News: Faculty

Five UChicago scientists named 2020 AAAS fellows, with pioneering PSD scientists Laura Gagliardi, John Carlstrom, and Yamuna Krishnan attaining recognition

The third annual Chicago Quantum Summit, hosted virtually at the University of Chicago Nov. 11-13 by the Chicago Quantum Exchange, brought together more than 20 speakers from across the nation and attracted more than 1,000 attendees from 42 countries

This Autumn Quarter an alternate reality game created by an interdisciplinary group of UChicago researchers gathered 70 teams of students—and helped keep them safe. Culminating in an Oct. 30 livestream, the ECHO game brought together students and other members of the UChicago community through weeks of collaborative play

Computer scientist Nick Feamster discusses Twitter and Facebook disinformation on PBS-affiliate WTTW

This month PSD researchers have been featured for their efforts to turn an IBM computer into a quantum material, unlock why supersymmetry can solve problems in the Standard Model, and tune materials to launch a new computing paradigm inspired by the energy-efficiency of the brain.

New computer science Assistant Professor Robert Rand builds interfaces for revolutionary quantum machines

Meteorite hunters Assoc. Prof. Phillipp Heck and postdoctoral researcher Jennika Greer featured on CNN

Scientists in the Galli Group uncover secrets to designing brain-like devices

Mineral physicist Andrew Campbell on how we know what is deep inside the Earth

In new step toward quantum tech, scientists synthesize ‘bright’ quantum bits

Supersymmetry is a proposed theory to expand the Standard Model of particle physics. Akin to the periodic table of elements, the Standard Model is the best description we have for subatomic particles in nature and the forces acting on them. But physicists know this model is incomplete—it doesn’t make room for gravity or dark matter, for example. Supersymmetry aims to complete the picture by pairing each Standard Model particle with a supersymmetric partner, opening up a new class of hypothetical particles to detect and discover. In a new study, UChicago physicists have uncovered limitations for what properties these superpartners, if they exist, could have.
 

Glaciologist Doug MacAyeal comments on an iceberg headed for sub-antarctic island, threatens wildlife

Gov. J.B. Pritzker speaks at UChicago event about impact of quantum research

Carl-Gustaf Rossby, first director of UChicago Institute of Meteorology, changed weather research from a descriptive to a predictive science

Singing for the pine trees are stormy winds. Meteorologist Tetsuya Theodore Fujita (1920–1998) led a tempestuous career