News: Research

2025

Galactic Rosetta Stone

July 29, 2025

Sagittarius C

Study measuring magnetic field near the center of the Milky Way helps to decode the precise astrophysical dynamics at the heart of our galaxy.
 


2014 Nobel Prize idea used to reach Super-resolution imaging, turning noise into data

July 28, 2025

When analyzed with a grating, the amplified Raman signals provide extremely high-resolution spectra that surpass traditional instrumental limits by employing super-resolution correlation methods.

Linda Young reveals a new method that turns noise into valuable data to enhance understanding of chemical reactions and material properties with unprecedented detail at the atomic level. 


The breakthrough proof bringing mathematics closer to a grand unified theory

July 28, 2025

The Langlands programme has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. A major advance has now opened up new worlds for them to explore.

Vladimir Drinfeld and Alexander Beilinson contribute to a major advance in the mathematical field, taking another step to creating a grand and unified theory. 


A new Martian climate model suggest a mostly cold, harsh environment

July 28, 2025

A picture of carbonate rocks taken by the Spirit rover.

Edwin Kite discusses a model built using data from the Curiosity rover, which suggests wet periods were rare on Mars. 


A dead Mars may have been inevitable – and the sun is to blame

July 28, 2025

Mt Sharp on Mars as seen by Curiosity.

Edwin Kite discusses how a new clue may provide not only a part of the answer to Mars's condition, but indicates that Mars may have been doomed to its current fate from the beginning.


Skeletal editing: How close are we to true cut-and-paste chemistry?

July 28, 2025

Human-like drawings interacting with balls that are colored.

Reactions that alter organic scaffolds by a single atom are already proving useful, but time will tell if they’ll fundamentally change how molecules are made.


Chemical biologist links basic discoveries to treatments for disease

July 28, 2025

UChicago Prof. Hening Lin, standing, in the lab with graduate student Jiaqi Zhao. Lin is a chemical biologist whose work bridges multiple disciplines with the common goal of linking basic research to real clinical applications.

Prof. Hening Lin brings expertise in enzymes to UChicago, bridging scientists, engineers and doctors to translate research to clinical applications.


Can a doctor’s notes reveal when they’re tired? New research illuminates the hidden signals of physician fatigue—and raises questions about AI in healthcare

July 28, 2025

Associate Professor Chenhao Tan.

A new study led by Associate Professor Chenhao Tan analyzes hundreds of thousands of emergency room notes, uncovering how language patterns reveal physician fatigue and warning of potential pitfalls as AI-generated text enters clinical care.


PhD candidate Bogdan Stoica receives distinguished artifact evaluator award for championing reproducibility in computer science

July 28, 2025

PhD candidate, Bogdan Alexandru Stoica.

Final year PhD candidate Bodgan Alexandru Stoica, advised by Professor Shan Lu, is honored with the Distinguished Artifact Evaluator award for his contributions to the Artifact Evaluation Committee (AEC) at Eurosys 2025.


UChicago MS-ADS students present capstone project at Midwest ml Symposium

July 28, 2025

Nathan Rickert and Kwaku Ofori-Atta at the Midwest Machine Learning Symposium presenting their poster.

Ariel Azria, Kwaku Ofori-Atta, and Nathan Rickert were selected to share their capstone project, FinWise.AI, during the poster session.


Chicago State University’s quantum education programs help local students ‘imagine themselves working in the field’

July 16, 2025

Dr. Lucinda Boyd explains how to work an atomic force microscope (AFM) at the Quantum Sensing Summer Program at Chicago State University.

One program, Quantum Sensing Summer Program with NSF QuBBE, offers Chicago high schoolers two weeks of lab immersion.


Announcing the Center for Advanced Materials for Environmental Solutions

July 16, 2025

Photo of the University of Chicago.

The multidisciplinary Center develops materials with practical applications, like methane capture, water harvesting and CO2 conversion. The Center is led by Laura Gagliardi, the Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor in the Department of Chemistry.


Innovative liquid biopsy test uses RNA to detect early-stage cancer

July 16, 2025

Three red vials with a magnifying glass held up to them to reveal the cells located within the vials.

UChicago researchers have developed a new liquid biopsy test that uses RNA modifications to detect early-stage colorectal cancer with 95% accuracy.


Was Mars doomed to be a desert? Study proposes new explanation

July 16, 2025

NASA’s Curiosity rover captured this photo as it ascended the Martian mountain Mt. Sharp. A study proposes a new explanation for why Mars is a barren desert today, despite having many similarities to Earth.

UChicago-led analysis of Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover data may explain why the planet was likely harsh desert for most of the recent past.


Edward Anders, Holocaust survivor and pioneering figure in cosmochemistry, 1926–2025

July 16, 2025

Photo of Edward Anders in black and white.

Edward Anders, who passed away June 1st at the age of 98, helped to map the history of the solar system and documented the Holocaust.