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Researchers are exploring phononic nanodevices as a pathway to realize practical quantum technologies.  

Scientists are tackling the persistent problem of factually incorrect statements using an approach called HALT (Hallucination Assessment via Latent Testing) that identifies factually incorrect statements from within an LLM's internal workings.

Advanced computer models have allowed us to determine the amount of oxygen the gas giant contains, which may explain the history of the solar system. 

Even though each chip only needs a small amount of the metal, mining consumes a lot of energy and produces a lot of waste.

Anand Nakhate chose the University of Chicago's FinMath program because it matched exactly what he was looking for – deep mathematical rigor combined with structured, real-world application.

A new photoemission electron microscope (PEEM) arrives at UChicago to help researchers in their quest to build a complete wiring diagram of the brain.

Three UChicago scientists, including Sarah King, received a $4.8 million, three-year grant to purchase the microscope and customize it for connectome imaging. 

Congratulations to Lindsay House, a SkAI Data Science Preceptor, Named a Science Communication Fellow by the Museum of Science.
 

Learning experiences at Argonne National Laboratory fuel the ambitions of future leaders in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Argonne researchers put ​“vibe coding” tools to the test in scientific workflows.

Recognized with a 2025 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award, Ranya Sharma’s work explores how network security and Internet infrastructure shape real-world experiences of privacy, performance, and access.

FIfth year PhD student Soumik Ghosh was awarded the International Business Machines (IBM) PhD fellowship. The following is a Q&A that shares his background, academic journey, and what comes next for his research. 

Floods, storms, and extreme temperatures kill many people around the world each year. But the deadliness of these climate hazards changes as the climate warms, populations grow or move, and societies invest, or fail to invest, in infrastructure and emergency response.

Congratulations to Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb and Donald Stull, who have been named recipients of the 2025–2026 Suzuki Postdoctoral Fellowship Award. Yuji Suzuki, SM’70, a longtime supporter and former Council member of the Physical Sciences Division, established the Yuji and Lorraine Suzuki Postdoctoral Research Fund in 2016 to recognize outstanding postdoctoral researchers.

Currently a postdoctoral researcher at JILA, Kai Li received his PhD in physics in 2023 under the mentorship of Professor Linda Young. Li has been awarded the 2026 EuXFEL Young Scientist Award, which aims to recognize outstanding contributions to research at the European X-ray Free Electron Laser by young researchers in the early stages of their career. We interviewed him about his research and his time at UChicago.

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced on Jan. 27 that the hands of the Doomsday Clock moved forward four seconds and now sits at 85 seconds to midnight—citing expiring nuclear treaties, climate change, and AI and disinformation as among the major threats which have worsened in the past year.