News: 2025

New research shows that galvanic vestibular stimulation can help people relearn balance after injury or neurological conditions by tapping directly into the brain’s sense of orientation and movement.

Tiffany Shaw, professor in Geophysical Sciences, has been appointed a Coordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Seventh Report (AR7).

Haifeng Xu and his team at SIGMA Lab launch Prophet Arena, a platform to test how well AI can forecast the future.

1,2-oxaborines can shift into 11 different ring shapes to make modifying molecular cores easy. Article features UChicago chemist Guangbin Dong's research.

The Origins Federation Conference united scientists across disciplines in the search for how life emerged and evolved.

The Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics program connects students from Chicago Public Schools with UChicago astronomers and physicists.

Littlewood has received his award for leading international research institutions, including Argonne National Laboratory and the Cavendish Laboratory, and especially as founding executive chair of the Faraday Institution, the UK’s independent institute for electrochemical energy storage research.

The Materials Research Society (MRS) has named Professor Jiwoong Park of the University of Chicago Department of Chemistry and Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering as the 2025 recipient of the David Turnbull Lectureship. This highly esteemed career award recognizes a scientist for "outstanding contributions to the fundamental understanding and communication of materials science."

The festival’s 110 hands-on activities let kids play with lasers, make robots dance, synthesize gloopy slime worms, compare animal skulls, practice CPR and see their world under powerful microscopes. 

Vieregg is recognized for transformative contributions in the detection of ultra-high energy (UHE) cosmogenic neutrinos, and providing transformative mentorship to the next generation of leaders in the field. 

The Hyde Park Herald covers the fourth annual South Side Science Festival.

A star found in the Large Magellanic Cloud is remarkably unpolluted by heavier elements, suggesting it is descended from the universe’s earliest stars. Article features research by Alexander Ji, assistant professor of astronomy and astrophysics.

Influential theorist remembered for deep appreciation of experimentalism, commitment to public service within scientific community.

Chicago researchers see opportunity to enhance world-leading quantum ecosystem with state-of-the-art facility on Chicago’s South Side

At this year’s ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST)—one of the global hubs for breakthroughs in how people and machines connect—the University of Chicago’s Department of Computer Science stands out through a spectrum of ambitious research.