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University mathematician recognized for cracking 125-year-old challenge to ground physics in mathematics.
 

As Fermilab commemorates 70 years since the discovery of the neutrino at the Savannah River Site in the United States, the lab also celebrates its multiple generations of pioneering neutrino research. Today, Fermilab is building the next era of neutrino discovery through the development of the world-leading Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.

Researchers used computer models to see what would have happened had scientists caused marine cloud brightening in the face of strong past El Niños.

The frequency of extreme weather events can be predicted more accurately than presently possible by combining artificial intelligence (AI) with physical climate modelling, using a protocol called rare-event sampling. Researchers used the approach to model extreme heat events such as the one currently roasting Europe, but they believe it could also be applicable to many other extreme events in climate science.

A few million years after the Big Bang, a nearly pure star formed within the ancient gas clouds of the Large Magellanic Cloud. This satellite galaxy currently orbits the Milky Way. The star formed primarily from primordial hydrogen and helium gas before early supernova explosions could enrich the local universe with heavier metallic elements. Billions of years later, ten undergraduate students at the University of Chicago identified the rare celestial object within an astronomical data archive.

New cosmic census, led by Argonne and UChicago, shows how universe grew and changed.

New research reveals how high school students are adapting to the classroom arrival of AI tools like ChatGPT, facing fragmented policies and unclear boundaries.

New simulations reveal that Jupiter contains significantly more oxygen than the Sun, offering fresh clues about how the giant planet, and the early solar system, formed.

A UChicago research team created a nanoplasmonic material that harvests light energy for biomedical sensing and stimulation.

A new study finds that storing cold water used to cool data centers underground could increase IT power capacity by 9.8 percent across three U.S. markets, with gains as high as 11 percent in Arizona's hot, dry climate.

Watch our video wrapup of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth's academic and co-curricular activities for the 2025-2026 academic year.

Event is first documented to involve four major tectonic plates, finds UChicago scientist Sunyoung Park.

An extremely unusual tectonic movement took place 15 minutes after the Tohoku earthquake in 2011, causing almost the whole of Japan to move 5 millimetres to the east.

They say the reaction might have made the building blocks of DNA and RNA, both essential for life. Research by Astro postdoc Jeehyun Yang during his time at Caltech.

Recent observations suggest that dark energy is changing over time. Theorists wonder if dark matter is, too. Article features research by KICP Associate Fellow Georges Obied.