News: 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.
 

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.

University of Chicago chemists developed an environmentally sustainable method of microfabrication that uses water and natural materials—including paper—to create and transfer patterns.  

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. 

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.

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.

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.

The five-year, €1.5 million grant will help understand the properties of sub-Neptune exoplanets.

UChicago research scientist Arjun Bhagoji and 5th year PhD student Brennan Schaffner collaborate to study content moderation across the top 43 online platforms.

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.

The Giant Magellan Telescope and Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc. announced the launch of manufacturing and assembly for the largest telescope mount ever constructed in the United States. Leaders in the field gathered to celebrate the start of the telescope's construction, including PSD Dean Ka Yee Lee.

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.

UChicago's Valerie Hayot-Sasson talks to HPCwire about the development of an open science data-flow platform to aid in better and timely public health decisions. This work includes improved data ingestion, curation, and management capabilities, and a shared development environment for rapid response and collaboration. 

UChicago PhD student Edgar Marrufo Villalpando journeyed from Mexico to the United States and transitioned from computational physics to astronomical instrumentation to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a physicist. In this article, Villalpando reflects on his personal and academic journey toward becoming a scientist.

In a new study, researchers may have found a way to turn giant exoplanets into sensitive detectors for dark matter particles. UChicago particle astrophysicist Dan Hooper provides insight into the amount of dark matter that passes through Jupiter every second.