News: 2026

Astronomers looking at Vera C. Rubin Observatory test data have discovered 'Aquarius IV', believed to be a brand new satellite galaxy of the Milky Way located 350,000 light-years away.

When an employee of a major artificial intelligence company recently estimated there is a 10% chance the technology could wipe out humanity within the next decade, Daniel Holz wasn’t surprised.

Second-generation C-to-N swap turns the first generation’s failure into a feature.

UChicago launches its Master of Science in Applied Artificial Intelligence program. (Audio)

Some AI leaders warn current pace of progress could have serious consequences, other academics disagree with those assessments. CS Prof. Hank Hoffmann weighs in. (Video)

UChicago physicist Zoe Yan proposes a novel method to produce near-perfect quantum building blocks.
 

Congratulations to Benoît Roux, who has been selected to receive the 2027 Klaus Schulten and Zaida Luthey-Schulten Award in Computational Biophysics from the Biophysical Society.

Congratulations to Mark Levin, who has been selected to receive the 2026 Kyoto University Lectureship Award in Chemistry.

Vitelli honored for his innovative research reimagining possibilities of unconventional materials.

Deng said the line was a joke, and he does not believe AI will reach the point of solving every mathematical problem, at least not the ones he had in mind.

Calls for increased safety regulations on artificial intelligence have reached a boiling point following a post on X from former OpenAI and Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon that warned of a potential doomsday scenario.

Professor Ngo Bao Chau shared insights and experiences on identifying and nurturing the talents of gifted students.

Argonne’s Ian Foster explains how AI will be used to accelerate research.

Liz Moyer, Associate Professor in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences, discusses her research on the potential impacts of proposed methods to cool the earth by altering certain clouds.

The UChicago mathematics professor spoke to the Maroon about his work proving one of the decade’s most important results in mathematical physics.