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Article highlights Innovate Illinois, a public-private coalition involving UChicago, and its efforts to build the state's "quantum economy."

The three-week-long Data Science Institute for High School Teachers brought eight teachers together with staff members from Argonne. They met at Hyde Park Academy High School in Chicago, where they learned about computer science, experimented hands-on with coding tools, and practiced teaching data science to youth.

Photo by Argonne National Laboratory

A team of University of Chicago scientists led by chemist Weixin Tang has created new CRISPR systems that are smaller and can easily slip into cells—yet retain their potency.

Photo by Jason Smith

A design by UChicago researchers, including chemist Bozhi Tian, makes stable, suture-free medical monitoring in the body possible.

Crain's Chicago Business article discusses the importance of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, or DUNE, project at Fermilab, notes its ties to UChicago, and includes comments from physicist Ed Blucher about the neutrino: “There are trillions per second going through your body for your whole life but almost never interact with you—which is what makes it great to study.”

Photo by Reidar Hahn

Why startup founders, researchers, and students are calling the Midwest region ‘the premier hub for quantum’—and how their investments are strengthening the ecosystem. 

The center is led by Argonne and has several university partners, including UChicago. With this renewal, the Midwest Integrated Center for Computational Materials will continue its groundbreaking work in harnessing the power of theory and computation to accelerate the development of new materials with improved properties and functionality.

In Q&A, Geophysical Sciences professor Nicolas Dauphas discusses what we can learn from the mission to Phobos.

In a Scientific American article, Physics professor Cheng Chin discusses his research which led to the first-ever observation of 'quantum superchemistry.'

PALISADE-X aims to provide the security necessary to study life-threatening medical issues without violating patient privacy.

A Phys.org article announces that UChicago researchers led by astronomy postdoc Michael Zhang have reported the detection of a helium outflow from the atmosphere of a nearby mini-Neptune exoplanet known as TOI-2134 b.

Scientists at the University of Chicago, including chemist Jiwoong Park, found a glass crystal just a few atoms thick can trap and carry light—and could be used for applications.

Photo by Jean Lachat

Findings at Fermilab show discrepancy between theory and experiment, may lead to new physics beyond the Standard Model.

Image courtesy of Reidar Hahn/Fermilab, via U.S. Department of Energy

Spacecraft named for pioneering UChicago scientist ventures closer to the sun than humanity has ever been: the 5-year anniversary of the Parker Solar Probe launch.

Image courtesy of NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben

Conditions that created the cracks could have been favorable for emergence of microscopic life.

Photo courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS