News: Research

2025

UChicago CS researchers expand the boundaries of interface technology at UIST 2025

October 3, 2025

UIST 2025

At this year’s ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)—one of the global hubs for breakthroughs in how people and machines connect—the University of Chicago’s Department of Computer Science stands out through a spectrum of ambitious research.


Could non-invasive colon cancer screening replace colonoscopies?

October 3, 2025

Chuan He

The accuracy of non-invasive blood and stool-based tests for colorectal cancer is improving, but experts say it’s too soon to drop colonoscopies altogether.


Initiative brings a climate adaptation tool to communities globally: weather forecasts guided by human needs, and the power of AI

September 26, 2025

Human-Centered Weather Forecasts (HCF) Initiative

The University of Chicago Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth’s new Human-Centered Weather Forecasts Initiative is helping low- and middle-income countries better adapt to climate change by providing AI-driven forecasts tailored to their needs.


Weather forecasting training program bringing the power of AI to low- and middle-income countries

September 26, 2025

AIM for Scale banners

The University of Chicago, AIM for Scale and the Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence have launched a first-of-its-kind weather forecast training program to help governments deliver tailored forecasts to meet local agricultural needs—including those of millions of farmers.


New method improves the accuracy of machine-learned potentials for simulating catalysts

September 26, 2025

illustration of molecules

The lab of Prof. Laura Gagliardi at the University of Chicago Chemistry Department and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (UChicago PME) has developed a powerful new tool that harnesses electronic structure theories and machine learning to simulate transition metal catalytic dynamics with both accuracy and speed. 


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


Interdisciplinary team receives $5 million DARPA grant to develop qubit-based neutrino detector

September 11, 2025

Andrew Cleland (left) and Paolo Privitera

“Quantum sound” will aid the searches for both nuclear weapons and dark matter.


Can artists really stop AI from stealing their work?

September 9, 2025

Photo of a man painting a wall full of graffiti.

Tools like Glaze and Nightshade aim to muddle AI training, while lawsuits and legislation target AI companies directly. But researchers warn defenses may never fully hold.