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The “coastline paradox” helped to define fractals, but coastlines themselves turn out to be less fractal than thought. Study led by  CCAM PhD student Matthew Oline.

A new internet tool developed with the help of the University of Chicago is making it possible for music listeners to identify songs that were created using artificial intelligence.

Dark matter is an elusive form of matter that almost never emits, absorbs, or reflects light, while only weakly interacting with regular matter. These properties make it very difficult to detect using conventional experimental techniques and instruments.

Discovering the physical principles of superconductivity in diamond opens the door for scientists to use it in new quantum technologies.
 

The work of 2024 PhD Joint Program participant Rajini Wijayawardan, a graduate student in Computer Science working in the lab of Andrew Chien, addresses a question at the forefront of many minds, particularly amidst the rise of AI: how can the environmental impact of data centers be reduced?

UChicago’s Alex Kale receives the Early CAREER Award for advancing ethical and practical standards in data visualization, empowering creators and audiences to better interpret what charts reveal and what they conceal.

As AI-generated music increasingly dominates streaming platforms, Quicksilver, a cutting edge browser extension from SAND Lab, gives listeners the power to identify machine-made tracks in real time. Developed alongside the nonprofit ETCH, the project champions transparency, ethical technology, and support from human creativity in a rapidly evolving digital soundscape.

PhD Graduate Brennan Schaffner receives ACM SIGCHI special recognition award for his research on dark patterns, subsequent interventions, and influence users. 

Breakthrough could speed up new drug discovery.

Detection by Askaryan Radio Array holds promise for future research into sources, nature of cosmic rays and neutrinos. 

How UChicago physicists delayed the formation of viscous fingers between fluids.

Data analyzed by UChicago scientists reveals exoplanet Kua’kua is dark and rocky, offering clues to search for habitable worlds.

Physics grad student Nathaniel Alden found that high-energy particle impacts can produce radio flashes from within Antarctic ice.

Second year PhD student Jiayin Zhi finds that time constraints, as well as when AI access is available, shapes human critical thinking.

Research findings show that writing with AI can reduce gender biases in the workplace and that AI disclosure is complex and can impact authorial perception.