News: Research

Undergraduate-built experiment collects particles 23 miles above Earth aboard a NASA high-altitude balloon.

After a long hiatus, a problem that was likely inspired by juggling has finally been resolved by a group of young mathematicians.

"We think early Earth might have looked a lot like a lava world."

Ultra-sensitive detector designed by UChicago team to search for dark matter captures elusive low-energy neutrino particles from the sun.

UChicago researchers built a $20 wrist cuff that jams nearby microphones within three feet using ultrasonic signals.

Astronomers looking at Vera C. Rubin Observatory test data have discovered 'Aquarius IV', believed to be a brand new satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located 350,000 light-years away.

Second-generation C-to-N swap turns the first generation’s failure into a feature.

UChicago physicist Zoe Yan proposes a novel method to produce near-perfect quantum building blocks.
 

Argonne’s Ian Foster explains how AI will be used to accelerate research.

For more than 40 years, mathematicians and computer scientists have wrestled with a deceptively simple question: If many overlapping requirements all need to be balanced at once, how evenly can it be done?

For many graduate students, a capstone project marks the culmination of months of learning. For one team of students in the University of Chicago’s MS in Applied Data Science (MS-ADS) program, it became something even more: peer-reviewed published research in Cancers.

Finding reveals how starlight drives surprising chemistry, offers new way to study alien atmospheres.
 

An effort led by University of Chicago researchers has provided the sharpest and clearest ever map of mass in the universe.

US researchers have developed a method to convert plant waste into high-quality graphite. This breakthrough offers a potential domestic source for a critical battery component. The new process involves slow cooling of biochar, creating larger graphite crystals. This sustainable alternative could reduce reliance on imported graphite for electronics. Further development is needed to scale up production and lower costs for commercial use.

Award by Berlin-based Falling Walls Foundation honors high-risk, multi-field leap across quantum, biology, and chemistry.