2020
New coronavirus protein, mapped in Chicago, reveals drug target
March 2, 2020
New coronavirus protein, mapped in Chicago, reveals drug target. UChicago part of team that solved the structure.
Wired Magazine covers Astro Prof. Wendy Freedman’s work on the Hubble Constant
March 2, 2020
Wired Magazine covers Astronomy Prof. Wendy Freedman and team's use of the “tip of the red giant branch” (TRGB) stars to arrive at a significantly lower Hubble rate than other observers
Building a 3D map of the universe to uncover the mysteries of dark energy
February 28, 2020
SciTechDaily profiles Dark Energy Survey and how new instrumentation may give the best insight yet into how dark energy has behaved over time
UChicago scientists predict new state of matter
February 25, 2020
A discovery by Chemistry Prof. David Mazziotti, Dr. Shiva Safaei, and graduate student LeeAnn Sager addresses the problem of generating and moving energy efficiently
PSD in the News - February 2020
February 25, 2020
This month PSD researchers have been featured for taking the most detailed images of the sun's surface, creating a new technique to analyze moon rocks, and designing several components for the detectors for the ATLAS experiment.
Assoc. Prof. David Schuster and Fermilab scientist Daniel Bowring use quantum computing to explore dark matter
February 20, 2020
Assoc. Prof. David Schuster and grad students Akash Dixit and Ankur Agrawal are searching for dark matter with quantum computers, one blip of light at a time
Scientists at Argonne and UChicago entangled photons across a 52-mile quantum loop network
February 19, 2020
Scientists at Argonne and UChicago entangled photons across a 52-mile quantum loop network, helping to lay the foundations for a national quantum internet
Scientific American covers the debate around Astronomy Prof. Wendy Freedman’s research on the rates of the universe
February 19, 2020
Research on the rate of the universe may point to a New Physics
New York Times features UChicago Computer Science wearable jammer project
February 17, 2020
Computer Science professors Pedro Lopes, Ben Zhao, and Heather Zheng developed wearable defenses against listening devices such as Alexa
University of Chicago to build instrumentation for upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider
February 13, 2020
With $5.5M in new federal funding, faculty, students, engineers to design several components for ATLAS experiment detector
Astronomy Professor Robert Rosner discusses recent breakthrough solar imagery on Chicago Tonight
February 13, 2020
Prof. Rosner explains Inouye Telescope advancements and why new imagery is exciting
For geophysical scientists Philipp Heck and Jennika Greer, a single grain of Apollo moon dust opens new world of lunar science
February 7, 2020
Assoc. prof. in geophysical sciences Philip Heck and postdoc Jennika Greer are using a new technique called atom probe tomography to learn about the moon’s history, atom by atom.
Eric Jonas, Assistant Professor in Computer Science, delegates spectroscopy to the machines
February 5, 2020
Asst. Prof. Eric Jonas described a new technique for reading nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra, opening up new possibilities for chemical analysis and the design of new molecules using a “self-driving spectrometer.”
Takeout noodles inspire UChicago scientists to invent remarkable synthetic tissue
February 4, 2020
Takeout noodles inspire UChicago scientists to invent remarkable synthetic tissue
Breakthrough creates tough material able to stretch, heal and defend itself
New telescope reveals most detailed images of sun’s surface
February 4, 2020
The first images from NSF’s Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii show a remarkable, close-up view of the sun’s surface. Robert Rosner, the William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Chicago, said seeing the amazing surfaces of its structures has been a forty-year endeavor.