News: Research

2020

SAND Lab’s Fawkes lets you post selfies without worrying that the next Clearview AI will use them to identify you

August 3, 2020

Examples of original and cloned images made via facial recognition software, 12 faces in a panel.

SAND Lab’s Fawkes lets you post selfies without worrying that the next Clearview AI will use them to identify you


Department of Energy unveils blueprint for quantum internet in event at University of Chicago

July 24, 2020

DOE Secretary delivers a speech from a podium in front of screen that says

Department of Energy unveils blueprint for quantum internet in event at University of Chicago


UChicago to partner in $25 million National Science Foundation quantum information institute

July 23, 2020

Illustration of an atomic computing node, glass cylinders at geometric angles.

UChicago to partner in new $25M NSF Quantum Leap Challenge Institute for Hybrid Quantum Architectures and Networks.


UChicago study illuminates fates of distant planetary atmospheres

July 21, 2020

An artistic illustration of extrasolar planetary systems.

UChicago study illuminates fates of distant planetary atmospheres


How computer science can help fight COVID-19

July 21, 2020

Microscopic image of COVID-19 virus

How computer science can help fight COVID-19 and the three UChicago research groups that were awarded seed funding to apply AI to the response.


Materials Research Science and Engineering Center receives renewed NSF funding

July 17, 2020

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center receives renewed NSF funding


New view of nature’s oldest light adds fresh twist to debate over universe’s age

July 15, 2020

overheead view of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope in Chilean desert

New view of nature’s oldest light adds fresh twist to debate over universe’s age


NSF awards $15.5 million to launch math institute at UChicago

July 14, 2020

Front of a stone building during autumn on UChicago campus

National Science Foundation awards $15.5 million to launch math institute at UChicago


Asst. Prof. Bill Fefferman Comments on New “Quantum Advantage” Research

July 9, 2020

Bill Fefferman against blue background

Asst. Prof. Bill Fefferman Comments on New “Quantum Advantage” Research


Chicago Quantum Exchange announces seven new partnerships to advance research, training

July 7, 2020

Scientists in Microsoft Quantum Lab Delft conducting research in pursuit of a topologically protected qubit. Microsoft is one of seven new computing, tech and finance companies to join the Chicago Quantum Exchange.

Chicago Quantum Exchange announces seven new partnerships to advance research, training


Linda Young, leader in X-ray sciences, pursues innovation, both in research and mentorship

July 7, 2020

Linda Young in black on purple background

Argonne and UChicago physicist searches for new uses for X-ray lasers and ways to support junior scientists
 


Quantum engineering breakthroughs could offer new direction for communication tech

July 2, 2020

A scientist working with a device to entangle sound particles

Quantum engineering breakthroughs could offer new direction for communication tech


The key device needed for a quantum internet

July 1, 2020

Building a “quantum repeater” is key to long-distance quantum communication


PSD in the News - June 2020

June 26, 2020

PSD in white against a maroon background

This month PSD researchers have been featured for their efforts to find evidence of the elusive Axion Particle, develop UV light disinfection arrays for N95 masks, and identify that a mysterious interstellar visitor was a dark hydrogen iceberg.


NASA’s TESS, Spitzer missions discover a world orbiting a unique young star near us

June 25, 2020

NASA’s TESS, Spitzer missions discover a world orbiting a unique young star near us