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Chicago Sun-Times article discusses Governor Pritzker's investment in UChicago's quantum computing research making Illinois a hub for quantum.
 

A Forbes article mentions UChicago's partnership with IBM to create a quantum computing working group for high-energy physics research.

“When you have a lot of EVs charging at the same time, they can create a peak demand on the power station. This introduces increased charges, which we’re trying to avoid,” says Salman Yousaf, a graduate student in applied data science who is working on the project with three other students.

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The model problem the team—led by computer scientist William Fefferman—debuted pinpointed a provable quantum speedup over any classical computer and indicates that entanglement is the cause.

UChicago biophysicists from the Department of Physics and James Franck Institute discover that the way cells grow and multiply—normally considered part of the same process—are regulated separately.

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Researchers, including UChicago beamline scientist Vitali Prakapenka, have combined X-ray and laser techniques to illuminate the origin of mysterious deep-Earth structures.

UChicago chemists, including Gregory Voth, use simulation to reveal key mechanism in microtubule growth.

Article mentions astronomy and astrophysics postdoctoral fellow Michael Zhang's plan to measure the spectrum of light from exoplanet TOI 2445b, a rocky world about twice the size of Earth that orbits perilously close to its host star.

Article mentions the slime mold watch developed by computer scientist Pedro Lopes and doctoral candidate Jasmine Lu.

New exascale machine is one step closer to enabling transformative science.

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Assistant professor of statistics Yi Sun discusses his startup Axiom developing technology to quickly and accurately detect deepfakes on the internet.

The team, which includes a third-year Ph.D. student and two scientists from Argonne National Laboratory, built a real-time monitoring system that updates a patient’s risk for developing Long COVID as new clinical events occur.

Image: Computer scientist and CS alumnus Fangfang Xia

Article discusses an open source tool Glaze 1.0 developed by UChicago computer scientists that protects artwork by shifting pixels around on images, making them more difficult for AIs to ingest.

An unassuming professor who remained active into his 90s, Goodenough is credited with the breakthrough that gave rise to the batteries powering today’s electronic devices.

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Computer science professor Rick Stevens discusses the capabilities of Argonne's supercomputer, Aurora.