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The global award, given once every three years, recognizes exceptional contributions to the field of microscopic simulation of matter. 

DUNE studies matter-antimatter asymmetry using precision detectors built with expert skill, clever machines, and extreme attention to detail.

The Data Science for Social Impact Summer Experience and Summer Lab programs kick off this week.

UChicago PhD candidate Yuke Zheng leads research on a 4.6-billion-year-old piece of rock that could reveal compounds present at the beginning of the solar system and the building blocks of life.

Researchers lead by Bozhi Tian develops a new device called the Airborne Biomarker Localization Engine (ABLE). ABLE detects both non-volatile and volatile molecules in air in around 15 minutes.

UChicago physicist Karri DiPetrillo is on a mission to bring a muon collider to fruition.

The California People and Pesticides Explorer equips citizens with visibility into pesticide use and its effects.

Study by UChicago, Smithsonian, UK Natural History Museum challenges assumptions about survival after global catastrophe.

The Field Museum is the new temporary home to a tiny piece of pristine asteroid. The fragment of the asteroid Bennu, on loan from NASA, won't be on display for visitors, but will give scientists the chance to study an asteroid sample uncontaminated by Earth's atmosphere.

Asst. Prof. Harley Katz discusses the finding of the oldest galaxy in the universe and how that affects our understanding of astronomy. 

By proving mathematically how individual molecules create the complex motion of fluids, three mathematicians, including Yu Deng, have illuminated why time can’t flow in reverse.
 

The University of Chicago is establishing a new center on quantum biology and medicine, thanks to a $21 million gift by Thea Berggren. 

Analysis by Rafael Luque and Michael Zhang casts doubt on the detection of biosignatures. 

Nobel laureate Moungi Bawendi reflects on quantum dot revolution with his alma mater. 

Two Argonne projects awarded over $10 million in funding as part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency Energy (ARPA-E) program to enable transmutation of U.S. commercial nuclear stockpile.