regulation to the hidden costs of climate change.

Most complex rendering of its kind provides insight into early days of our home galaxy.

Undergraduate-built experiment collects particles 23 miles above Earth aboard a NASA high-altitude balloon.

After a long hiatus, a problem that was likely inspired by juggling has finally been resolved by a group of young mathematicians.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has announced the 2026 Golden Goose Awards, celebrating federally funded basic research that initially seemed trivial but yielded major societal benefits. This year's honorees include discoveries leading to histotripsy, a non-invasive cancer treatment using ultrasound, and the "Black Marble" satellite data, which maps power outages and aids disaster recovery by observing holiday lighting from space. Another award recognizes work on the physics of everyday phenomena like coffee spills, impacting inkjet printing and manufacturing. The awards originated to counter past ridicule of basic science, highlighting how unexpected discoveries, often from obscure beginnings, are crucial for health, safety, and technological advancement, underscoring the importance of sustained federal investment in scientific research.

"We think early Earth might have looked a lot like a lava world."

Vincenzo Vitelli’s work focuses on a new way of thinking of collections of “agents” — such as robots — as a form of material.