2023
The Giant Magellan Telescope’s final mirror fabrication begins
September 26, 2023

Seven of the world’s largest mirrors will search the Universe for life beyond Earth.
Why the US, Japan and South Korea should take the quantum leap together
September 22, 2023

The Hill article mentions UChicago's quantum partnerships with University of Tokyo and Tohoku University.
From Israeli digs to Greenland villages, UChicagoans travel the world for research
September 19, 2023

Geophysical Sciences grad student Freya Chen shares how she spent her summer tapping glaciers to test seismological models.
Photo: Jérémie Bonneau (left) and Oscar Sepulveda perform an active seismic source experiment. Image courtesy of Yulia Antropova.
UChicago investigators synthesize new family of hybrid organic-inorganic mxenes
September 15, 2023

UChicago investigators have made progress with the synthesis of novel compounds, hybrid MXenes, that combine organic and inorganic materials, claims a new paper authored by The Talapin Group that was recently published in Nature Chemistry.
UChicago computer scientists design small backpack that mimics big sensations
September 15, 2023

JumpMod is a compact, wearable backpack that uses vertical force feedback to create the feeling of perceived jumping and landing. The untethered nature of the device has the potential to scale these full-body sensations for at-home use– a problem currently unsolved.
$50 Million to Northwestern, University of Chicago for a new center on mathematics and biology
September 15, 2023

Forbes article details the partnership between UChicago and Northwestern for the launch of the new National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology, the first of its kind in the US.
Northwestern, UChicago to receive $50 million to study life sciences using mathematics
September 14, 2023

New institute will be an international hub focused on fundamental questions.
Image of a developing fruit fly eye courtesy of R. Carthew
Private equity recruits data-science talent as industry tackles machine learning
September 13, 2023

A Wall Street Journal article notes the work of UChicago data-science researchers interning with private equity firms.
NSF investing $76 million in four university-based Physics Frontier Centers
September 13, 2023

A Forbes article announces that UChicago has received a $15.5 million grant from the NSF to launch the NSF Physics Frontiers Center for Living Systems. Prof. Margaret Gardel, who will lead the center, says, "we aim to establish a new field of physics that focuses on how living matter adapts to its environment on timescales ranging from milliseconds to billions of years.”
NSF to establish $15.5M Center for Living Systems at the University of Chicago
September 12, 2023

Center aims to establish a new field of physics to understand adaptation in living matter.
How AI and quantum computing are challenging the security of our digital future
September 12, 2023

A Newsweek article mentions UChicago researchers' success engaging in machine learning algorithm-based attacks on NIST-recommended encryption candidates.
UChicago, IIT Bombay form new science and technology partnership
September 11, 2023

Collaboration to spur innovation in fields ranging from quantum to AI to data science.
XRISM satellite launches to study the universe in different colors of X-rays
September 8, 2023

XRISM satellite launches to study the universe in different colors of X-rays.
Image: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics welcomes Brinson Prize Fellow Daniel Gilman
September 8, 2023

Congratulations to Daniel Gilman, who has been named a Brinson Prize Fellow at the University of Chicago in the Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics.
NSF announces new award for the Synchrotron for Earth and Environmental Science facility
September 6, 2023

The NSF has awarded UChicago a $35 million contract to operate a new facility specializing in the application of a cyclic particle accelerator called synchrotron to Earth and environmental sciences.
Photo: Beamline scientist Tony Yu preparing an acoustic emission experiment for the 1000-ton multi-anvil press in the GSECARS 13-ID-D station.
Credit: Mark Rivers, University of Chicago