2025
Mina Lee, University of Chicago professor “AI is a partner in thinking together”
June 12, 2025

Mina Lee shares insights into her research on AI and writing, and discusses the future of LLMs.
Astronomers thought they found signs of life on distant planet. New studies are skeptical.
June 12, 2025

A series of studies, including one by Rafael Luque, have cast doubt on the sensational claim that "the strongest evidence yet" was found that life exists anywhere else besides Earth.
The core of Fermat’s Last Theorem just got superpowered
June 12, 2025

By extending the scope of the key insight behind Fermat’s Last Theorem, four mathematicians, including Frank Calegari, have made great strides toward building a “grand unified theory” of math.
Turning the Red Planet green? It’s time to take terraforming Mars seriously, scientists say
June 12, 2025

New research done by Edwin Kite suggests that the idea of transforming the Red Planet might not be so far-fetched after all.
Webb telescope may reveal how fast the universe is expanding
June 12, 2025

Wendy Freedman's research using the James Webb Space Telescope suggests that the Standard Model of the universe is holding up.
Giant Magellan Telescope advances to National Science Foundation final design phase
June 12, 2025

One of the world’s largest optical telescopes reaches a key milestone toward US federal construction support.
Bridging medicine and machine learning: predicting skin cancer in resource-limited settings
June 2, 2025

MD/PhD Candidate Steven Song and collaborators Spencer Ellis and Derek Reiman designed a machine learning model able to predict non-melanoma skin cancer under resource-limited settings.
The RNA Revolution: Linking the lab to the clinic to tackle challenges in cancer
June 2, 2025

New insights into the role of RNA in cancer took center stage at a recent symposium hosted at the University of Chicago.
Science meets soil in Fermilab’s prairie land
June 2, 2025

The prairie restoration success at Fermilab has become a living laboratory — supporting scientific research, fostering biodiversity and providing essential ecosystem services like erosion control and enhanced soil health.
New measure of the universe’s expansion suggests resolution of a conflict
June 2, 2025

Team led by UChicago scientist Wendy Freedman using James Webb Space Telescope finds no evidence of tension in Hubble Constant.
Clouds could enhance the search for life on exoplanets
June 2, 2025

Huanzhou Yang's research uses simulations to determine how telescopes could detect oxygen gas and ozone, revealing clouds could aid in the detection of biosignatures.
Test of AI Weather forecasts shows they miss extreme storms
June 2, 2025

Weather forecasts based on AI are faster and sometimes more accurate than traditional ones, but they may miss rare and unprecedented weather events.
Doubt cast on claim of ‘hints’ of life on faraway planet
June 2, 2025

Rafael Luque's research receives widespread discussion after a reanalysis of the original data.
Possible sign of life in deep space faces new doubts
June 1, 2025

UChicago analysis of new and old data suggests the signal is weak and explainable by other molecules.
UChicago scientists invent breakthrough device to detect airborne signs of disease
June 1, 2025

The new device created by Prof. Bozhi Tian's lab to detect molecules in air samples could one day be used to diagnose a wide array of diseases.