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As AI floods academic publishing, Chenhao Tan's lab argues AI can be part of the fix.
 

A new system from Yun Ho, Romain Nith, and Pedro Lopes combines AI and electrical muscle stimulation to physically guide users through unfamiliar tasks—marking a leap toward general-purpose, context-aware embodied assistance.
 

An analysis of hundreds of thousands of chats between AI chatbots and human users who experienced AI-tied delusional spirals found that the bots frequently reinforced delusional and even dangerous beliefs.

New research from the University of Chicago suggests that computers make better tutors when they are not so thoroughly programmed to pretend to be human.

Dark matter is a substance that has gravity—it holds galaxies together—but cannot be directly seen with any instrument yet created. Scientists are trying many different approaches to find the nature of this mysterious substance.

UChicago scientists team up to deliver lithium with fewer side effects in an innovative biomedical patch.

The event, to be held December 8 – 10 at the Marriott Marquis Chicago and McCormick Place, combines Q2B’s quantum business, practical application, and investor strength with the Chicago Quantum Summit’s integrated focus on research, scale-up, and economic development, offering opportunities for participants to engage with thought leaders, explore partnerships, and build skills across the full discovery-to-deployment spectrum.

Leveraging programmable RNA translational activation, the Dickinson Group will work to address EHMT1 haploinsufficiency in rare disease.

The Human-Centered Weather Forecasts Initiative’s collaboration with the Ethiopian Meteorological Institute will establish an Africa-focused framework for AI-powered weather forecasting and build the local capacity needed to provide farmers with timely and actionable information.

Argonne’s chip compresses and processes detector data instantly, letting scientists analyze results and steer experiments as they happen.

Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source unlocks secrets of high-temperature superconductors.

Third-year PhD student Lan Gao studies how social platforms govern a changing online ecosystem.

UChicago scientists team up with Chicago Public Schools to test if robots need fictional personalities to teach effectively.

Eight new projects led by University of Chicago faculty and researchers will deepen understanding of climate interventions and their potential tradeoffs.

Researchers, including members of the University of Chicago, find the lowest abundance of iron in any ultra-faint dwarf galaxy, reshaping our understanding of cosmic chemistry.