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Meteorologist and UChicago Prof. Ted Fujita profile on PBS American Experience: Mr. Tornado: One Man’s Pursuit to Understand the Deadliest Storms airs May 19

Two UChicago scientists, Matthew Ackerman and Pranav Gokhale, selected for entrepreneurship program to develop quantum tech

Researchers to develop AI to help diagnose, understand COVID-19 in lung images. UChicago, Argonne study hopes to learn to identify cases and guide treatment
 

Sidney Nagel, the Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor of Physics, among three UChicago scholars elected to American Philosophical Society. He is a pioneer in studying non-linear and far-from-equilibrium behavior in disordered systems.

Meet Kate Smith, PhD in Electrical Engineering, and learn how the CQE IBM postdoc program trains a next-generation quantum workforce 

Prof. Wendy Freedman reflects on astronomer Wiliamina Fleming for American Masters' UNLADYLIKE2020 short film series. Fleming was a pioneering observational astronomer and the first woman to ever hold a title at Harvard University.

‘Revolutionary’ UChicago simulations point to self-assembly behavior for viral restriction. Study explains how the Rhesus macaques’ immune protein, called TRIM5α, works its magic, and represents a significant step forward in the science of modeling how complex biological proteins assemble themselves.

David Awschalom among experts nearing a quantum advantage, with unimaginable computational power that could unlock the true potential of machine-learning

Global carbon dioxide emissions predicted to plunge 'unprecedented' 8 percent this year. Prof. David Archer of the geophysical sciences says improvements are short lived.

Chemistry Prof. Guilia Galli one of two UChicago scholars elected to National Academy of Sciences

Six UChicago scholars elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

This month PSD researchers have been featured for their efforts to discover how to best decontaminate N95 masks, develop probes made of DNA to track molecular secrets, and find a math bridge that extends beyond Fermat's Last Theorem.

Prof. David Awschalom discusses the future of quantum communication in Wired Magazine.

Prof. Wendy Freedman named among four successful women behind the Hubble Space Telescope's achievements

Gravitational waves reveal unprecedented collision of heavy and light black holes. UChicago researcher Maya Fishbach discusses the latest gravitational waves detected by LIGO.