2026
At EPIC, MSCAPP students used data to surface overlooked policy questions
October 12, 2026
MSCAPP students Sinan Grehan and Wendy Wang spent the summer at the Energy Policy Institute at UChicago using data, econometrics, and environmental research to investigate policy questions that range from wetlands regulation to the hidden costs of climate change.
New simulation projects what the Milky Way looked like at ‘cosmic dawn’
October 12, 2026
Most complex rendering of its kind provides insight into early days of our home galaxy.
UChicago space program takes stratospheric science to new heights
October 12, 2026
Undergraduate-built experiment collects particles 23 miles above Earth aboard a NASA high-altitude balloon.
Mathematicians harness randomness to crack a 55-year-old conjecture
October 12, 2026
After a long hiatus, a problem that was likely inspired by juggling has finally been resolved by a group of young mathematicians.
Astronomers discover a cold lava planet that may resemble early Earth
October 12, 2026
"We think early Earth might have looked a lot like a lava world."
XENON experiment finds quietest neutrinos ever detected
October 6, 2026
Ultra-sensitive detector designed by UChicago team to search for dark matter captures elusive low-energy neutrino particles from the sun.
A $20 bracelet jams nearby smart speakers using ultrasonic static
October 6, 2026
UChicago researchers built a $20 wrist cuff that jams nearby microphones within three feet using ultrasonic signals.
Vera Rubin Observatory detects one of the smallest and faintest satellite galaxies ever seen — before the telescope’s mission even began
October 6, 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.
Skeletal-editing ‘dream’ realized
October 6, 2026
Second-generation C-to-N swap turns the first generation’s failure into a feature.
Polar potential
October 2, 2026
UChicago physicist Zoe Yan proposes a novel method to produce near-perfect quantum building blocks.
How Argonne is supercharging scientific discovery
September 28, 2026
Argonne’s Ian Foster explains how AI will be used to accelerate research.
A University of Chicago computer scientist pushes past a long-standing math barrier
September 28, 2026
For more than 40 years, mathematicians and computer scientists have wrestled with a deceptively simple question: If many overlapping requirements all need to be balanced at once, how evenly can it be done?
MS in Applied Data Science capstone research published in cancers
September 28, 2026
For many graduate students, a capstone project marks the culmination of months of learning. For one team of students in the University of Chicago’s MS in Applied Data Science (MS-ADS) program, it became something even more: peer-reviewed published research in Cancers.
Webb Telescope discovers new molecule, uncovers hidden photochemistry
September 22, 2026
Finding reveals how starlight drives surprising chemistry, offers new way to study alien atmospheres.
University of Chicago researchers share new map of universe thanks to South Pole Telescope
September 21, 2026
An effort led by University of Chicago researchers has provided the sharpest and clearest ever map of mass in the universe.