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TED AI 2024 featured a wide range of distinguished speakers who spoke on the impact of AI on science, art, and our society. UChicago Professor Ben Zhao, who is also a leader in the Glaze and Nightshade projects, spoke on the consequences AI is having in the art world and art education.

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (“Perimeter”) today announced the appointment of Marcela Carena as its new Executive Director. Carena succeeds Robert Myers, who recently completed his five-year term.

Study by Asst. Prof. Da Yang provides powerful framework that sheds light on key processes driving extreme weather patterns.

On October 28, a Hungarian diplomat delivered a curious mathematical object to its new permanent home at the University of Chicago: a convex three-dimensional metal sculpture called a Gömböc.

UChicago astronomers have tested a simpler, and more accurate way to determine whether or not exoplanets have atmospheres, a leap in learning more about the potential habitability of far-away planets. 

A study from the UChicago showed a new way to target previously “undruggable” proteins involved in cancer by building a new kind of synthetic molecule. These results are encouraging and will further exploration into new methods to fight diseases.  

The University of Chicago Accelerator Building was home to a particle accelerator that for a decade made landmark contributions to the field of particle physics. However, decades after it was decommissioned, the high bay built to house it was used for everything from building telescopes to extracting dinosaur bones. Learn more about the history of this innovation hub.

At the third annual South Side Science Festival, visitors of all ages were able to participate and observe fun and accessible science experiments: from opportunities to control robots and 3D printers to panels on health trends and AI to a paper airplane design contest and explosive liquid nitrogen demonstrations.

On Oct. 30, UChicago will welcome world-leading scholars and leaders from industry and government to discuss climate and energy policy and research—culminating with the official launch of a groundbreaking new climate and energy institute at UChicago.  

In light of the devastating effects of hurricane Milton, scientists are discussing the possibilities and limitations of scientific responses to climate change. UChicago Prof. David Keith, faculty director of the Climate Systems Engineering Initiative, comments on the potential benefits of geoengineering.

The 2024 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to scientists John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their discoveries and contributions to the field of machine learning. In this article, UChicago Prof. Rebecca Willett comments on the importance of these scientists' work for the development of AI and neural networks.

The James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled a new class of cosmic objects. They are colloquially called little red dots, and they indicate something in the early universe that had never been seen. UChicago Prof. Andrey Kravtsov speaks on the significance of this discovery. 

The U.S. Department of Energy has selected the UChicago-URA-led group Forward Discovery Group, LLC to be the new management and operators of Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, the nation’s leading particle physics and accelerator laboratory.

Chemistry Prof. Gregory Voth was honored by the American Chemical Society with a symposium. Over four days, more than 60 speakers from around the country, made up of researchers, friends, and colleagues, came together to present on a wide range of topics influenced by Prof. Voth’s work. 

The UChicago team led by Dr. Kyle Chard, Dr. Ian Foster, and Dr. Ben Blaiszik plans to create Globus Search, an expansion to Globus that will allow researchers to search, index, access, and manage data across multiple locations, from laptops to supercomputers.