News: Faculty

2025

How climate scientists saw the future before it arrived

September 26, 2025

3D model of Earth

Over the past 60 years, scientists have largely succeeded in building a computer model of Earth to see what the future holds. One of the most ambitious projects humankind has ever undertaken has now reached a critical moment.


Farmers in India are tracking monsoon season with the help of AI

September 26, 2025

man holding phone

Weather-tracking data is getting more granular thanks to artificial intelligence.


Could dark energy be evolving over time?

September 26, 2025

Dark Energy Camera in Chile

A new study suggests that Dark Energy may be evolving over time rather than being constant.


Turns out air pollution was good for something

September 26, 2025

Earth as a disco ball

Read David Keith's co-written op-ed about geoengineering.


Minimal models of life

September 22, 2025

Arvind Murugan

Physicist and Schmidt Science Polymath Arvind Murugan works at the intersection of physics, biology, computation, and materials science to understand the hallmarks of life.


Life on Mars: Is it possible for humans? with Edwin Kite

September 22, 2025

Big Brains Podcast

In this episode of the Big Brains podcast, Edwin Kite examines how we could terraform Mars make the Red Planet habitable.


New self-assembling nanoparticles could transform drug delivery

September 19, 2025

Samir Hossainy working in the lab

UChicago PME scientists, including chemist Stuart Rowan, created a simple system to carry next-generation medicines.


Robots in education may ease children’s reading anxiety

September 19, 2025

robot helping student

UChicago study finds social robots could help students feel less stress when reading aloud, pointing to new uses for classroom technology.


University of Chicago announces next phase of quantum supercomputer initiative, supported by NSF Grant

September 19, 2025

Fred Chong

UChicago and partners receive $4 million NSF grant to design next-generation quantum computers for broad scientific and educational access.


UChicago researchers develop revolutionary ‘smart’ patch for wound care

September 19, 2025

hydrogel patch

Tian Lab creates H-pad, a hydrogel patch that safely delivers hydrogen gas to chronic wounds, offering a new path for healing.


How Trump could ensure his legacy as a peacemaker

September 19, 2025

Nuclear free zone

Daniel Holz pens op-ed along with Nobel laureates about steps toward restoring common-sense nuclear arms control.


Could a planet exist without a host star? Astronomers say rogue worlds may roam freely.

September 19, 2025

illustration of rogue world

Astronomers reveal planets can exist without stars, roaming space as rogue worlds.


NSF-Simons National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology announces new director to lead the Institute

September 19, 2025

Portrait of Dr. Willett

Rebecca Willett, the Worah Family Professor of Statistics and Computer Science and NITMB Deputy Director for Research, will continue to serve alongside the new director. 


Technology is our best hope for global political cooperation: Nobel laureate Lars Peter Hansen

September 19, 2025

Lars Hansen

Lars Peter Hansen, Nobel Laureate and professor at the University of Chicago, discusses global macro uncertainties and political cooperation.


A new perspective on how cosmological correlations change based on kinematic parameters

September 19, 2025

Time without Time schematic

UChicago and global collaborators introduce “kinematic flow,” a new framework for cosmological equations that may reshape how we model the early universe.