2024
FabRobotics: the fusion of 3D printing and mobile robots
March 1, 2024

The FabRobotics team from UChicago and MIT seamlessly incorporates mobile robots into the 3D printing process to improve automation and efficiency.
Professor Andrew A. Chien on the environmental impacts of technology
March 1, 2024

Andrew A. Chien’s research on sustainable cloud computing and his interdisciplinary course, Sustainable Computing, provides insight into an often overlooked problem.
Resurrecting niobium for quantum science
March 1, 2024

For years, niobium was considered an underperformer when it came to superconducting qubits. Now scientists supported by Q-NEXT have found a way to engineer a high-performing niobium-based qubit and so take advantage of niobium’s superior qualities.
PalmWatch, a new tool created by DSI’s 11th Hour team, sheds light on palm oil production across the globe
February 23, 2024

PalmWatch, a new tool jointly created by DSI and Inclusive Development International, tracks deforestation by palm oil mills and connects that information to major, multinational brands’ sourcing.
A voracious black hole at the dawn of time?
February 23, 2024

In a New York Times article, Prof. Daniel Holz says that "[The researchers] may have the right value, but I don’t think other observers would be shocked if it turned out the true mass was somewhat less."
UChicago scientists invent ultra-thin, minimally-invasive pacemaker controlled by light
February 23, 2024

Ultralight membrane can regulate heartbeats with the aid of an optic fiber.
University of Chicago materials researcher Pengju Li holds a prototype pacemaker made of a specially engineered membrane. At just one-fiftieth of a gram, it is significantly smaller and lighter than current pacemakers.
Inside the hunt for new physics at the world’s largest particle collider
February 20, 2024

In an MIT Technology Review article, Asst. Prof. Karri DiPetrillo discusses the concept of supersymmetry, saying, “I think SUSY is wonderful—the only thing that’s not wonderful is that we haven’t found it." Article also mentions the potential for a muon collider at Fermilab.
Deepfake porn is a huge problem — here are some of the tools that could help stop it
February 19, 2024

Business Insider article mentions Prof. Ben Zhao's "Nightshade."
Scientists report first look at electrons moving in real-time in liquid water
February 19, 2024

In a Phys.org article, Prof. Linda Young discusses a new experiment that isolates the energetic movement of an electron while "freezing" the motion of the much larger atom it orbits in a sample of liquid water.
First-ever atomic freeze-frame of liquid water
February 15, 2024

Scientists report the first look at electrons moving in real-time in liquid water; findings open up a whole new field of experimental physics.
Fermilab guest composer sets out to interpret particle physics through music
February 15, 2024

CBS News article details Fermilab's 2024 guest composer program and features comments from Prof. Abigail Vieregg on the ongoing Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.
Initial results from South Pole Telescope SPT-3G camera hint at future insights about our universe
February 14, 2024

New data on the cosmic microwave background released from upgrade with 10 times more detectors.
Earthbound
February 14, 2024

In Henry Hinds Laboratory and now the Regenstein Library, Ruth Duckworth’s murals make an art of geophysical science.
University of Chicago professor talks human-centered AI, improved decision making at Technology and Social Behavior Colloquium
February 14, 2024

Daily Northwestern article highlights a talk on improving decision-making in AI given by Asst. Prof. Chenhao Tan.
The Doomsday Clock keeps ticking
February 14, 2024

In a NYT article, Prof. Daniel Holz says, “It’s difficult to assess what’s good news and what’s bad news, from the perspective of humanity in the next century...black hole physics is a hell of a lot easier.”