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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.

 

Physics Prof. Edward Blucher discusses a new study that finds groundbreaking information on neutrinos

Spies like us: Biological chemist Prof. Yamuna Krishnan and other UChicago scientists develop probes made of DNA to track molecular secrets

From Self-Sanitizing Face Masks To Emergency Ventilators, Here’s What Illinois Universities Are Doing To Combat The Coronavirus

Article notes Assoc. Prof. Luca Grandi’s role in the Xenon experiment, an investigation into the nature of dark matter, which has been halted by the pandemic

In Quanta, Prof. Matthew Emerton describes two new papers that reveal fundamental number-theoretic phenomena that overcome the barrier of bridging two continents—a challenge generations of researchers have pursued as “Langland's program,” which seeks to create a grand unified theory of mathematics. These findings may help prove Fermat’s Last Theorem for some number systems beyond the positive whole numbers.