2024
Improving precision medicine: Dickinson Lab’s innovations with covalent macrocyclic peptides
September 11, 2024

Tong Lan, a graduate student with the Bryan Dickinson lab, is first author of a new paper published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society that presents breakthrough research on covalent macrocyclic peptides. This work is essential for the development of more effective and targeted cancer treatments.
New classical algorithm enhances understanding of quantum computing’s future
September 11, 2024

In an exciting development for quantum computing, researchers from the Department of Computer Science, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and Argonne National Laboratory have introduced a groundbreaking classical algorithm that simulates Gaussian boson sampling (GBS) experiments.
University of Chicago to develop software for effort to create a national quantum virtual laboratory
September 11, 2024

The University of Chicago is celebrating a major achievement with the recent announcement of a $1 million investment from the NSF for the first year of the ambitious Quantum Advantage Computing and Technology Initiative (QACTI) project.
DOE creates energy innovation hub to advance battery technology
September 11, 2024

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has created a new Energy Innovation Hub, the Energy Storage Research Alliance (ESRA), which will work to advance battery technology. Led by DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory, ESRA aims to drive technological innovation and strengthen US economic competitiveness.
First neutrinos detected at Fermilab short-baseline detector
September 10, 2024

After years of preparation, the first neutrinos have been observed by the Short-Baseline Near Detector collaboration. The data SBND collects will expand our knowledge of how neutrinos interact with matter and will be used to search for evidence of new physics.
Mars tadpole craters
September 7, 2024

Tadpole craters on Mars, formed by ancient water outflows, provide valuable insights into the planet’s transition from a wet to an arid environment. Researchers, including those at the University of Chicago, are using these unique formations to better understand the climate changes that occurred during Mars's poorly understood late Hesperian period.
At Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, UChicago student unravels the mysteries of galaxies
September 7, 2024

University of Chicago astrophysics undergrad Zewei Wu has spent his summer near Munich, Germany in “Science City,” conducting research to help unravel the story of how galaxies form and evolve. At his internship at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics he has been running simulations of astrophysical plasma—the gas that composes more than half of all visible matter in galaxies, including stars and solar systems.
A breakthrough by UChicago scientists enables greener microfabrication
September 7, 2024

University of Chicago chemists developed an environmentally sustainable method of microfabrication that uses water and natural materials—including paper—to create and transfer patterns.
Advanced Photon Source achieves world-record electron beam emittance measurement
September 7, 2024

A new set of electron beam measurements puts the upgraded Advanced Photon Source (APS) at the top of the list of the world’s synchrotron X-ray research facilities. The APS is a DOE Office of Science user facility at Argonne National Laboratory and is one of the most productive X-ray light sources in the world.
New nanomedicine improves cancer treatment through enhanced chemotherapy drug delivery
September 7, 2024

Researchers at the UChicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, including chemist Wenbin Lin, developed a nanomedicine that increases the penetration and accumulation of chemotherapy drugs in tumor tissues and effectively kills cancer cells through the activation of the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) pathway.
For these companies, quantum computing isn’t a far-off dream. It’s now.
September 5, 2024

The startup PsiQuantum plans to build the world’s largest quantum computer at the former U.S. Steel South Works site on Chicago's South Side. UChicago professor David Awschalom, who leads the Chicago Quantum Exchange research consortium, comments on the applications of this technology.
Ransomware attacks on schools threaten student data nationwide
September 5, 2024

A concerning amount of cyberattacks are targeting education service databases. In response to this challenge, Marshini Chetty, an assistant professor in UChicago's Department of Computer Science, developed a game app called Cybernaut to help young children learn to be cyber-safe.
Decoding content moderation: analyzing policy variations across top online platforms
September 1, 2024

UChicago research scientist Arjun Bhagoji and 5th year PhD student Brennan Schaffner collaborate to study content moderation across the top 43 online platforms.
UChicago lands $7.4 million grant to study how cells adapt to surroundings
September 1, 2024

A multidisciplinary eight-member team from UChicago and Northwestern will launch the Cellular Adaptation Lab to study how fundamental cellular behaviors are linked to disease and responses to climate change.
Researchers sound alarm over devastating side effect of rising temperatures in Alaskan rivers: ‘We endanger infrastructure’
August 29, 2024

Researchers from several universities, including the University of Chicago, conducted a study of the land and permafrost along Alaska’s Koyukuk River. The findings revealed that permafrost is not regenerating fast enough to counteract the erosion of the land.